10-letter words containing t, f
- floatplane — a seaplane having landing gear consisting of one or more floats.
- floatstone — a stone for rubbing bricks to be gauged.
- flocculant — a chemical for producing flocculation of suspended particles, as to improve the plasticity of clay for ceramic purposes.
- flocculate — to form into flocculent masses.
- flocculent — like a clump or tuft of wool.
- flood tide — the inflow of the tide; rising tide.
- floodgates — Plural form of floodgate.
- floodlight — an artificial light so directed or diffused as to give a comparatively uniform illumination over a rather large given area.
- floodwater — the water that overflows as the result of a flood.
- floorcloth — a cloth for washing or wiping floors.
- floorshift — a gearshift set into the floor of an automotive vehicle.
- flop sweat — a sudden heavy perspiration caused by embarrassment
- florentine — of or relating to Florence, Italy: the Florentine poets of the 14th century.
- florescent — the act, state, or period of flowering; bloom.
- floriation — Ornamentation by means of flower forms, either realistic or stylized.
- florissant — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- floristics — the study of the distribution, number, types, and relationships of plant species in an area or areas.
- flotations — Plural form of flotation.
- flour mite — any of several mites that infest flour and other stored organic materials and may be a serious pest; some may cause itching in persons handling infected material
- flour moth — larva of butterfly that feeds on grain
- flow chart — Also called flow sheet. a detailed diagram or chart of the operations and equipment through which material passes, as in a manufacturing process.
- flow sheet — flow chart (def 1).
- flowcharts — Plural form of flowchart.
- flowerpots — Plural form of flowerpot.
- flowmeters — Plural form of flowmeter.
- fluctuated — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
- fluctuates — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
- fluentness — The quality of being fluent.
- fluffy toy — a child's toy made of soft materials
- fluoborate — a salt of fluoboric acid.
- fluocerite — (mineral) A cerium fluoride mineral found in Sweden.
- fluoridate — to introduce a fluoride into: to fluoridate drinking water.
- fluorinate — to treat or combine with fluorine.
- fluorotype — an early form of photograph produced on paper treated with sodium fluoride
- fluoxetine — A synthetic compound that inhibits the uptake of serotonin in the brain and is taken to treat depression.
- flush girt — a girt running parallel to joists and at the same level.
- flush left — a fresh growth, as of shoots and leaves.
- flustering — Agitated, confusing.
- flustrated — flustered; agitated.
- flutemouth — any of several fish with a tubular snout
- fluttering — Rapid back-and-forth waving or oscillation.
- fluvialist — a person who explains geological or geographical phenomena by the action of streams
- fluviatile — pertaining or peculiar to rivers; found in or near rivers.
- fluxionist — a person who uses mathematical fluxions
- fluxuating — Misspelling of fluctuating.
- fly a kite — If you say that someone is flying a kite, you are critical of them for putting forward new ideas just to see how people react, rather than with the intention of putting those ideas into practice.
- fly button — a button on the fly of a pair of trousers
- fly-strike — myiasis.
- fly-tipper — a person who deliberately dumps rubbish in an unauthorized place
- flycatcher — any of numerous Old World birds of the family Muscicapidae, that feed on insects captured in the air.