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10-letter words containing t, i, f, o

  • fingerpost — A post at a road junction from which signs project in the direction of the place or route indicated.
  • fingerroot — A plant related to ginger, Boesenbergia rotunda, with finger-like roots used as a spice.
  • fire point — the lowest temperature at which a volatile liquid, after its vapors have been ignited, will give off vapors at a rate sufficient to sustain combustion.
  • fire tower — a tower, as on a mountain, from which a watch for fires is kept.
  • firebottle — electron tube
  • firestorms — Plural form of firestorm.
  • firethorns — Plural form of firethorn.
  • first born — Someone's first born is their first child.
  • first down — the first of four consecutive plays during which an offensive team must advance the ball at least ten yards to retain possession of it.
  • first form — the first class that children go into at school
  • first lord — the head of a board commissioned to perform the duties of a high office of state: First Lord of the Admiralty.
  • first post — a position of duty, employment, or trust to which one is assigned or appointed: a diplomatic post.
  • first-born — first in the order of birth; eldest.
  • first-come — arranged, considered, or done in order of application or arrival, as for purposes of service: orders filled on a first-come basis.
  • first-foot — the first person to cross the threshold of a house on New Year's Day.
  • firstcomer — a person who arrives first or among the first.
  • fish joint — a connection formed by fishplates at the meeting point of two rails, beams, etc, as on a railway
  • fish story — an exaggerated or incredible story: It was just another one of his fish stories.
  • five towns — the, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.
  • fixed cost — a cost unvarying with a change in the volume of business (distinguished from variable cost).
  • fizzle out — to make a hissing or sputtering sound, especially one that dies out weakly.
  • flacourtia — designating a family (Flacourtiaceae, order Violales) of dicotyledonous tropical trees and shrubs
  • flagitious — shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times.
  • flashpoint — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
  • flavourist — a chemist who blends ingredients to create artificial flavours or scents, for food or perfume
  • flex point — a point on a curve at which the curvature changes from convex to concave or vice versa.
  • flexuosity — the quality or condition of being flexuous.
  • flight box — a tool box containing tools and other equipment and necessaries for a person who flies radio-controlled model planes
  • flight log — a record of a particular flight made by a plane or pilot
  • flint corn — a variety of corn, Zea mays indurata, having very hard-skinned kernels not subject to shrinkage.
  • flintlocks — Plural form of flintlock.
  • flintstone — A piece of flint.
  • flirtation — the act or practice of flirting; coquetry.
  • floatation — an act or state of floating.
  • floatingly — In a floating manner.
  • flood tide — the inflow of the tide; rising tide.
  • floodlight — an artificial light so directed or diffused as to give a comparatively uniform illumination over a rather large given area.
  • floorshift — a gearshift set into the floor of an automotive vehicle.
  • florentine — of or relating to Florence, Italy: the Florentine poets of the 14th century.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • fluoxetine — A synthetic compound that inhibits the uptake of serotonin in the brain and is taken to treat depression.
  • fluxionist — a person who uses mathematical fluxions
  • flyposting — the posting of advertising or political bills, posters, etc in unauthorized places
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