8-letter words containing t, o, a, f
- forstall — Obsolete form of forestall.
- forstand — (transitive) To stand against; oppose; withstand.
- forswatt — sweat-covered
- fortrash — (abuse, language) /for'trash/ Hackerism for the Fortran language, referring to its primitive design, gross and irregular syntax, limited control constructs, and slippery, exception-filled semantics.
- forwaste — to waste completely
- fostoria — a city in N Ohio.
- fotograf — Eye dialect of photograph.
- foucault — Jean Bernard Léon [zhahn ber-nar ley-awn] /ʒɑ̃ bɛrˈnar leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1819–68, French physicist.
- foulmart — the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- foumarts — Plural form of foumart.
- fountain — a spring or source of water; the source or head of a stream.
- foveated — having foveae; pitted.
- foxtails — Plural form of foxtail.
- fraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- fractons — Plural form of fracton.
- franchot — a male given name, form of Francis.
- freakout — A frightening or disorientating experience, especially one that results from the use of a hallucinogenic drug.
- frontage — the front of a building or lot.
- frontals — Plural form of frontal.
- frontman — a performer, as a singer, who leads a musical group.
- frottage — a technique in the visual arts of obtaining textural effects or images by rubbing lead, chalk, charcoal, etc., over paper laid on a granular or relieflike surface. Compare rubbing (def 2).
- fumatory — of or relating to smoke, especially tobacco smoke, or to a place for smoking.
- fur coat — overcoat covered with animal fur
- gatefold — foldout (def 1).
- go after — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- goatfish — any tropical and subtropical marine fish of the family Mullidae, having a pair of long barbels below the mouth.
- graffito — Archaeology. an ancient drawing or writing scratched on a wall or other surface.
- grow fat — If you say that a person or organization has grown fat on something, you mean that they have become very rich as a result of it.
- hakafoth — a ceremony on Simhath Torah and on other occasions in which members of a synagogue congregation carry Torah scrolls around the synagogue seven or more times.
- halftone — Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
- hartford — a state in the NE United States. 5009 sq. mi. (12,975 sq. km). Capital: Hartford. Abbreviation: Conn., Ct., CT (for use with zip code).
- haylofts — Plural form of hayloft.
- holdfast — something used to hold or secure a thing in place; a catch, hook, clamp, etc.
- hoofbeat — the sound made by an animal's hoof in walking, running, etc.
- inflator — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- isograft — syngraft.
- karafuto — Japanese name of Sakhalin.
- koftgari — the art of inlaying steel with gold
- leadfoot — a person who drives a motor vehicle too fast, especially habitually.
- lifeboat — a double-ended ship's boat, constructed, mounted, and provisioned so as to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.
- loaf tin — a tin that is used for baking bread
- loathful — Scot. bashful; reluctant.
- lockfast — (Scottish) Fastened or secured with a lock.
- loftsman — a person who prepares molds and patterns.
- matfelon — knapweed
- meatloaf — A dish of ground meat formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.
- metafont — A system for the design of raster-based alphabets by Donald Knuth. A companion to TeX.
- mortsafe — a heavy iron cage or grille placed over the grave of a newly deceased person in order to deter body snatchers
- natiform — resembling the buttocks; buttock-shaped
- no-fault — Also called no-fault insurance. a form of automobile insurance designed to enable the policyholder in case of an accident to collect a certain basic compensation promptly for economic loss from his or her own insurance company without determination of liability.