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10-letter words containing u, t, f

  • fault tree — a diagram providing a model of the interactions between the components of a system when a failure occurs
  • fault zone — a network of interconnected fractures representing the surficial expression of a fault.
  • fault-find — to seek out minor imperfections or errors; carp
  • faultiness — having faults or defects; imperfect.
  • fauxminist — a person who makes an insincere pretence of feminism
  • fauxtatoes — Mashed cauliflower used as an alternative to potatoes by followers of a low-carbohydrate diet.
  • favourites — Plural form of favourite.
  • fearnaught — A fearless person.
  • fearnought — a stout woolen cloth for overcoats.
  • feateously — in a featous manner
  • feathercut — a woman's hair style in which the hair is cut in short and uneven lengths and formed into small curls with featherlike tips.
  • featurette — (film) A relatively short feature film.
  • fecundated — Simple past tense and past participle of fecundate.
  • fecundator — to make prolific or fruitful.
  • feedstuffs — Plural form of feedstuff.
  • feel up to — to perceive or examine by touch.
  • felicitous — well-suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression; apt; appropriate: The chairman's felicitous anecdote set everyone at ease.
  • fepped out — (jargon)   /fept owt/ The Symbolics 3600 LISP Machine has a Front-End Processor (FEP). When the main processor gets wedged, the FEP takes control of the keyboard and screen. Such a machine is said to have "fepped out" or "dropped into the fep".
  • ferret out — a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
  • fetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
  • fetterbush — an evergreen shrub, Lyonia lucida, of the heath family, native to the southern U.S., having clusters of fragrant, white flowers.
  • fettuccine — pasta cut in flat narrow strips.
  • fettuccini — pasta cut in flat narrow strips.
  • feuilleton — a part of a European newspaper devoted to light literature, fiction, criticism, etc.
  • fictitious — created, taken, or assumed for the sake of concealment; not genuine; false: fictitious names.
  • fifty-four — a cardinal number, 50 plus 4.
  • figurantes — Plural form of figurante.
  • figuration — the act of shaping into a particular figure.
  • figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • figure out — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
  • filibuster — U.S. Politics. the use of irregular or obstructive tactics by a member of a legislative assembly to prevent the adoption of a measure generally favored or to force a decision against the will of the majority. an exceptionally long speech, as one lasting for a day or days, or a series of such speeches to accomplish this purpose. a member of a legislature who makes such a speech.
  • filter out — ignore
  • find fault — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
  • fire truck — fire engine.
  • firetrucks — Plural form of firetruck.
  • firmicutes — Plural form of firmicute.
  • firstfruit — Singular of firstfruits, an offering of the first of the harvest.
  • fisticuffs — a cuff or blow with the fist.
  • fitfulness — The quality of being fitful.
  • 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.
  • flash tube — a gaseous discharge tube designed to emit extremely short bursts of very intense light
  • flash unit — an electronic flash and its power supply in a compact unit.
  • flat thunk — (programming)   A software mechanism that allows a Win32 application to load and call a 16-bit DLL, or a 16-bit application to load and call a Win32 DLL. See also generic thunk, universal thunk.
  • flatterous — flattering
  • flatulence — generating gas in the alimentary canal, as food.
  • flatulency — (chiefly, dated) flatulence.
  • flauntiest — Superlative form of flaunty.
  • flavourist — a chemist who blends ingredients to create artificial flavours or scents, for food or perfume
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