8-letter words containing f, o, r, t
- fretsome — Fretful, fidgety, restless.
- fretwork — ornamental work consisting of interlacing parts, especially work in which the design is formed by perforation.
- friction — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
- frobnitz — /frob'nits/, plural "frobnitzem" /frob'nit-zm/ or "frobni" /frob'ni:/ (TMRC) An unspecified physical object, a widget. Also refers to electronic black boxes. This rare form is usually abbreviated to "frotz", or more commonly to frob. Also used are "frobnule" (/frob'n[y]ool/) and "frobule" (/frob'yool/). Starting perhaps in 1979, "frobozz" /fr*-boz'/ (plural: "frobbotzim" /fr*-bot'zm/) has also become very popular, largely through its exposure as a name via Zork. These variants can also be applied to nonphysical objects, such as data structures. Pete Samson, compiler of the original TMRC lexicon, adds,q "Under the TMRC (railway) layout were many storage boxes, managed (in 1958) by David R. Sawyer. Several had fanciful designations written on them, such as "Frobnitz Coil Oil". Perhaps DRS intended Frobnitz to be a proper name, but the name was quickly taken for the thing". This was almost certainly the origin of the term.
- frog-bit — an aquatic, floating plant, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, of Eurasia, having thick, roundish, spongy leaves.
- frondent — abounding in fronds; leafy
- front up — to pay (money) at the beginning of a business arrangement
- frontage — the front of a building or lot.
- frontals — Plural form of frontal.
- frontend — Alternative form of front end.
- fronters — Plural form of fronter.
- frontier — the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.
- fronting — the foremost part or surface of anything.
- frontlet — Also, frontal. a decorative band, ribbon, or the like, worn across the forehead: The princess wore a richly bejeweled frontlet.
- frontman — a performer, as a singer, who leads a musical group.
- frontmen — Plural form of frontman.
- frontons — Plural form of fronton.
- frostbit — injury to any part of the body after excessive exposure to extreme cold, sometimes progressing from initial redness and tingling to gangrene.
- frostier — Comparative form of frosty.
- frostily — characterized by or producing frost; freezing; very cold: frosty weather.
- frosting — a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- frostnip — The first stage of frostbite.
- frothery — an insubstantial thing; a triviality
- frothier — Comparative form of frothy.
- frothily — In a frothy way.
- frothing — an aggregation of bubbles, as on an agitated liquid or at the mouth of a hard-driven horse; foam; spume.
- 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).
- frotteur — a person who practices frottage.
- frottoir — Synonym of rubboard.
- frowsted — Simple past tense and past participle of frowst.
- frowster — a person who enjoys being in a hot and stale atmosphere
- fructose — Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
- fruition — attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment: After years of hard work she finally brought her idea to full fruition.
- fumatory — of or relating to smoke, especially tobacco smoke, or to a place for smoking.
- fumewort — Any of various plants of the subfamily Fumarioideae or family Fumariaceae.
- fumitory — any plant of the genus Fumaria, especially a delicate herb, F. officinalis, having finely dissected, grayish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers.
- functors — Plural form of functor.
- fur coat — overcoat covered with animal fur
- go after — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- go forth — military: set out
- 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.
- gulfport — a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.
- 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).
- hertford — a city in and the county seat of Hertfordshire, in SE England.
- hillfort — a hilltop fortified with ramparts and ditches, dating from the second millennium bc
- in front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
- infector — to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
- inflator — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- isograft — syngraft.