English words containing dft:

adjective

Awry or amiss.

Usage examples:

The ignition switch went blooey

exclamation

Used to convey that something has happened in an abrupt way.

Usage examples:

Blooey! he shot himself dead

adjective

To fail or stop working, often in a way that is very sudden and noticeable

Usage examples:

The whole neighbourhood was in darkness because the electrical grid went blooey., anyone who works …

verb

Harden by deposition of or conversion into calcium carbonate or another insoluble calcium compound.

Usage examples:

These elements would calcify as rock

verb

To become hard or make something hard, especially by the addition of substances containing calcium

Usage examples:

Foetal bones begin to calcify at about 13 weeks., he has a form of arthritis that calcifies the spi…

adjective

Suffering from or relating to monomania (= a condition in which someone is extremely interested in one thing)

Usage examples:

His interest in personal fitness borders on the monomaniacal., she’s got a monomaniacal focus on a …

noun

A person or thing occupied in or designed for splitting something.

Usage examples:

A log splitter

noun

A tachometer providing a record of engine speed over a period, especially in a commercial road vehicle.

Usage examples:

The retrieved tachograph had recorded a speed of 122 kilometres per hour at the time of the accident.

noun

An electronic machine in a vehicle such as a truck that records speed, distance travelled, and stopping periods, and that is used to check that the driver is obeying rules about the number of hours they can work in a particular period

Usage examples:

His tachograph limits the maximum hours he can work., lorry drivers travelling from channel ports o…