5-Letter Words Containing: _,_,A,F,O,T

• the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment

• the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public

• a drink with ice cream floating in it

• an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade

• a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco

• something that floats on the surface of water

• an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy

• be in motion due to some air or water current

• be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

• set afloat

• circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with

• move lightly, as if suspended

• put into the water

• make the surface of level or smooth

• allow (currencies) to fluctuate

• convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation

• a rotund individual

• on foot; walking

• traveling by foot

• currently in progress

• at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship

• upward

• at or to great height; high up in or into the air

• in the higher atmosphere above the earth

• A religious student, especially in Turkey

• (by extension) A fanatic adherent, blind follower