12-letter words containing a, f, o, n
- boniface vii — antipope a.d. 974, 984–985.
- bounce flash — a flash lamp designed to produce a bounced flash.
- brassfounder — a person who makes things from brass
- buffalo gnat — any of various small North American blood-sucking dipterous insects of the genus Simulium and related genera: family Simuliidae
- burkina faso — an inland republic in W Africa: dominated by Mossi kingdoms (10th–19th centuries); French protectorate established in 1896; became an independent republic in 1960; consists mainly of a flat savanna plateau. Official language: French; Mossi and other African languages also widely spoken. Religion: mostly animist, with a large Muslim minority. Currency: franc. Capital: Ouagadougou. Pop: 17 812 961 (2013 est). Area: 273 200 sq km (105 900 sq miles)
- by reason of — If one thing happens by reason of another, it happens because of it.
- camouflaging — Present participle of camouflage.
- can of worms — a complicated problem
- carbon fiber — a very strong, lightweight synthetic fiber used in protective clothing, spacecraft components, racing shells, etc.
- carbon fibre — a black silky thread of pure carbon made by heating and stretching textile fibres and used because of its lightness and strength at high temperatures for reinforcing resins, ceramics, and metals, esp in turbine blades and for fishing rods
- carving fork — a large, two-tined fork with a metal guard to protect the hand, used to hold meat in place as it is being carved
- cefoperazone — A cephalosporin antibiotic.
- change front — to redeploy (a force in the field) so that its main weight of weapons points in another direction
- clayton fern — a tall fern, Osmunda claytoniana, of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having an interruption of growth in the center of some fronds.
- codefendants — Plural form of codefendant.
- codification — the systematic organization of methods, rules, etc
- coffee beans — the beanlike seeds of the coffee tree, which are roasted and ground to make coffee
- combat knife — a large knife for military use
- confabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of confabulate.
- confabulator — to converse informally; chat.
- confederated — Simple past tense and past participle of confederate.
- confederates — Plural form of confederate.
- conferential — Of or pertaining to a conference.
- confessional — A confessional is the small room in a church where Christians, especially Roman Catholics, go to confess their sins.
- confidential — Information that is confidential is meant to be kept secret or private.
- configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- configurated — to give a configuration, form, or design to.
- configurator — an item of software that enables or assists in the configuration of a product
- confirmation — the act of confirming
- confirmative — serving to confirm; corroborative.
- confirmatory — confirming or tending to confirm
- confiscating — Present participle of confiscate.
- confiscation — to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.
- confiscatory — involving confiscation
- conflagrated — Simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate.
- conflagrator — (rare) One who starts a fire.
- conformality — (mathematics) The condition (of a map) of being conformal.
- conformation — the general shape or outline of an object; configuration
- conformative — (nonstandard) Tending to conform; conforming.
- confraternal — a lay brotherhood devoted to some purpose, especially to religious or charitable service.
- confucianism — the ethical system of Confucius, emphasizing moral order, the humanity and virtue of China's ancient rulers, and gentlemanly education
- confucianist — the system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct.
- confusticate — Slang. to confuse or perplex; bewilder.
- confutations — Plural form of confutation.
- containerful — As much as a container can hold.
- content farm — a website that exploits the way search engines retrieve and rank pages by incorporating popular search terms and topics in its content, often with little attention to the originality, appropriateness, or quality of the subject matter, in order to elevate the ranking of its articles in online search results and attract advertisers.
- copperfasten — (transitive, historical) To protect the timbers [of a ship] with plates of copper secured with copper nails or bolts.
- coral fungus — any of a group of brightly colored fungi having erect, branching fruiting bodies that resemble coral.
- cosurfactant — a surfactant that acts in addition to another surfactant, further reducing the surface tension of a liquid
- council flat — a flat built or owned by a local council