16-letter words containing a, f, t, c
- christmas factor — a protein implicated in the process of blood clotting, the lack of which causes Christmas disease
- city of aberdeen — a council area in NE Scotland, established in 1996. Pop: 206 600 (2003 est). Area: 186 sq km (72 sq miles)
- clarified butter — butter with the water and milk solids removed, used for cooking at high temperatures without burning
- clay-with-flints — a deposit of stiff clay containing unworn whole flints in the S England
- clermont-ferrand — a city in S central France: capital of Puy-de-Dôme department; industrial centre. Pop: 140 957 (2011)
- cock of the walk — a person who asserts himself or herself in a strutting pompous way
- code of practice — A code of practice is a set of written rules which explains how people working in a particular profession should behave.
- coign of vantage — an advantageous position or stance for observation or action
- cold wall effect — the condition or state of having large or multiple windows through which heat escapes and cold air is conducted into a heated room via radiation.
- colles' fracture — a fracture of the radius just above the wrist, with backward and outward displacement of the hand
- compilation film — film from an archive used in a film or documentary to give a feeling of the relevant period
- complex fraction — a fraction in which the numerator or denominator or both contain fractions
- composite family — the large and varied plant family Compositae (or Asteraceae), typified by herbaceous plants having alternate, opposite, or whorled leaves and a whorl of bracts surrounding the flower heads, which are usually composed of a disk containing tiny petalless flowers and a ray of petals extending from the flowers at the rim of the disk, some flower heads being composed only of a disk or a ray and some plants having clusters of flower heads, and including the aster, daisy, dandelion, goldenrod, marigold, ragweed, sunflower, thistle, and zinnia.
- confederationism — The advocacy of confederation as a means of government.
- confederationist — A supporter of confederation.
- conference table — a large table, often rectangular, around which a number of people may be seated, as when holding a conference
- confidentialness — The state or quality of being confidential.
- configurationism — Gestalt psychology
- conflict of laws — dissimilarity or discrepancy between the laws of different legal orders, such as states or nations, with regard to the applicable legal rules and principles in a matter that each legal order wishes to regulate.
- confrontationist — a person who confronts opposition, especially aggressively.
- congo free state — a former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- constant folding — (compiler) A compiler optimisation technique where constant subexpressions are evaluated at compile time. This is usually only applied to built-in numerical and boolean operators whereas partial evaluation is more general in that expressions involving user-defined functions may also be evaluated at compile time.
- contour feathers — feathers that form the surface plumage of a bird and determine the outer contour, including the wing and tail feathers
- control freakery — an obsessive need to be in control of what is happening
- cooperative farm — a farm that is run in cooperation with others in the purchasing and using of machinery, stock, etc, and in the marketing of produce through its own institutions (farmers' cooperatives)
- coreferentiality — (of two words or phrases) having reference to the same person or thing.
- council of state — a council that deliberates on high-level policies of a government.
- counterfactually — a conditional statement the first clause of which expresses something contrary to fact, as “If I had known.”.
- course of action — a way of proceeding
- court of appeals — A Court of Appeals is a court which deals with appeals against legal judgments.
- cracked fraction — A cracked fraction is a petroleum fraction (= a portion separated according to a physical property) that has been broken down from a fraction with larger molecules.
- craftspersonship — The body of activities, skills, techniques, knowledge, and expertise pertinent to (a) particular craft(s).
- cream of coconut — coconut cream (def 1).
- cream puff paste — paste made with eggs, water or milk, butter, and flour, used in making éclairs, profiteroles, and other kinds of puffs.
- cream-of-coconut — Also called cream of coconut. a creamy white liquid skimmed from the top of coconut milk that has been made by soaking grated coconut meat in water, used in East Indian cookery, mixed drinks, etc.
- creature comfort — anything providing bodily comfort, as food, clothing, or shelter
- creature feature — a horror film featuring a monster
- croydon facelift — the tightening effect on the skin of a woman's face caused by securing the hair at the back of the head in a tight ponytail
- deboursification — (jargon) Removal of irrelevant newsgroups from the Newsgroups header of a followup. The term applies particularly to the removal of frivolous groups added by one of the Kooks. See also: sneck.
- decimal fraction — a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dot (decimal point or point) written before the numerator: as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000.
- declassification — to remove the classification from (information, a document, etc.) that restricts access in terms of secrecy, confidentiality, etc. Compare classification (def 5).
- definite article — The word 'the' is sometimes called the definite article.
- dehumidification — Dehumidification is the removal of vapor from a gas-vapor mixture.
- dictionary flame — [Usenet] An attempt to sidetrack a debate away from issues by insisting on meanings for key terms that presuppose a desired conclusion or smuggle in an implicit premise. A common tactic of people who prefer argument over definitions to disputes about reality. Compare spelling flame.
- disfranchisement — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- disqualification — an act or instance of disqualifying.
- dissatisfactions — Plural form of dissatisfaction.
- diversifications — Plural form of diversification.
- documentary film — factual, informative film
- dolce far niente — pleasing inactivity.