12-letter words containing a, f, t
- buffalo gnat — any of various small North American blood-sucking dipterous insects of the genus Simulium and related genera: family Simuliidae
- buffer state — A buffer state is a peaceful country situated between two or more larger hostile countries.
- bull mastiff — a large powerful breed of dog with a short usually fawn or brindle coat, developed by crossing the bulldog with the mastiff
- buy the farm — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- c beautifier — (cb) A Unix tool for reformatting C source code.
- cafe au lait — coffee with milk
- cafe curtain — a short curtain suspended directly downward from a series of rings sliding on a horizontal rod so as to cover the lower and sometimes upper portions of a window.
- cafe society — people, esp intellectuals and artists who meet in cafés
- call of duty — responsibilities
- cardan shaft — A cardan shaft or cardan drive is a propeller shaft fitted with universal joints at each end.
- cash deficit — the excess of cash disbursements over cash receipts in any given fiscal period
- cattleduffer — a cattle thief.
- central-fire — center-fire.
- centrifugate — the denser of the centrifuged materials.
- certificated — A certificated person has been awarded a certificate to prove that they have achieved a certain level or standard.
- certificates — Plural form of certificate.
- chaetiferous — having bristles
- chaff-cutter — a machine used to chop up hay and straw to make it into chaff for feeding to cattle
- change front — to redeploy (a force in the field) so that its main weight of weapons points in another direction
- characterful — If you describe something as characterful, you mean that it is pleasant and interesting.
- chew the fat — If people chew the fat, they talk in a relaxed, informal way.
- chieftainess — a female chieftain
- chill factor — windchill factor
- chuck off at — to abuse or make fun of
- city fathers — You can refer to the members of a city council or city's government as the city fathers.
- 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.
- cleft palate — If someone has a cleft palate, they were born with a narrow opening along the roof of their mouth which makes it difficult for them to speak properly.
- clerofascist — A cleric supporting fascism or advocating a synthesis of religion and fascism.
- coat of arms — The coat of arms of a family, town, or organization is a special design in the form of a shield that they use as a symbol of their identity.
- coat of mail — a protective garment made of linked metal rings (mail) or of overlapping metal plates; hauberk
- cock feather — the odd-coloured feather set on the shaft of an arrow at right angles to the nock
- codefendants — Plural form of codefendant.
- codification — the systematic organization of methods, rules, etc
- coffee table — A coffee table is a small low table in a living room.
- combat knife — a large knife for military use
- comfortables — Plural form of comfortable.
- 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.
- confidential — Information that is confidential is meant to be kept secret or private.
- 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