10-letter words containing a, f
- cease-fire — a temporary cessation of warfare by mutual agreement of the participants; truce
- ceasefires — Plural form of ceasefire.
- cefadroxil — A broad-spectrum cephalosporin antibiotic.
- cefmatilen — An orally active cephalosporin antibiotic.
- ceroferary — Candleholder (especially for a large, church candle).
- cfortran.h — (library) A transparent, machine independent interface between C and Fortran routines and global data, developed by Burkhard Burow at CERN. It provides macros which allow the C preprocessor to translate a simple description of a C (Fortran) routine or global data into a Fortran (C) interface. Version 2.6 runs on VAX/VMS/Ultrix, DECstation, Silicon Graphics, IBM RS/6000, Sun, Cray, Apollo, HP9000, LynxOS, f2c, NAG f90. cfortran.h was reviewed in RS/Magazine November 1992 and a user's experiences with cfortran.h are described in the Jan 93 issue of Computers in Physics.
- chaffering — Present participle of chaffer.
- chaffingly — in a rallying yet light-hearted manner
- chain fern — any of several ferns of the genus Woodwardia, having a chainlike row of sori on either side of the midrib of each fertile leaflet.
- chair lift — A chair lift is a line of chairs that hang from a moving cable and carry people up and down a mountain or ski slope.
- chairlifts — Plural form of chairlift.
- chalcidfly — any of numerous small flies of the family Chalcididae, often having bright metallic coloration, the larvae of which are chiefly parasitic on various stages of other insects.
- chamfering — Present participle of chamfer.
- change off — to take turns
- chapfallen — dejected; downhearted; crestfallen
- charge off — to treat or regard as a loss
- charge-off — a write-off, especially of a bad loan by a bank.
- chargeoffs — Plural form of chargeoff.
- chaudfroid — a sweet or savoury jellied sauce used to coat cold meat, chicken, etc
- chauffeurs — Plural form of chauffeur.
- chauffeuse — a fireside chair having a low seat and a high back.
- chief mate — first mate.
- chieftains — Plural form of chieftain.
- chiffarobe — Alternative form of chifforobe.
- chiffchaff — a common European warbler, Phylloscopus collybita, with a yellowish-brown plumage
- chiffonade — finely shredded leaf vegetables used as a base for a dish or as a garnish
- chopfallen — chapfallen
- chromaffin — showing a brown colour when in the presence of chromic acid
- cimicifuga — Any member of the genus Cimicifuga of flowering plants: bugbane or cohosh.
- cis female — a person who was born female and whose gender identity is female.
- claim form — an application form for claiming financial compensation
- clarifying — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
- clark fork — river flowing from W Mont. northwest into Pend Oreille Lake in N Ida.: c. 300 mi (483 km)
- classified — Classified information or documents are officially secret.
- classifier — a person or thing that classifies.
- classifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of classify.
- clay flour — dried and pulverized clay.
- clear-fell — to cut down all of the trees in (a wood, part of a wood, or throughout an area of land)
- clearfield — a town in N Utah.
- cliff face — the vertical face of a cliff
- cliff-hang — to wait eagerly for the outcome of a suspenseful situation or contest.
- clip frame — a picture frame that is held together by clips attaching the glass to the backing
- cloak fern — a type of fern, genus Notholaena, found in dry, rocky areas of temperate and tropical America, often used as an ornamental.
- clock face — the dial of an analogue clock, marked with divisions representing units of time
- clofibrate — a medication used in the treatment of heart disease
- cloverleaf — A cloverleaf is an arrangement of curved roads, resembling a four-leaf clover, that joins two main roads.
- coal field — an area containing significant coal deposits.
- coalfields — Plural form of coalfield.
- cockchafer — any of various Old World scarabaeid beetles, esp Melolontha melolontha of Europe, whose larvae feed on crops and grasses
- cofavorite — a joint favourite