10-letter words containing a, m, f
- 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
- clip frame — a picture frame that is held together by clips attaching the glass to the backing
- cofferdams — Plural form of cofferdam.
- cold frame — A cold frame is a wooden frame with a glass top in which you grow small plants to protect them from cold weather.
- compactify — to make or become compact
- confirmand — a candidate for confirmation
- conformant — In accordance with a set of specifications.
- cream puff — a shell of light pastry with a custard or cream filling
- creampuffs — Plural form of creampuff.
- cyathiform — shaped like a drinking glass or cup, with a wider upper section
- dairy farm — a farm which has cows producing milk, rather than for beef
- damp-proof — to protect against the incursion of damp by adding a dampcourse or by coating with a moisture-resistant preparation
- damselfish — any small tropical percoid fish of the family Pomacentridae, having a brightly coloured deep compressed body
- dance form — the binary form used in most of the movements of the 18th-century suite.
- data frame — activation record
- deafmutism — unable to hear and speak.
- defacement — to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure: to deface a wall by writing on it.
- defamation — Defamation is the damaging of someone's good reputation by saying something bad and untrue about them.
- defamatory — Speech or writing that is defamatory is likely to damage someone's good reputation by saying something bad and untrue about them.
- defenceman — a defender in ice hockey and lacrosse
- defenseman — either of two players positioned close to their own goal to prevent scoring and to gain possession of the puck
- deformable — to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure: In cases where the drug was taken during pregnancy, its effects deformed the infants.
- defragment — to reorganize files on (a disk) so that the parts of each file are stored in contiguous sectors on the disk, thereby improving computer performance and maximizing disk space.
- defrayment — payment of some or all charges or expenses.
- disulfiram — a cream-colored, water-insoluble solid, C 10 H 20 N 2 S 4 , used chiefly in the treatment of chronic alcoholism, producing highly unpleasant symptoms when alcohol is taken following its administration.
- doorframes — Plural form of doorframe.
- draft mark — any of a series of figures or marks at the stem or stern of a vessel indicating the distance vertically from the lowermost part of the hull.
- draft mill — smokejack.
- dwarf male — a male animal that is much smaller, and often internally simpler, than its female counterpart. Dwarf males are commonly carried by the female, as in species of angler fish
- effacement — to wipe out; do away with; expunge: to efface one's unhappy memories.
- effeminacy — the state or quality of being effeminate.
- effeminate — (of a man or boy) having traits, tastes, habits, etc., traditionally considered feminine, as softness or delicacy.
- en famille — with one's family; at home
- f & am — Free and Accepted Masons
- f & ws — Fish and Wildlife Service
- face cream — Face cream is a thick substance that you rub into your face in order to keep it soft.
- facsimiled — Simple past tense and past participle of facsimile.
- facsimiles — Plural form of facsimile.
- factualism — emphasis on, devotion to, or extensive reliance upon facts: the factualism of scientific experiment.
- fairminded — Alternative form of fair-minded.
- fairy lamp — a lamp using a candle as the source of illumination, usually constructed of glass or ceramic material, set on a metal base, and having a fabric shade.
- falciparum — The parasitic protozoan Plasmodium falciparum that causes falciparum malaria.
- fall among — to come among by chance
- false move — a movement that may be interpreted as threatening.
- familiarly — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
- familicide — The murder of an entire family by a family member.
- familistic — the subordination of the personal interests and prerogatives of an individual to the values and demands of the family: Familism characterized the patriarchal family.