13-letter words containing c, a, f, i
- densification — the act of becoming or making more dense
- dieffenbachia — any of various plants belonging to the genus Dieffenbachia, of the arum family, native to tropical America, often cultivated as houseplants for their decorative foliage.
- diffractogram — An image produced by a diffractometer.
- dignification — The act of dignifying; exaltation.
- disaffirmance — to deny; contradict.
- disfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of disfranchise.
- disfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfranchise.
- disfunctional — dysfunction.
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- disinfectants — Plural form of disinfectant.
- dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- ear infection — an infection that affects the ear
- efficaciously — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
- enfranchising — Present participle of enfranchise.
- fabric filter — A fabric filter is a type of filter in which solids are removed from a gas by passing it though a fabric.
- fabric ribbon — a typewriter ribbon made of inked material
- fabricability — able to be formed or shaped; capable of being constructed or manufactured.
- face painting — art of decorating the face with paint
- face validity — the extent to which a psychological test appears to measure what it is intended to measure
- facetiousness — (uncountable) The state of being facetious.
- facial eczema — a disease of sheep and cattle, occurring in warm areas of North Island, New Zealand. It is caused by a fungus, Pithomyces chartarum, and causes impairment of liver function and reddening, itching, scab formation, and swelling of the skin, esp on the face
- facial tissue — a soft, disposable paper tissue especially for cleansing the face or for use as a handkerchief.
- faction fight — a fight between rival Black groups, usually originating in tribal or clan feuds
- factionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of factionalize.
- factorisation — Alternative spelling of factorization.
- factorization — Mathematics. to resolve into factors.
- factory price — the price quoted for manufactured goods for pickup at the gate of a factory, before certain handling, shipping, and similar costs.
- facts of life — any aspect of human existence that must be acknowledged or regarded as unalterable: Old age is a fact of life.
- facultatively — In a facultative manner.
- fait accompli — an accomplished fact; a thing already done: The enemy's defeat was a fait accompli long before the formal surrender.
- falsification — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- family circle — the closely related members of a family as a group.
- family credit — (formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999
- family doctor — a general practitioner.
- fanaticalness — Fanaticism.
- fantasmagoric — phantasmagoria.
- fantastically — conceived or appearing as if conceived by an unrestrained imagination; odd and remarkable; bizarre; grotesque: fantastic rock formations; fantastic designs.
- fasciculation — a fascicular condition.
- fascinatingly — of great interest or attraction; enchanting; charming; captivating: a fascinating story; fascinating jewelry.
- fascistically — In a fascistic way.
- fast-tracking — the practice of speeding up the progress of a project or person
- fault breccia — angular rock fragments produced by fracture and grinding during faulting and distributed within or adjacent to the fault plane.
- faunistically — in a faunistic manner
- featherstitch — an embroidery stitch producing work in which a succession of branches extend alternately on each side of a central stem.
- febrifacients — Plural form of febrifacient.
- felicitations — an expression of good wishes; congratulation.
- fencing match — a match between fencers
- ferricyanogen — (chemistry) A hexavalent radical, Fe2(CN)12, a compound of cyanogen and iron in the ferric state.
- ferrimagnetic — noting or pertaining to a substance, as a ferrite, in which the magnetic moments of some neighboring atoms point in opposite directions, with a net magnetization still resulting because of differences in magnitudes of the opposite moments.
- ferromagnetic — noting or pertaining to a substance, as iron, that below a certain temperature, the Curie point, can possess magnetization in the absence of an external magnetic field; noting or pertaining to a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned.