12-letter words containing c, e, n, t, r, f
- manufacturer — a person, group, or company that owns or runs a manufacturing plant.
- manufactures — Plural form of manufacture.
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- note-perfect — (of a singer or musician) able to sing or play without making any errors
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
- perfectation — the action or process of becoming or causing to become perfect or complete
- petrifaction — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- raman effect — the change in wavelength of light scattered while passing through a transparent medium, the collection of new wavelengths (Raman spectrum) being characteristic of the scattering medium and differing from the fluorescent spectrum in being much less intense and in being unrelated to an absorption band of the medium.
- recentrifuge — to subject (a liquid) to the action of a centrifuge again
- self-centred — concerned solely or chiefly with one's own interests, welfare, etc.; engrossed in self; selfish; egotistical.
- self-control — control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings, etc.
- soft chancre — chancroid.
- soft-centred — (of a chocolate or boiled sweet) having a centre consisting of cream, jelly, etc
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- strong force — Also called nuclear force. the short-range attractive force between baryons that holds together the nucleus of the atom.
- torrefaction — to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
- tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
- traffic cone — conical road markers
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.
- transference — the act or process of transferring.
- trench fever — a recurrent fever, often suffered by soldiers in trenches in World War I, caused by a rickettsia transmitted by the body louse.
- trench knife — a short knife for stabbing, sometimes equipped with brass knuckles as a guard, used in modern warfare in hand-to-hand combat.
- unconfronted — to face in hostility or defiance; oppose: The feuding factions confronted one another.
- unfabricated — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- unforecasted — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- unfructified — to bear fruit; become fruitful: With careful tending the plant will fructify.
- unperfection — imperfection
- unreflecting — not reflecting; unthinking: an unreflecting, self-satisfied man.
- unreflective — not reflective; thoughtless; lacking in due deliberation; heedless; rash: a sweeping, unreflective pessimism.
- unrespectful — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- verification — the act of verifying.
- vociferation — noisy outcry; clamor.
- west african — of or relating to West Africa