10-letter words containing c, i, f
- cuttlefish — A cuttlefish is a sea animal that has a soft body and a hard shell inside.
- cyathiform — shaped like a drinking glass or cup, with a wider upper section
- cyberknife — a laser surgery technique which uses a mobile robotic arm to target tumours, etc, more effectively than conventional radiotherapy
- deceiptful — Obsolete form of deceitful.
- deceitfull — Archaic form of deceitful.
- declassify — If secret documents or records are declassified, it is officially stated that they are no longer secret.
- deconflict — Military. to avoid a potential clash or accident involving (nonenemy military operations, weaponry, etc.) in a particular combat area: to deconflict coalition forces from three nations. to avoid such conflict in (a combat area): to deconflict airspace.
- decrassify — to make (something) less crass
- defecating — Present participle of defecate.
- defecation — to void excrement from the bowels through the anus; have a bowel movement.
- defectible — having the ability to fail
- defections — Plural form of defection.
- defectives — Plural form of defective.
- deficience — deficiency.
- deficiency — Deficiency in something, especially something that your body needs, is not having enough of it.
- deflecting — Present participle of deflect.
- deflection — The deflection of something means making it change direction.
- deflective — causing deflection.
- deforciant — a person who wrongfully withholds something from someone by force
- defrocking — Present participle of defrock.
- defunction — the act of dying; death
- defunctive — of or relating to the dead; funereal.
- dentifrice — any substance, esp paste or powder, for use in cleaning the teeth
- difference — the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
- differency — difference
- difficulty — the fact or condition of being difficult.
- diffidence — the quality or state of being diffident.
- diffluence — the act of flowing off or away.
- diffracted — Simple past tense and past participle of diffract.
- disaffects — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disaffect.
- dischuffed — (New Zealand, British, informal) Very displeased or unsatisfied.
- discomfits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discomfit.
- discomfort — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconfirm — to prove to be invalid.
- disfluency — Pathology. impairment of the ability to produce smooth, fluent speech.
- disfrocked — Simple past tense and past participle of disfrock.
- disinfects — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disinfect.
- disulfuric — pyrosulfuric.
- doctorfish — a surgeonfish, especially Acanthurus chirurgus, of the West Indies, having a bluish body and black tail.
- dulcifying — Present participle of dulcify.
- dutch wife — (in tropical countries) an open framework used in bed as a rest for the limbs.
- edificator — (rare) One who or that which edifies; an edifier.
- effectible — (dated, 1600s) Capable of being done or achieved.
- effectives — adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result: effective teaching methods; effective steps toward peace.
- effeminacy — the state or quality of being effeminate.
- efficacies — capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness: a remedy of great efficacy.
- efficacity — efficacy.
- efficience — Archaic form of efficiency.
- efficiency — the state or quality of being efficient, or able to accomplish something with the least waste of time and effort; competency in performance.
- effraction — a breaking into a house, store, etc., by force; forcible entry.