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11-letter words containing c, l, e, f

  • half-cocked — (of a firearm) at the position of half cock.
  • half-cooked — not cooked thoroughly
  • half-decade — a period of ten years: the three decades from 1776 to 1806.
  • half-second — 1/120 of a minute of time
  • hall effect — the electromotive force generated in a strip of metal longitudinally conducting an electric current and subjected to a magnetic field normal to its major surface.
  • halo effect — a predisposition to admire all of a person's actions, work, etc., because of an estimable quality or action in the past.
  • holy office — a congregation founded in 1542 to succeed the suppressed Inquisition and entrusted with matters pertaining to faith and morals, as the judgment of heresy, the application of canonical punishment, and the examination of books and prohibition of those held dangerous to faith and morals.
  • ice flowers — formations of ice crystals on the surface of a still, slowly freezing body of water.
  • ill effects — If something has ill effects, it causes problems or damage.
  • imperfectly — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
  • in place of — instead of, replacing
  • increaseful — full of increase; fertile; fruitful
  • ineffectual — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
  • inflectable — (linguistics) That can be inflected.
  • inflections — Plural form of inflection.
  • influencers — Plural form of influencer.
  • influencing — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
  • infomercial — a long commercial that informs or instructs, especially in an original and entertaining manner: an infomercial on making Christmas decorations using the sponsor's brand of glue.
  • interfacial — included between two faces.
  • labefaction — Deterioration or downfall.
  • labor force — work force.
  • lactiferous — producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
  • lactoferrin — a glycoprotein present in milk, especially human milk, and supplying iron to suckling infants.
  • lake effect — the phenomena created in the surrounding area by weather passing over a large lake, especially any of the Great Lakes of the U.S.
  • lake-effect — caused or greatly influenced by the moist air above a large lake
  • lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
  • land office — a government office for the transaction of business relating to public lands.
  • latticeleaf — laceleaf.
  • leaf blotch — a symptom or phase of certain especially fungal diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic discoloration of the leaves.
  • leaf insect — any of several orthopterous insects of the family Phillidae, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having a body that resembles a leaf in color and form.
  • lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
  • licence fee — an annual fee paid by television users in the UK
  • life jacket — a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable construction, for supporting the wearer in deep water and preventing drowning.
  • lifecasting — The creation of a three-dimensional copy of a living body by means of molding and casting techniques.
  • light-faced — (of type) having a weight of type characterized by light thin lines
  • loan office — an office for making loans or receiving payments on loans.
  • loriciferan — (zoology) Any of several marine animals of the phylum Loricifera.
  • luff tackle — a tackle having a double block and a single block, giving a mechanical advantage of three or four, neglecting friction, depending on which is the standing and which is the running block.
  • lyon-office — Heralds' Office.
  • magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  • malefaction — an evil deed; crime; wrongdoing.
  • malefactors — Plural form of malefactor.
  • malefactory — villainous
  • malefically — in a malefic manner
  • maleficence — the doing of evil or harm: the maleficence of thieves.
  • maleficient — Doing evil, harm, or mischief.
  • malfeasance — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
  • microfilmed — Simple past tense and past participle of microfilm.
  • microfilmer — a person who microfilms
  • microfilter — a device plugged into a phone socket to separate the phone line from the broadband line
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