11-letter words containing c, o, e, f
- focal plane — a plane through a focal point and normal to the axis of a lens, mirror, or other optical system. Compare principal plane.
- folio recto — the front of the page; recto (opposed to folio verso).
- folliculate — pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling a follicle or follicles; provided with follicles.
- folliculose — having or resembling follicles
- food parcel — parcels of food prepared and sent, esp by charitable organizations, to people in need
- food prices — the prices that consumers are charged for food
- foodservice — The business of providing food and related services.
- foot-candle — a unit of illuminance or illumination, equivalent to the illumination produced by a source of one candle at a distance of one foot and equal to one lumen incident per square foot. Abbreviation: FC.
- footlockers — Plural form of footlocker.
- footscraper — a metal bar, set in a small frame and attached to a doorstep, used in cleaning mud from the bottoms of the shoes before entering a house.
- for certain — free from doubt or reservation; confident; sure: I am certain he will come.
- forage acre — a measure of the vegetation available for grazing on a range or pasture, equal to the total area multiplied by the percentage of surface covered by usable vegetation (Ex.: 10 acres × 30% coverage = 3 forage acres)
- forbearance — the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
- forbiddance — the act of forbidding.
- force field — A force field is an area of energy, such as magnetic energy, that surrounds an object or place.
- force-draft — to draft (a law, proposal, or the like) quickly or under extreme pressure: The committee must force-draft a code of ethics to present to the meeting tomorrow.
- forced sale — a sale held as a result of a judicial order.
- forcepslike — Resembling a forceps.
- forecasters — Plural form of forecaster.
- forecasting — Present participle of forecast.
- forecastles — Plural form of forecastle.
- forechecked — Simple past tense and past participle of forecheck.
- forechecker — (ice hockey) A player who forechecks.
- foreclosing — Present participle of foreclose.
- foreclosure — the act of foreclosing a mortgage or pledge.
- forereached — Simple past tense and past participle of forereach.
- forevouched — previously avowed
- forficulate — resembling scissors
- forinstance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- formicaries — Plural form of formicary.
- fort casper — a fort in central Wyoming, near Casper: an important post on the Oregon Trail.
- fort pierce — a city on the E coast of Florida.
- fort rucker — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in SE Alabama, NW of Dothan.
- foster care — the raising or supervision of foster children, as orphans or delinquents, in an institution, group home, or private home, usually arranged through a government or social-service agency that provides remuneration for expenses.
- foster city — a city in W California.
- fourchettes — Plural form of fourchette.
- fractionate — to separate or divide into component parts, fragments, divisions, etc.
- fractionize — to divide (a number or quantity) into fractions
- fractionlet — a small piece
- francophile — friendly to or having a strong liking for France or the French.
- francophobe — Also, Francophobic. fearing or hating France, the French people, and French culture, products, etc.
- francophone — Also, Francophonic [frang-kuh-fon-ik] /ˌfræŋ kəˈfɒn ɪk/ (Show IPA). speaking French, especially as a member of a French-speaking population.
- fredericton — a province in SE Canada, E of Maine. 27,985 sq. mi. (72,480 sq. km). Capital: Fredericton.
- free school — a privately run school organized as an alternative to the traditional public or private school, usually following a highly flexible approach to the curriculum and teaching methods.
- freecooling — a system that uses low ambient air temperature to chill water, esp for use in air conditioning
- french chop — a rib chop, usually of lamb, with the meat trimmed from the end of the bone.
- french door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- french foot — Also called knurl toe, scroll foot, whorl foot. a foot of the mid-18th century having the form of a scroll, continuing the leg downward and outward, supported by a shoe.
- french horn — a musical brass wind instrument with a long, coiled tube having a conical bore and a flaring bell.
- french knot — an ornamental stitch made by looping the thread three or four times around the needle before putting it into the fabric