12-letter words containing c, o, f, e, a, t
- edifications — Plural form of edification.
- effectuation — to bring about; effect.
- face to face — with the fronts or faces toward each other, especially when close together.
- face-to-face — with the fronts or faces toward each other, especially when close together.
- fact of life — any aspect of human existence that must be acknowledged or regarded as unalterable: Old age is a fact of life.
- factionalize — (especially of a political party or other organized group) split or divide into factions.
- factiousness — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
- factorizable — (mathematics, of an integer or polynomial etc) Able to be factorized.
- fast reactor — a nuclear reactor using little or no moderator, fission being caused by fast neutrons
- featurectomy — /fee"ch*r-ek"t*-mee/ The act of removing a feature from a program. Featurectomies come in two flavours, the "righteous" and the "reluctant". Righteous featurectomies are performed because the remover believes the program would be more elegant without the feature, or there is already an equivalent and better way to achieve the same end. (Doing so is not quite the same thing as removing a misfeature.) Reluctant featurectomies are performed to satisfy some external constraint such as code size or execution speed.
- feet of clay — a weakness or hidden flaw in the character of a greatly admired or respected person: He was disillusioned to find that even Lincoln had feet of clay.
- felicitation — an expression of good wishes; congratulation.
- fianchettoed — Simple past tense and past participle of fianchetto.
- fictionalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fictionalize.
- fictionalize — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
- fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- final notice — last warning before legal action
- fissicostate — having divided or separated ribs
- fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
- focal length — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
- for instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- for-instance — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- forced-draft — using a flow of air or air forced through a pipe or system of pipes by fans or blowers: a forced-draft central heating system.
- forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
- fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
- french toast — bread dipped in a batter of egg and milk and sautéed until brown, usually served with syrup or sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- functionable — functional (def 3).
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- inflectional — of, relating to, or used in inflection: an inflectional ending.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- leaf tobacco — tobacco in leaf form
- liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- mary of teck — Mary (def 4).
- metafictions — Plural form of metafiction.
- metafunction — (computing, programming) A function which calls all the other functions of a certain program; the only function that can be called independently.
- modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
- mother craft — a spaceship providing facilities and supplies for a number of smaller craft, or for astronauts
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- nonaffective — of, caused by, or expressing emotion or feeling; emotional.
- of substance — wealthy
- off the pace — behind the leader; out of first place
- off the rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.