11-letter words containing c, r, o, s, f
- frontcourts — Plural form of frontcourt.
- fruticulose — (botany) Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub.
- furciferous — (archaic) rascally; scandalous.
- furunculous — Furuncular.
- golf course — the ground or course over which golf is played. A standard full-scale golf course has 125 to 175 acres (51 to 71 hectares), usually with 18 holes varying from 100 to 650 yards (91 to 594 meters) in length from tee to cup.
- horse-faced — having a large face with lantern jaws and large teeth.
- house-craft — skill in domestic management
- hovercrafts — (nonstandard) Plural form of hovercraft.
- ice flowers — formations of ice crystals on the surface of a still, slowly freezing body of water.
- infarctions — Plural form of infarction.
- informatics — the study of information processing; computer science.
- infracostal — (anatomy) Below the ribs.
- infractions — Plural form of infraction.
- infrasonics — the branch of science that deals with infrasonic phenomena.
- infructuose — Not yielding fruit.
- infructuous — (Pakistan and India only; of a project etc) not fruitful.
- insectiform — resembling an insect
- join forces — unite for a common purpose
- lactiferous — producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
- macrofossil — a fossil large enough to be studied and identified without the use of a microscope.
- malefactors — Plural form of malefactor.
- microfarads — Plural form of microfarad.
- microfibers — Plural form of microfiber.
- microfossil — a fossil so small that it can be studied and identified only with a microscope.
- microfungus — A fungus in which no sexual process has been observed or in which the reproductive organs are microscopic.
- obfuscatory — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- oceanfronts — Plural form of oceanfront.
- officership — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
- offscouring — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- olfactories — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- prime focus — the focal point of the objective lens or primary mirror of a telescope
- pro-fascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- re-forecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- reflections — thoughts, esp careful or long-considered ones
- resourceful — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
- risk factor — a condition, behavior, or other factor that increases risk: Smoking is a major risk factor for cancer; depression as a risk factor in suicide.
- rose chafer — a tan scarabaeid beetle, Macrodactylus subspinosis, that feeds on the flowers and foliage of roses, grapes, peach trees, etc.
- sacculiform — (of plant parts, etc) shaped like a small sac
- sales force — team of salespeople
- scalariform — ladderlike.
- scalpriform — chisel-shaped, as the incisors of certain rodents.
- scarf cloud — pileus (def 3).
- scarf joint — a joint in which two timbers or other structural members are fitted together with long end laps of various forms and held in place with bolts, straps, keys, fishplates, etc., to resist tension or compression.
- schoolcraft — Henry Rowe [roh] /roʊ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1864, U.S. explorer, ethnologist, and author.
- schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
- scorpionfly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- scroll foot — French foot (def 1).
- shear force — Shear force is force that makes one surface of a substance move over another parallel surface.
- shock front — the forward boundary surface of a shock wave.
- smock frock — a loose overgarment of linen or cotton, as that worn by European farm laborers. Compare blouse (def 3).