10-letter words containing c, s, f
- fetoscopes — Plural form of fetoscope.
- fiberscope — an optical instrument consisting of a fiber bundle with an objective lens at one end and an eyepiece at the other, for viewing objects not accessible to direct viewing.
- fibrescope — (British) An instrument, consisting of a fibre optic bundle, used to observe inaccessible areas.
- fickleness — Changeability, especially as regards one's loyalties or affections.
- fictionist — a writer of fiction; a novelist or short-story writer.
- fictitious — created, taken, or assumed for the sake of concealment; not genuine; false: fictitious names.
- fierceness — menacingly wild, savage, or hostile: fierce animals; a fierce look.
- fiercesome — (nonstandard, dialect) fierce.
- fimicolous — of or relating to an organism that lives on or in animal excrement.
- financials — pertaining to monetary receipts and expenditures; pertaining or relating to money matters; pecuniary: financial operations.
- financiers — Plural form of financier.
- financings — Plural form of financing.
- firebricks — Plural form of firebrick.
- firecrests — Plural form of firecrest.
- fireplaces — Plural form of fireplace.
- firescreen — a decorative screen placed in the hearth when there is no fire
- firetrucks — Plural form of firetruck.
- firmicutes — Plural form of firmicute.
- first-come — arranged, considered, or done in order of application or arrival, as for purposes of service: orders filled on a first-come basis.
- firstcomer — a person who arrives first or among the first.
- fish sauce — a spicy sauce made from the fermented liquid of salt-cured fish, especially anchovies, popular as a flavoring or condiment in Southeast Asian cookery.
- fish slice — a broad-bladed kitchen implement with a long handle, for turning fish in frying.
- fish stick — an oblong piece of fried fish, usually breaded.
- fisticuffs — a cuff or blow with the fist.
- fixed cost — a cost unvarying with a change in the volume of business (distinguished from variable cost).
- flagsticks — Plural form of flagstick.
- flarebacks — Plural form of flareback.
- flash back — If your mind flashes back to something in the past, you remember it or think of it briefly or suddenly.
- flash card — a card having words, numerals, or pictures on it, designed for gaining a rapid response from pupils when held up briefly by a teacher, used especially in reading, arithmetic, or vocabulary drills.
- flash-lock — stanch1 (def 5).
- flashbacks — Plural form of flashback.
- flashcards — Plural form of flashcard.
- flat ascii — (text) (Or "plain ASCII") Said of a text file that contains only 7-bit ASCII characters and uses only ASCII-standard control characters (that is, has no embedded codes specific to a particular text formatter markup language, or output device, and no meta-characters). Compare flat file.
- flatscreen — a type of thin, lightweight video display that uses liquid crystals or electroluminescence to reflect images.
- flavescent — turning yellow; yellowish.
- fleeceless — without a fleece; lacking a fleece
- fleeciness — The quality of being fleecy.
- fletchings — the feathers on an arrow, which stabilize it during flight.
- flick-pass — a movement in which the ball is passed quickly to another player by flicking it out of the hand; often performed with only one hand
- flintlocks — Plural form of flintlock.
- florescent — the act, state, or period of flowering; bloom.
- floristics — the study of the distribution, number, types, and relationships of plant species in an area or areas.
- flosculous — (botany) Consisting of many gamopetalous florets.
- flowcharts — Plural form of flowchart.
- fluctuates — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
- fluoresced — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoresce.
- fluorescer — something that fluoresces; a fluorescent substance
- fluoresces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoresce.
- flyscreens — Plural form of flyscreen.
- flyspeck 3 — (humour) A standard name for any font that is so tiny as to be unreadable, by analogy with names like "Helvetica 10" for 10-point Helvetica. Legal boilerplate is usually printed in Flyspeck 3.