11-letter words containing c, s, f
- fingerpicks — Plural form of fingerpick.
- finickiness — The quality of being finicky.
- fire escape — an apparatus or structure used to escape from a burning building, as a metal stairway down an outside wall.
- fire screen — a screen placed in front of a fireplace for protection, especially from sparks.
- first cause — God.
- first reich — the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806.
- first-class — of the highest or best class or quality: a first-class movie.
- fiscal drag — the process by which, during inflation, rising incomes draw people into higher tax brackets, so that their real incomes may fall; this acts as a restraint on the expansion of the economy
- fiscal year — any yearly period without regard to the calendar year, at the end of which a firm, government, etc., determines its financial condition.
- fish course — A fish course is a part of a meal in which fish is served, usually before the entrée.
- fish doctor — a scaleless, brightly colored eelpout, Gymnelis viridis, of Arctic waters.
- fish tackle — a tackle for fishing an anchor.
- fixed costs — a cost unvarying with a change in the volume of business (distinguished from variable cost).
- flare stack — A flare stack is a high vertical pipe for carrying unwanted gas so it can be burned off.
- flashpacker — a backpacker who has a considerable disposable income
- flat screen — a type of thin, lightweight video display that uses liquid crystals or electroluminescence to reflect images.
- flea circus — a number of fleas trained to perform tricks, as for a carnival sideshow
- flesh color — (no longer in common use; now considered offensive) a yellowish pink or pinkish cream color (approximating the skin color of a white person).
- fletcherism — the practice of chewing food until it is reduced to a finely divided, liquefied mass: advocated by Horace Fletcher, 1849–1919, U.S. nutritionist.
- fletschhorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. 13,110 feet (3999 meters).
- flocculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flocculate.
- floor space — an area on the floor of a premises where objects may be placed
- floppy disc — (spelling) It's "floppy disk", not like "compact disc".
- florescence — the act, state, or period of flowering; bloom.
- flucytosine — a synthetic whitish crystalline powder, C 4 H 4 FN 3 O, with antifungal activity, used in the treatment of systemic and eye fungal infections caused by susceptible strains of Candida or Cryptococcus.
- fluorescein — an orange-red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 12 O 5 , that in alkaline solutions produces an orange color and an intense green fluorescence: used to trace subterranean waters and in dyes.
- fluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- fluoroscope — a tube or box fitted with a screen coated with a fluorescent substance, used for viewing objects, especially deep body structures, by means of x-ray or other radiation.
- fluoroscopy — the use of or examination by means of a fluoroscope.
- fluticasone — (organic compound) A synthetic corticosteroid whose furoate and propionate forms are used as topical anti-inflammatories.
- flycatchers — Plural form of flycatcher.
- flyspecking — A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
- focus group — a representative group of people questioned together about their opinions on political issues, consumer products, etc.
- foliicolous — growing on leaves, as certain liverworts.
- folliculose — having or resembling follicles
- folliculous — having or producing follicles
- food prices — the prices that consumers are charged for food
- foodservice — The business of providing food and related services.
- 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.
- 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.
- foreclosing — Present participle of foreclose.
- foreclosure — the act of foreclosing a mortgage or pledge.
- forinstance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- formalistic — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.