11-letter words containing c, s, f
- house finch — a small common finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, originally of the western U.S. and Mexico and now widely distributed: the males have a red forehead, throat, breast, and rump.
- house-craft — skill in domestic management
- hovercrafts — (nonstandard) Plural form of hovercraft.
- ice fishing — the act or practice of fishing through a hole cut in the ice.
- ice flowers — formations of ice crystals on the surface of a still, slowly freezing body of water.
- ill effects — If something has ill effects, it causes problems or damage.
- increaseful — full of increase; fertile; fruitful
- infarctions — Plural form of infarction.
- inflections — Plural form of inflection.
- inflictions — Plural form of infliction.
- influencers — Plural form of influencer.
- 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.
- inofficious — being inconsistent with moral duty and natural affection.
- insectiform — resembling an insect
- insectifuge — a substance or preparation for driving off insects.
- janus-faced — having two faces, one looking forward, one looking backward, as the Roman deity Janus.
- join forces — unite for a common purpose
- lactiferous — producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
- lactifluous — full or flowing with milk
- lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- leaf insect — any of several orthopterous insects of the family Phillidae, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having a body that resembles a leaf in color and form.
- lifecasting — The creation of a three-dimensional copy of a living body by means of molding and casting techniques.
- locofocoism — the doctrines of the Locofocos.
- macrofossil — a fossil large enough to be studied and identified without the use of a microscope.
- magnificoes — Plural form of magnifico.
- malefactors — Plural form of malefactor.
- malfeasance — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
- mass defect — the amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus differs from the sum of the masses of its constituent particles, being the mass equivalent of the energy released in the formation of the nucleus.
- 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.
- misclassify — To classify incorrectly.
- misfeasance — a wrong, actual or alleged, arising from or consisting of affirmative action.
- misfunction — malfunction.
- multifocals — multifocal spectacles
- neo-fascism — a modern right-wing political movement that includes significant elements of fascism, esp inspired by fascist Italy
- neo-fascist — any of various political movements or beliefs inspired by or reminiscent of fascism or Nazism.
- neofascists — Plural form of neofascist.
- nonfeasance — the omission of some act that ought to have been performed. Compare malfeasance, misfeasance (def 2).
- nonspecific — Not detailed or exact; general.
- obfuscating — Present participle of obfuscate.
- obfuscation — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obfuscatory — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obfusticate — Synonym of obfuscate.