8-letter words containing c, s, f
- fuchsins — Plural form of fuchsin.
- fuchsite — a bright green variety of muscovite having chromium in place of some of the aluminum.
- fuculose — (carbohydrate) A deoxysugar related to tagatose.
- fulcrums — Plural form of fulcrum.
- functors — Plural form of functor.
- furnaces — Plural form of furnace.
- futtocks — Plural form of futtock.
- ice fish — any percoid fish of the family Chaenichthyidae, of Antarctic seas, having a semitransparent scaleless body
- icefalls — Plural form of icefall.
- in focus — seen clearly
- infarcts — Plural form of infarct.
- inflects — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inflect.
- inflicts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inflict.
- infracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of infract.
- jackfish — any of several pikes, especially the northern pike.
- kickoffs — Plural form of kickoff.
- lifecast — a live video of one's daily activities, broadcast over the Internet: A lot of people are obsessed with following her daily lifecast.
- lockfast — (Scottish) Fastened or secured with a lock.
- lucifers — Plural form of lucifer.
- mischief — conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance.
- misfocus — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- nucflash — a report of highest precedence notifying the president, secretary of defense, or their deputies of an accidental or unauthorized nuclear-weapon launch or of a nuclear attack.
- off sick — If you are off sick, you are not at work because you are ill.
- offences — Plural form of offence.
- officers — Plural form of officer.
- orifices — an opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouthlike opening or hole; mouth; vent.
- pacifism — opposition to war or violence of any kind.
- pacifist — a person who believes in pacifism or is opposed to war or to violence of any kind.
- pascal-f — Pascal extended to include fixed-point arithmetic. E. Nelson, "Pascal-F: Programming Language for Real-Time Automotive Control", IEEE ElectroTechnol. Rev. (USA), 2:39, 1968.
- postface — any statement or information at the end of a text, the opposite of a preface
- prefocus — to focus (something) in advance
- puckfist — a puffball fungus
- pulsific — causing the pulse to increase
- refracts — to subject to refraction.
- refresco — a refreshment, as a soft drink.
- rockfish — any of various fishes found about rocks.
- salvific — of or relating to redemptive power.
- sanctify — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- scaffold — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- scan-edf — (storage, algorithm) A variation of the Scan disk aceess algorithm for use in a real-time environment where, in general, requests are served according to Earliest Deadline First. If two requests share the same deadline, they may be reorganised according to Scan. A typical example is a video server that retrieves video data from a hard disk. The playback of a video impose tight real-time constraints but if the server retrieves data once every second for each video channel, Scan-EDF can be applied, reducing the seek overhead.
- scarface — a 1983 cult gangster film written by Oliver Stone, directed by Brian de Palma, and starring Al Pacino.
- scarfing — a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- scarfish — a fish in the family Scaridae
- scarfpin — tiepin.
- scentful — full of scent or odour; fragrant
- schiffli — a large, loomlike machine for embroidering textiles and working patterns in lace.
- scoffers — to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.
- scoffing — food; grub.
- scofflaw — a person who flouts the law, especially one who fails to pay fines owed.
- scofield — (David) Paul. (1922–2008), English stage and film actor