12-letter words containing e, f, t
- chaetiferous — having bristles
- chaff-cutter — a machine used to chop up hay and straw to make it into chaff for feeding to cattle
- change front — to redeploy (a force in the field) so that its main weight of weapons points in another direction
- characterful — If you describe something as characterful, you mean that it is pleasant and interesting.
- chesterfield — a man's knee-length overcoat, usually with a fly front to conceal the buttons and having a velvet collar
- chew the fat — If people chew the fat, they talk in a relaxed, informal way.
- chief priest — the highest ranking among a number of priests
- chieftainess — a female chieftain
- ciment fondu — a type of quick-hardening refractory cement having a high alumina content
- circumfluent — flowing around; surrounding; encompassing
- city fathers — You can refer to the members of a city council or city's government as the city fathers.
- clayton fern — a tall fern, Osmunda claytoniana, of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having an interruption of growth in the center of some fronds.
- cleft palate — If someone has a cleft palate, they were born with a narrow opening along the roof of their mouth which makes it difficult for them to speak properly.
- clerofascist — A cleric supporting fascism or advocating a synthesis of religion and fascism.
- close-fisted — very careful with money; mean
- closefitting — fitting tightly, esp. in such a way as to show the contours of the body
- cloud forest — a forest, usually near coastal mountain peaks in tropical regions, that has an almost constant cloud cover, even during the dry season
- clovenfooted — having split hoofs, once assumed to represent the halves of a single undivided hoof, as in cattle.
- club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
- cock feather — the odd-coloured feather set on the shaft of an arrow at right angles to the nock
- codefendants — Plural form of codefendant.
- coefficients — Plural form of coefficient.
- coffee table — A coffee table is a small low table in a living room.
- color filter — colored glass, dyed gelatin, etc., used to produce certain color or light effects, as in photography
- combat knife — a large knife for military use
- come off it! — stop trying to fool me!
- come out for — to announce one's approval of; endorse
- come to life — If something or someone comes to life, they become active.
- comfort zone — a situation or position in which a person feels secure, comfortable, or in control
- comfortables — Plural form of comfortable.
- confabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of confabulate.
- confectioner — A confectioner is a person whose job is making or selling sweets and chocolates.
- confederated — Simple past tense and past participle of confederate.
- confederates — Plural form of confederate.
- conferential — Of or pertaining to a conference.
- confidential — Information that is confidential is meant to be kept secret or private.
- configurated — to give a configuration, form, or design to.
- confinements — Plural form of confinement.
- confirmative — serving to confirm; corroborative.
- conflagrated — Simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate.
- conformative — (nonstandard) Tending to conform; conforming.
- conformities — Plural form of conformity.
- confoundment — The state of being confounded.
- confraternal — a lay brotherhood devoted to some purpose, especially to religious or charitable service.
- confrontment — Confrontation.
- confusticate — Slang. to confuse or perplex; bewilder.
- consent form — a form signed by a patient prior to a medical procedure to confirm that he or she agrees to the procedure and is aware of any risks that might be involved
- containerful — As much as a container can hold.
- content farm — a website that exploits the way search engines retrieve and rank pages by incorporating popular search terms and topics in its content, often with little attention to the originality, appropriateness, or quality of the subject matter, in order to elevate the ranking of its articles in online search results and attract advertisers.
- content-free — (jargon) 1. (By analogy with "context-free") Used of a message that adds nothing to the recipient's knowledge. Though this adjective is sometimes applied to flamage, it more usually connotes derision for communication styles that exalt form over substance or are centred on concerns irrelevant to the subject ostensibly at hand. Perhaps most used with reference to speeches by company presidents and other professional manipulators. See also four-colour glossies. (education) 2. Within British schools the term refers to general-purpose software such as a word processor, a spreadsheet or a program that tests spelling of words supplied by the teacher. This is in contrast to software designed to teach a particular topic, e.g. a plant growth simulation, an interactive periodic table or a program that tests spelling of a predetermined list of words. Content-free software can be more cost-effective as it can be reused for many lessons throughout the syllabus.