12-letter words containing f, c, i
- confucianist — the system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct.
- confusticate — Slang. to confuse or perplex; bewilder.
- confutations — Plural form of confutation.
- conspecifics — Plural form of conspecific.
- containerful — As much as a container can hold.
- cooking film — a plastic film used for wrapping or covering food
- cooking foil — a thin sheet of aluminium used for wrapping or covering food
- cop off with — If you cop off with someone, you meet them and start a sexual or romantic relationship with them.
- corticofugal — (of a nerve fiber) originating in and running from the cerebral cortex.
- cost-benefit — denoting or relating to a method of assessing a project that takes into account its costs and its benefits to society as well as the revenue it generates
- cost-justify — to justify the allotment or spending of a specific sum of money for (an investment, procurement, etc.).
- couchsurfing — Couchsurfing is the practice of sleeping at the houses of several different people for a period of time without paying.
- council fire — a fire kept burning continually during a council of American Indians.
- council flat — a flat built or owned by a local council
- counterfeits — Plural form of counterfeit.
- counterfoils — Plural form of counterfoil.
- country life — life in the country
- courier firm — a firm that provides special delivery services
- craftmanship — Alternative form of craftsmanship.
- craniofacial — relating to both the cranium and the face
- cricket frog — either of two tree frogs, Acris gryllus or A. crepitans, of eastern and central U.S., having a clicking call.
- crimson flag — a southern African plant, Schizostylis coccinea, of the iris family, having tubular red flowers.
- crinkle leaf — a disease of plants, characterized by puckering, mottling, and distortion of the leaves, caused by any of several viruses.
- crop failure — a failure of crops to yield sufficient food, etc, to maintain a community or to provide a surplus to sell
- crowdfunding — Crowdfunding is when a large number of people each give an amount of money to pay for a project, especially by using a website to collect the money.
- crown office — (in England) an office of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court that is responsible for administration and where actions are entered for trial
- crucifiction — Misspelling of crucifixion.
- crucifixions — Plural form of crucifixion.
- cruciformity — being in the shape of a cross; cross-shaped.
- cuneiformist — a person who studies or deciphers cuneiform writing.
- cupuliferous — of or relating to the Cupuliferae family of trees which includes oak, hazel, chestnut, etc
- curvifoliate — having leaves curved or bent back
- cut a figure — to attract attention
- cut and fill — a process of localized gradation whereby material eroded from one place is deposited a short distance away.
- cutlass fish — any compressed, ribbonlike fish of the genus Trichiurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- cyberfriends — Plural form of cyberfriend.
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- cybersurfing — The practice of using and browsing the Internet, especially as a habitual pastime.
- cyclic shift — a transfer of digits from one end of a machine word to the other, retaining the same order in both places.
- cylindriform — having the form or shape of a cylinder
- dancing frog — (programming, humour) A bug or glitch that only occurs for a particular user; never when the user tries to show it to anyone else. The term is derived from a Warner Brothers cartoon in which a man discovers a frog which can sing and dance; he believes this will make his fortune but the frog never performs in front of anyone else.
- decaffeinate — to remove all or part of the caffeine from (coffee, tea, etc)
- decalcifying — Present participle of decalcify.
- deck officer — a ship's officer who is part of the deck crew
- declassified — to remove the classification from (information, a document, etc.) that restricts access in terms of secrecy, confidentiality, etc. Compare classification (def 5).
- declassifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declassify.
- deconflicted — Simple past tense and past participle of deconflict.
- defectionist — a person who is in favour of lapsing, backsliding, or defection
- deficiencies — the state of being deficient; lack; incompleteness; insufficiency.
- deflectional — of or relating to deflection