12-letter words containing f, c, i
- differencing — the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
- difficulties — the fact or condition of being difficult.
- difunctional — Bifunctional.
- disaffecting — Present participle of disaffect.
- disaffection — the absence or alienation of affection or goodwill; estrangement; disloyalty: Disaffection often leads to outright treason.
- discomfiting — to confuse and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question.
- discomfiture — Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
- discomforted — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- discomforter — One who causes discomfort.
- disconfirmed — Simple past tense and past participle of disconfirm.
- disfranchise — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- disgracefull — Archaic form of disgraceful.
- disinfectant — any chemical agent used chiefly on inanimate objects to destroy or inhibit the growth of harmful organisms.
- disinfecting — Present participle of disinfect.
- disinfection — to cleanse (rooms, wounds, clothing, etc.) of infection; destroy disease germs in.
- drift anchor — a sea anchor or drag.
- duty officer — In the police or armed forces, a duty officer is an officer who is on duty at a particular time.
- dysfluencies — disfluency.
- dysfunctions — Plural form of dysfunction.
- east african — of or relating to East Africa or its inhabitants
- eco-friendly — environmentally safe
- edifications — Plural form of edification.
- effectiveley — Misspelling of effectively.
- effectuality — producing or capable of producing an intended effect; adequate.
- effectuating — Present participle of effectuate.
- effectuation — to bring about; effect.
- effervescing — Present participle of effervesce.
- effervescive — Tending to produce effervescence.
- efficiencies — the state or quality of being efficient, or able to accomplish something with the least waste of time and effort; competency in performance.
- efflorescing — Present participle of effloresce.
- eisteddfodic — Relating to an eisteddfod.
- electrifying — Present participle of electrify.
- eliza effect — (jargon) /e-li:'z* *-fekt'/ (From ELIZA) The tendency of humans to attach associations to terms from prior experience. For example, there is nothing magic about the symbol "+" that makes it well-suited to indicate addition; it's just that people associate it with addition. Using "+" or "plus" to mean addition in a computer language is taking advantage of the ELIZA effect. The ELIZA effect is a Good Thing when writing a programming language, but it can blind you to serious shortcomings when analysing an Artificial Intelligence system. Compare ad-hockery; see also AI-complete.
- encoffinment — The preparation of the body of a deceased person and placement of it in a coffin, especially in a ceremonial or ritualistic manner.
- enfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of enfranchise.
- enfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enfranchise.
- exclusive of — not including or allowing for; ignoring
- exsufflicate — Empty, inflated, frivolous.
- fabrications — Plural form of fabrication.
- facial angle — Craniometry. the angle formed by a line from nasion to prosthion at its intersection with the plane of the Frankfurt horizontal.
- facial index — Craniometry. the ratio of the breadth of a face to its height.
- facial nerve — either one of the seventh pair of cranial nerves composed of motor fibers that control muscles of the face except those used in chewing.
- facial scrub — a beauty product or treatment which cleanses and exfoliates the skin of the face
- facilitating — to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
- facilitation — the act or process of facilitating.
- facilitative — to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
- facilitators — Plural form of facilitator.
- facilitatory — That serves to facilitate.
- fact of life — any aspect of human existence that must be acknowledged or regarded as unalterable: Old age is a fact of life.
- fact-finding — a person who searches impartially for the facts or actualities of a subject or situation, especially one appointed to conduct an official investigation, as in a labor-management conflict.