13-letter words containing f, c, i
- beneficiation — the procedure of reducing ores
- benefit match — a sports match organized to raise money for charity, or for a particular player
- beta function — a function of two variables, usually expressed as an improper integral and equal to the quotient of the product of the values of the gamma function at each variable divided by the value of the gamma function at the sum of the variables.
- bill of costs — a statement of the total costs that are the responsibility of a party to a suit or action
- biotic factor — a living thing, as an animal or plant, that influences or affects an ecosystem: How do humans affect other biotic factors? Weather is not a biotic factor because it is not alive.
- bird of peace — a dove.
- birefringence — the splitting of a light ray, generally by a crystal, into two components that travel at different velocities and are polarized at right angles to each other
- biscuit-fired — (of a ceramic object) fired to harden the body.
- blue rockfish — a bluish-black rockfish, Sebastodes mystinus, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- boniface viii — original name Benedict Caetano. ?1234–1303, pope (1294–1303)
- branch office — the local branch of a bank, shop, or other business
- buffalo chips — the dried dung of buffalo used as fuel, especially by early settlers on the western plains.
- butcher knife — a large, very sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat.
- cafe curtains — short, straight curtains, esp. for covering the lower part of a window, hung from a rod by means of sliding rings
- cage fighting — Cage fighting is a type of organized violent fighting that takes place in an enclosed space.
- calcariferous — having a spur or spurs
- calcification — the process of calcifying or becoming calcified
- calico flower — a Brazilian woody vine, Aristolochia elegans, of the birthwort family, having large, solitary, white-spotted, purple flowers.
- calorifacient — (of foods) producing heat.
- camp fire boy — a boy who is a member of the Campfire Boys and Girls. Compare Camp Fire Girl.
- camp-drafting — a competitive test, esp at an agricultural show, of horsemen's skill in drafting cattle
- campaign fund — money for a campaign, as of a political candidate, usually acquired through contributions by supporters.
- campaniliform — Alternative form of campaniform.
- cantus firmus — an existing melody used as the basis for a new polyphonic composition
- cape crawfish — an edible South African spiny lobster, Jasus lalandii.
- caprification — a method of pollinating the edible fig by hanging branches of caprifig flowers in edible fig trees. Parasitic wasps in the caprifig flowers transfer pollen to the edible fig flowers
- carboniferous — yielding coal or carbon
- cardinal fish — a small brightly coloured fish found in shallow tropical seas, of the family Apogonidae, the male of which often broods eggs in its mouth
- carnification — the conversion of tissue into flesh or a fleshlike substance, as of lung tissue into fibrous tissue as a result of pneumonia.
- carrickfergus — a town in E Northern Ireland, in Carrickfergus district, Co Antrim; historic settlement of Scottish Protestants on Belfast Lough; Norman castle. Pop: 27 201 (2001)
- carving knife — A carving knife is a long sharp knife that is used to cut cooked meat.
- cashew family — the plant family Anacardiaceae, typified by trees, shrubs, or vines having resinous and sometimes poisonous juice, alternate leaves, small flowers, and a nut or fleshy fruit, and including the cashew, mango, pistachio, poison ivy, and sumac.
- casual friday — In some companies, employees are allowed to wear clothes that are more informal than usual on a Friday. This day is known as a casual Friday.
- caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
- caulifloweret — an individual floret from a cauliflower
- celluliferous — making or consisting of small cells
- centerfielder — (baseball) A player in the centerfield position.
- centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
- centrifugence — the property of being centrifugal
- certification — a document attesting the truth of a fact or statement
- certificatory — Serving to certify something.
- charles fries — Charles Carpenter, 1887–1967, U.S. linguist.
- chemin de fer — a gambling game, a variation of baccarat
- chesterfields — Plural form of chesterfield.
- chicken-fried — (of meats, esp steak) coated in seasoned flour and pan-fried
- chief justice — A Chief Justice is the most important judge of a court of law, especially a supreme court.
- chief-officer — the officer of a merchant vessel next in command beneath the captain.
- chieftainship — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
- child benefit — In Britain, child benefit is an amount of money paid weekly by the state to families for each of their children.
- child welfare — social work and services aimed at insuring the welfare of children