8-letter words containing f, c, o
- jack-off — any of various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic methods.
- kick off — the act of kicking; a blow or thrust with the foot or feet.
- kick-off — the act of kicking; a blow or thrust with the foot or feet.
- kickoffs — Plural form of kickoff.
- knockoff — an act or instance of knocking off.
- lockfast — (Scottish) Fastened or secured with a lock.
- locofoco — (sometimes lowercase) a member of the radical faction of the New York City Democrats, organized in 1835 to oppose the conservative members of the party.
- misfocus — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- mooncalf — a congenitally grossly deformed and mentally defective person.
- moonface — a round and full face
- morbific — causing disease.
- mortific — causing death
- muciform — Resembling mucus.
- nonfocal — Not focal.
- norcroft — (Contraction of Norman + Mycroft) A company producing C compilers, set up by Arthur Norman and Alan Mycroft. Now "sort of" called Codemist. The original Norcroft compiler was written by Alan and Arthur to provide a platform for teaching languages and compilers on the Cambridge University mainframe. They then went on to develop versions for the transputer, ARM and others.
- nuciform — having the shape of a nut; nut-shaped.
- octofoil — double quatrefoil.
- of color — person: not white
- 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.
- official — a person appointed or elected to an office or charged with certain duties.
- offtrack — occurring or carried on away from a racetrack: offtrack betting.
- old face — a type style that originated in the 18th century, characterized by little contrast between thick and thin strokes
- olefinic — Characteristic of, or containing olefins.
- olfactor — A smelling organ; a nose.
- opificer — someone who makes something; a craftsman
- orifices — an opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouthlike opening or hole; mouth; vent.
- outfaced — Simple past tense and past participle of outface.
- outfence — to surpass at the sport of fencing
- pacifico — a peaceful person.
- pack off — a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
- packfong — a Chinese cupronickel alloy
- parfocal — of or relating to different eyepieces (of telescopes or microscopes) that all focus their images in the same plane, so that they can be interchanged without readjusting the instrument.
- perfecto — a rather thick, medium-sized cigar tapering almost down to a point at each end.
- perforce — of necessity; necessarily; by force of circumstance: The story must perforce be true.
- piciform — of or relating to birds belonging to the six families which make up the order Piciformes. The best-known of these six is the Picidae family and the entire order is made up of mainly tree-haunting birds
- pick off — the act of choosing or selecting; choice; selection: to take one's pick.
- pick-off — Baseball. a play in which a base runner, caught off base, is tagged out by an infielder on a quick throw, usually from the pitcher or catcher.
- pickford — Mary (Gladys Marie Smith) 1893–1979, U.S. motion-picture actress, born in Canada.
- po-faced — having an overly serious demeanor or attitude; humorless.
- pontific — pontifical.
- postface — any statement or information at the end of a text, the opposite of a preface
- pouchful — the amount (of something) a pouch will hold
- prefocus — to focus (something) in advance
- prolific — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- q factor — See Q (def 6).
- q-factor — See Q (def 6).
- r factor — a genetic component of some bacteria that provides resistance to antibiotics and can be transferred from one bacterium to another by conjugation.
- race off — to entice (a person) away with a view to seduction