13-letter words containing f, c
- fabricability — able to be formed or shaped; capable of being constructed or manufactured.
- face painting — art of decorating the face with paint
- face validity — the extent to which a psychological test appears to measure what it is intended to measure
- face-centered — (of a crystal structure) having lattice points on the faces of the unit cells.
- facetiousness — (uncountable) The state of being facetious.
- facial eczema — a disease of sheep and cattle, occurring in warm areas of North Island, New Zealand. It is caused by a fungus, Pithomyces chartarum, and causes impairment of liver function and reddening, itching, scab formation, and swelling of the skin, esp on the face
- facial tissue — a soft, disposable paper tissue especially for cleansing the face or for use as a handkerchief.
- faction fight — a fight between rival Black groups, usually originating in tribal or clan feuds
- factionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of factionalize.
- factorisation — Alternative spelling of factorization.
- factorization — Mathematics. to resolve into factors.
- factory floor — The factory floor refers to the workers in a factory, as opposed to the managers. It can also refer to the area where they work.
- factory price — the price quoted for manufactured goods for pickup at the gate of a factory, before certain handling, shipping, and similar costs.
- factory-fresh — coming directly from the factory; brand new
- facts of life — any aspect of human existence that must be acknowledged or regarded as unalterable: Old age is a fact of life.
- facultatively — In a facultative manner.
- faculty board — the governing body of a faculty
- fait accompli — an accomplished fact; a thing already done: The enemy's defeat was a fait accompli long before the formal surrender.
- falcon-gentle — the female peregrine falcon.
- false colours — a flag to which one is not entitled, flown esp in order to deceive
- false economy — an attempt to save money which actually leads to greater expense
- falsification — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- family circle — the closely related members of a family as a group.
- family credit — (formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999
- family doctor — a general practitioner.
- fanaticalness — Fanaticism.
- fancy (that)! — can you imagine (that)!
- fantasmagoric — phantasmagoria.
- fantastically — conceived or appearing as if conceived by an unrestrained imagination; odd and remarkable; bizarre; grotesque: fantastic rock formations; fantastic designs.
- farmer cheese — a cheese made by pressing together the soft white curds of whole milk or partly skimmed milk, similar in texture to dry cottage cheese.
- fasciculation — a fascicular condition.
- fascinatingly — of great interest or attraction; enchanting; charming; captivating: a fascinating story; fascinating jewelry.
- fascistically — In a fascistic way.
- fast-tracking — the practice of speeding up the progress of a project or person
- fat electrons — (electronics, humour) Old-time hacker David Cargill's theory on the cause of computer glitches. Your typical electricity company draws its line current out of the big generators with a pair of coil taps located near the top of the dynamo. When the normal tap brushes get dirty, they take them off line to clean them up, and use special auxiliary taps on the *bottom* of the coil. Now, this is a problem, because when they do that they get not ordinary or "thin" electrons, but the fat sloppy electrons that are heavier and so settle to the bottom of the generator. These flow down ordinary wires just fine, but when they have to turn a sharp corner (as in an integrated-circuit via), they're apt to get stuck. This is what causes computer glitches. Compare bogon, magic smoke.
- fatty alcohol — any of several long-chain alcohols from animals or plants, analogous to the fatty acids, used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, detergents, plastics, etc.
- fault breccia — angular rock fragments produced by fracture and grinding during faulting and distributed within or adjacent to the fault plane.
- fault current — A fault current is a current that results from a fault.
- faunistically — in a faunistic manner
- feather tract — pteryla.
- featherstitch — an embroidery stitch producing work in which a succession of branches extend alternately on each side of a central stem.
- feature creep — creeping featurism
- feature shock — (jargon) (From Alvin Toffler's "Future Shock") A user's confusion when confronted with a package that has too many features and poor introductory material.
- febrifacients — Plural form of febrifacient.
- federal court — a court of a federal government, especially one established under the Constitution of the United States.
- feedback form — A feedback form is a paper with questions on it and spaces marked where you should write the answers. It asks a hotel guest if they enjoyed their stay and what could be improved.
- feedback loop — the path by which some of the output of a circuit, system, or device is returned to the input.
- feeder school — a junior school whose pupils go to a specific secondary school
- feinschmecker — gourmet.
- felicitations — an expression of good wishes; congratulation.