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13-letter words containing f, c

  • cape-flattery — Cape, a cape in NW Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula, at the entrance to Juan de Fuca Strait.
  • 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
  • carbon offset — a compensatory measure made by an individual or company for carbon emissions, usually through sponsoring activities or projects which increase carbon dioxide absorption, such as tree planting
  • 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)
  • carry forward — to transfer (a balance) to the next page, column, etc
  • carry too far — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
  • 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.
  • catch hold of — to take; seize; grasp
  • catch oneself — to hold oneself back abruptly from saying or doing something
  • 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
  • cause offence — If you cause offence or give offence to someone, you say or do something rude which upsets or embarrasses them.
  • cellar fungus — a fungus, Coniophora puteana, that causes dry rot in timber.
  • celluliferous — making or consisting of small cells
  • centerfielder — (baseball) A player in the centerfield position.
  • central falls — a city in NE Rhode Island.
  • 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.
  • changefulness — Propensity to change.
  • channel ferry — a ship that shuttles across the English Channel between the UK and the continent
  • chapel de fer — a medieval open helmet, often having a broad brim for deflecting blows from above.
  • charles fries — Charles Carpenter, 1887–1967, U.S. linguist.
  • chef-d'oeuvre — a masterpiece
  • chemin de fer — a gambling game, a variation of baccarat
  • chest freezer — a freezer shaped like a chest with a door that opens by lifting up
  • 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
  • chimney swift — a North American swift, Chaetura pelagica, that nests in chimneys and similar hollows
  • chip graffiti — microchip art
  • chloroforming — Present participle of chloroform.
  • chloroformist — a person who is skilled in the use of or who dispenses or provides chloroform as part of their job
  • church father — any of the writers on Christian doctrine of the pre-Scholastic period
  • church of god — any of numerous Protestant denominations that stress personal conversion, sanctification, the imminent return of Jesus Christ, baptism by immersion, and, among some, speaking in tongues.
  • chylification — the process of turning into chyle
  • chymification — the process of turning into chyme
  • cinnamon fern — a large, New World fern (Osmunda cinnamomea, family Osmundaceae) having sterile green fronds and other fronds that bear spores and turn a cinnamon color as the spores mature
  • ciprofloxacin — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used against Gram-negative bacteria. It is effective against anthrax
  • circular file — a wastebasket
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