12-letter words containing f, e, c, i
- certificates — Plural form of certificate.
- chaetiferous — having bristles
- chauffeuring — Present participle of chauffeur.
- chesterfield — a man's knee-length overcoat, usually with a fly front to conceal the buttons and having a velvet collar
- chicago fire — a three-day fire in Chicago, Ill., in 1871 that largely destroyed the city and took several hundred lives.
- chicken feed — If you think that an amount of money is so small it is hardly worth having or considering, you can say that it is chicken feed.
- chief priest — the highest ranking among a number of priests
- chieftainess — a female chieftain
- chiffonniere — a worktable of the 18th century, having several tiers of shallow drawers.
- childproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of childproof.
- chinese leaf — the edible leaves of a Chinese cabbage
- chipped beef — dried or smoked beef sliced into shavings, often served in a cream sauce
- chromiferous — Containing, or yielding chromium.
- cigar flower — the common name for a small, shrubby plant, Cuphea ignea, of the loosestrife family, native to Mexico and Jamaica, grown as an ornamental and houseplant: named for its red tubular flowers that resemble cigars.
- ciment fondu — a type of quick-hardening refractory cement having a high alumina content
- circumflexed — (linguistics, of a written word) exhibiting circumflex accent.
- circumflexes — Plural form of circumflex.
- circumfluent — flowing around; surrounding; encompassing
- circumfusile — able to be diffused or poured around
- city fathers — You can refer to the members of a city council or city's government as the city fathers.
- classifiable — to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
- clerofascist — A cleric supporting fascism or advocating a synthesis of religion and fascism.
- cliff-hanger — a melodramatic or adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment.
- cliffhangers — Plural form of cliffhanger.
- clipped form — a shortened form of a word, as for example doc for doctor
- close-fisted — very careful with money; mean
- closefitting — fitting tightly, esp. in such a way as to show the contours of the body
- club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
- coefficients — Plural form of coefficient.
- color filter — colored glass, dyed gelatin, etc., used to produce certain color or light effects, as in photography
- combat knife — a large knife for military use
- come off it! — stop trying to fool me!
- come to life — If something or someone comes to life, they become active.
- comic relief — a comic interlude, or comic element, in a tragedy
- complexified — Simple past tense and past participle of complexify.
- complexifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complexify.
- conchiferous — (esp of molluscs) having or producing a shell
- confectioner — A confectioner is a person whose job is making or selling sweets and chocolates.
- conferencier — a lecturer or public speaker
- conferencing — communication between three or more speakers at different locations
- conferential — Of or pertaining to a conference.
- confessional — A confessional is the small room in a church where Christians, especially Roman Catholics, go to confess their sins.
- confidential — Information that is confidential is meant to be kept secret or private.
- configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- configurated — to give a configuration, form, or design to.
- confinements — Plural form of confinement.
- confirmative — serving to confirm; corroborative.
- conformative — (nonstandard) Tending to conform; conforming.
- conformities — Plural form of conformity.
- confusticate — Slang. to confuse or perplex; bewilder.