11-letter words containing f, e, c, k
- french-kiss — soul kiss.
- funfkirchen — German name of Pécs.
- funnel cake — a crisp, deep-fried cake, made by pouring batter through a funnel into fat or oil, usually in a spiral shape, and dusted with powdered sugar.
- furnacelike — Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
- half cocked — to set the hammer of (a firearm) at half cock.
- half-cocked — (of a firearm) at the position of half cock.
- half-cooked — not cooked thoroughly
- jack rafter — a rafter having less than the full length of the roof slope, as one meeting a hip or a valley.
- kerr effect — the double refraction of light in certain substances, produced by an electric field.
- lake effect — the phenomena created in the surrounding area by weather passing over a large lake, especially any of the Great Lakes of the U.S.
- lake-effect — caused or greatly influenced by the moist air above a large lake
- life jacket — a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable construction, for supporting the wearer in deep water and preventing drowning.
- luff tackle — a tackle having a double block and a single block, giving a mechanical advantage of three or four, neglecting friction, depending on which is the standing and which is the running block.
- make a face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- metchnikoff — Élie [French ey-lee] /French eɪˈli/ (Show IPA), (Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov) 1845–1916, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist in France: Nobel Prize in medicine 1908.
- mickey finn — Also called Mickey Finn. Slang. a drink, usually alcoholic, to which a drug, purgative, or the like, has been secretly added, that renders the unsuspecting drinker helpless.
- neckerchief — a cloth or scarf worn round the neck.
- office park — a complex of office buildings located on land planted with lawns, trees, bushes, etc.
- office work — work normally carried out in an office, for example clerical or administrative work for an organization
- pocketknife — a knife with one or more blades that fold into the handle, suitable for carrying in the pocket.
- poker-faced — an expressionless face: He can tell a funny story with a poker face.
- rock flower — any shrub of the genus Crossosoma, native to the arid regions of the southwestern U.S., having thick, narrow leaves and solitary flowers.
- rockefeller — John D(avison) [dey-vuh-suh n] /ˈdeɪ və sən/ (Show IPA), 1839–1937, and his son John D(avison), Jr. 1874–1960, U.S. oil magnates and philanthropists.
- rocket fuel — an explosive charge that powers a rocket
- safecracker — a person who breaks open safes to rob them.
- safety lock — a lock designed to prevent picking.
- sheriffwick — shrievalty.
- skin effect — the phenomenon in which an alternating current tends to concentrate in the outer layer of a conductor, caused by the self-induction of the conductor and resulting in increased resistance.
- slacken off — If something slackens off, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
- snake fence — a fence, zigzag in plan, made of rails resting across one another at an angle.
- stiffnecked — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
- sucket fork — a utensil for sweetmeats of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having fork tines at one end and a spoon bowl at the other end of a common stem.
- take effect — something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
- take office — come to power
- tretchikoff — Vladimir. 1913–2006, South African painter, born in Russia, known for his kitsch appeal, especially for his much-reproduced Chinese Girl (1950; also known as The Green Lady)
- tufted duck — an Old World wild duck, Aythya fuligula, having a tufted head and black and white plumage.
- worksurface — A surface, usually resting on cupboards or drawers in a kitchen, that can be used to work on.
- wreckfishes — Plural form of wreckfish.