8-letter words containing f, e, c, o
- focussed — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- focusses — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- follicle — Anatomy. a small cavity, sac, or gland. one of the small ovarian sacs containing an immature ovum; Graafian follicle.
- footcare — of or relating to the care of one's feet: a footcare specialist.
- footpace — walking pace.
- footrace — a race run by contestants on foot.
- for once — for a change, for the first time
- forcedly — enforced or compulsory: forced labor.
- forceful — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
- forceone — A programming language by Andrew K. Wright.
- forcetwo — An unofficial successor to ForceOne by Andrew K. Wright.
- forcible — done or effected by force: forcible entry into a house.
- forclose — Alternative form of foreclose.
- forecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- foredeck — the fore part of a weather deck, especially between a bridge house or superstructure and a forecastle superstructure.
- foreface — the area of the head that is in front of the eyes: applied especially to four-legged mammals.
- forehock — The hock from the foreleg of a pig.
- forelock — a pin or flat wedge passed through a hole near the end of a threadless bolt to fasten parts together.
- forensic — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- forinsec — foreign
- fornices — any of various arched or vaulted structures, as an arching fibrous formation in the brain.
- foucquet — Jean or Jehan [both French zhahn] /both French ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), c1420–c80, French painter.
- fourchee — a type of heraldic cross
- frescoed — Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture. Compare fresco secco.
- frescoer — a person who paints in fresco
- frescoes — Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture. Compare fresco secco.
- frounced — Simple past tense and past participle of frounce.
- fructose — Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
- fuculose — (carbohydrate) A deoxysugar related to tagatose.
- ice floe — a large flat mass of floating ice.
- ice foot — (in polar regions) a belt of ice frozen to the shore, formed chiefly as a result of the rise and fall of the tides.
- in force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- infector — to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
- infotech — Information technology.
- moonface — a round and full face
- offences — Plural form of offence.
- officers — Plural form of officer.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- po-faced — having an overly serious demeanor or attitude; humorless.
- postface — any statement or information at the end of a text, the opposite of a preface
- prefocus — to focus (something) in advance
- race off — to entice (a person) away with a view to seduction
- recodify — to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.