10-letter words containing f, e, c
- boniface v — died a.d. 625, pope 619–625.
- boot-faced — wearing a stern, disapproving expression
- box office — The box office in a theatre, cinema, or concert hall is the place where the tickets are sold.
- box-office — of or relating to the box office or to the business and commercial aspects of the theater: a box-office window; box-office receipts; a box-office attraction.
- brickfield — an area of ground where bricks are made
- broadfaced — having a broad, wide face.
- buck fever — nervous excitement felt by inexperienced hunters at the approach of game
- buffet car — a railway coach where light refreshments are served
- burchfield — Charles Ephraim, 1893–1967, U.S. painter.
- caddicefly — caddisfly.
- caernarfon — a port and resort in NW Wales, in Gwynedd on the Menai Strait: 13th-century castle. Pop: 9726 (2001)
- cafe creme — coffee with cream.
- cafeterias — Plural form of cafeteria.
- cafetorium — a room, usually in a school or other educational institution, which serves both as a cafeteria and an auditorium
- caffeinate — To add caffeine.
- caffeinism — caffeism
- cake flour — finely ground wheat flour.
- calceiform — shaped like a shoe or slipper
- calciferol — a fat-soluble steroid, found esp in fish-liver oils, produced by the action of ultraviolet radiation on ergosterol. It increases the absorption of calcium from the intestine and is used in the treatment of rickets. Formula: C28H43OH
- calcifuges — Plural form of calcifuge.
- calefactor — a heater
- calorifier — a water tank fitted with a coil, or coils, that can be heated in order to heat the water
- camouflage — Camouflage consists of things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint, which are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see military forces and equipment.
- camoufleur — a person who camouflages military equipment
- candlefish — a salmonoid food fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, that occurs in the N Pacific and has oily flesh
- canefields — Plural form of canefield.
- caney fork — a river in central Tennessee, flowing NW to the Cumberland River. 144 miles (232 km) long.
- cant frame — any of several frames bracketed aft of the transom of a ship and inclined slightly to the fore-and-aft direction.
- capable of — susceptible of; admitting of; open to
- cape flats — the strip of low-lying land in South Africa joining the Cape Peninsula proper to the African mainland
- case knife — sheath knife
- cash offer — a public equity issue sold to everyone who is interested in it
- castleford — a town in N England, in Wakefield unitary authority, West Yorkshire on the River Aire. Pop: 37 525 (2001)
- catafalque — a temporary raised platform on which a body lies in state before or during a funeral
- catch fire — to ignite
- catchflies — Plural form of catchfly.
- cease-fire — a temporary cessation of warfare by mutual agreement of the participants; truce
- ceasefires — Plural form of ceasefire.
- cefadroxil — A broad-spectrum cephalosporin antibiotic.
- cefmatilen — An orally active cephalosporin antibiotic.
- cefuroxime — (pharmaceutical drug) A second-generation cephalosporin antibiotic.
- centerfire — designating a cartridge with the primer set in the center of the base
- centerfold — A centerfold is a picture that covers the two central pages of a magazine, especially a photograph of a naked or partly naked woman.
- centrefold — A centrefold is a picture that covers the two central pages of a magazine, especially a photograph of a naked or partly naked woman.
- centrifuge — A centrifuge is a machine that spins mixtures of different substances around very quickly so that they separate by centrifugal force.
- cerf, vint — Vint Cerf
- ceriferous — producing or bearing wax
- ceroferary — Candleholder (especially for a large, church candle).
- certifying — Present participle of certify.
- chaffering — Present participle of chaffer.