9-letter words containing f, e, c
- chargeful — onerous; expensive
- chargeoff — Alternative spelling of charge off.
- chauffeur — The chauffeur of a rich or important person is the man or woman who is employed to look after their car and drive them around in it.
- chayefsky — Paddy [pad-ee] /ˈpæd i/ (Show IPA), 1923–1981, U.S. playwright and director.
- check off — When you check things off, you check or count them while referring to a list of them, to make sure you have considered all of them.
- cheerfull — Archaic form of cheerful.
- cheliform — shaped like a chela; pincer-like
- chiefless — having no ruler or leader
- chiefling — a minor chief
- chiefship — the post or situation of a chief
- chieftain — A chieftain is the leader of a tribe.
- childfree — having no children; childless, especially by choice.
- choiceful — having an inability to make decisive choices
- choke off — To choke off financial growth means to restrict or control the rate at which a country's economy can grow.
- cine film — photographic film, wound on a spool, usually 8, 16, or 35 millimetres wide, up to several hundred metres long, and having one or two lines of sprocket holes along its length enabling it to be used in a cine camera
- circumfer — (obsolete, transitive) To bear or carry around.
- cissified — effeminate
- clarified — Clarified butter has been made clear by being heated.
- clarifier — A clarifier is a vessel or stage in which remaining suspended solids are separated from a liquid to leave a clear overflow.
- clarifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clarify.
- clear off — If you tell someone to clear off, you are telling them rather rudely to go away.
- cleft lip — a congenital split in the upper lip, often associated with a cleft palate
- clifflike — resembling a cliff
- cliffside — The side of a cliff.
- clockface — Alternative spelling of clock face.
- close off — To close something off means to separate it from other things or people so that they cannot go there.
- closetful — a quantity that may be contained in a closet
- clubfaces — Plural form of clubface.
- coal fire — a mass of burning coal used esp in a hearth to heat a room
- coalfaces — Plural form of coalface.
- coalfield — A coalfield is a region where there is coal under the ground.
- cockneyfy — to cause (one's speech, manners, etc) to fit the stereotyped idea of a cockney
- code flag — a flag forming part of a signal code.
- codfishes — Plural form of codfish.
- codifiers — Plural form of codifier.
- cofeature — a joint feature
- coffeepot — A coffeepot is a tall, narrow pot with a spout and a lid, in which coffee is made or served.
- cofferdam — a watertight structure, usually of sheet piling, that encloses an area under water, pumped dry to enable construction work to be carried out. Below a certain depth a caisson is required
- coffering — a box or chest, especially one for valuables.
- coffinite — a uranium-bearing silicate mineral
- cofinance — to be one of two or more organizations that provide finance for (an enterprise)
- cofounded — to establish (an organization) with another or others.
- cofounder — a joint founder
- coiffeuse — a female hairdresser
- coiffured — Coiffured means the same as coiffed.
- coiffures — Plural form of coiffure.
- cold feet — loss or lack of courage or confidence
- come from — to be or have been a resident or native (of)
- comfiness — the feeling or quality of being comfortable
- comfiture — (obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.