12-letter words containing f, e, c
- chipped beef — dried or smoked beef sliced into shavings, often served in a cream sauce
- chloroformed — Simple past tense and past participle of chloroform.
- chloroformer — someone who administers chloroform
- chook raffle — a raffle for which the main prize is a roast chicken
- 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.
- clayton fern — a tall fern, Osmunda claytoniana, of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having an interruption of growth in the center of some fronds.
- cleft palate — If someone has a cleft palate, they were born with a narrow opening along the roof of their mouth which makes it difficult for them to speak properly.
- 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
- close-reefed — having most or all of the sail reefs taken in.
- closefitting — fitting tightly, esp. in such a way as to show the contours of the body
- cloud forest — a forest, usually near coastal mountain peaks in tropical regions, that has an almost constant cloud cover, even during the dry season
- clovenfooted — having split hoofs, once assumed to represent the halves of a single undivided hoof, as in cattle.
- club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
- cock feather — the odd-coloured feather set on the shaft of an arrow at right angles to the nock
- codefendants — Plural form of codefendant.
- coefficients — Plural form of coefficient.
- coffee beans — the beanlike seeds of the coffee tree, which are roasted and ground to make coffee
- coffee break — A coffee break is a short period of time, usually in the morning or afternoon, when you stop working and have a cup of coffee.
- coffee cream — cream for use in coffee; light cream.
- coffee house — A coffee house is a kind of bar where people sit to drink coffee and talk. Coffee houses were especially popular in Britain in the 18th century.
- coffee maker — Also, coffeemaker. an apparatus for brewing coffee; coffeepot.
- coffee royal — café royale.
- coffee spoon — a small spoon (smaller than a teaspoon) for stirring coffee
- coffee table — A coffee table is a small low table in a living room.
- coffee-maker — a domestic appliance that makes coffee
- coffeehouses — Plural form of coffeehouse.
- coffeemakers — Plural form of coffeemaker.
- color filter — colored glass, dyed gelatin, etc., used to produce certain color or light effects, as in photography
- colorfulness — the quality of being colourful
- combat knife — a large knife for military use
- come forward — If someone comes forward, they offer to do something or to give some information in response to a request for help.
- come off it! — stop trying to fool me!
- come out for — to announce one's approval of; endorse
- come to life — If something or someone comes to life, they become active.
- comfort zone — a situation or position in which a person feels secure, comfortable, or in control
- comfortables — Plural form of comfortable.
- comic relief — a comic interlude, or comic element, in a tragedy
- complexified — Simple past tense and past participle of complexify.