13-letter words containing f, e, i
- cobol fingers — (jargon) /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a hypothetical disease one might get from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
- cochleariform — having a spoon shape
- coffee filter — a paper filter used when making coffee
- coffin corner — any of the corners of a football field formed by a goal line and side line: punts are sometimes directed to a coffin corner so that the ball will go out of bounds near the opponent's goal line
- coffin dodger — an old person
- colour filter — a thin layer of coloured gelatine, glass, etc, that transmits light of certain colours or wavelengths but considerably reduces the transmission of others
- columelliform — like a columella.
- come to grief — If something comes to grief, it fails. If someone comes to grief, they fail in something they are doing, and may be hurt.
- coming of age — When something reaches an important stage of development and is accepted by a large number of people, you can refer to this as its coming of age.
- comme il faut — correct or correctly
- commodifiable — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
- computer file — file
- confarreation — (in ancient Rome) the highest form of marriage, which was marked by the offering of a cake to Jupiter
- confectionary — a place where confections are kept or made
- confectioners — Plural form of confectioner.
- confectionery — Confectionery is sweets and chocolates.
- confectioning — a sweet preparation of fruit or the like, as a preserve or candy.
- confederacies — Plural form of confederacy.
- confederating — Present participle of confederate.
- confederation — A confederation is an organization or group consisting of smaller groups or states, especially one that exists for business or political purposes.
- confederative — of confederates or a confederation
- confessionals — Plural form of confessional.
- confessionary — of or relating to confession, especially auricular confession of sins.
- confessorship — the office or function of a confessor
- confidingness — The state or quality of being confiding.
- configurative — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- confirmedness — The quality of being confirmed.
- confiscatable — confiscable
- conflagrative — That produces conflagration.
- confraternity — a group of men united for some particular purpose, esp Christian laymen organized for religious or charitable service; brotherhood
- confrontative — tending toward or ready for confrontation: They came to the meeting with a confrontational attitude.
- confusingness — causing or tending to cause confusion: a confusing attempt at explanation.
- confusticated — Simple past tense and past participle of confusticate.
- coniferophyte — (biology) conifer.
- contrafactive — Denoting a verb that assigns to its object (normally a clausal object) the status of not being true, e.g., pretend and wish.
- conway's life — Conway's Game of Life
- coralliferous — bearing or containing coral
- coreferential — (of more than one linguistic expression) designating the same individual or class
- cornfield ant — a small, brown ant, Lasius alienus, that lives in cornfields and feeds on honeydew of the corn-root aphid.
- corrie-fisted — left-handed
- cottage fries — potatoes that have been thinly sliced and then fried
- coulomb field — the electrostatic field around an electrically charged body or particle
- counterfeited — Simple past tense and past participle of counterfeit.
- counterfeiter — made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged: counterfeit dollar bills.
- counterfeitly — in a counterfeit manner
- covering fire — firing intended to protect an individual or formation making a movement by forcing the enemy to take cover
- craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
- creep-feeding — the practice of feeding young farm animals (esp piglets, calves, and lambs) in a sectioned-off part of their indoor environment, in order to prevent the mother from gaining access to the food
- creme fraiche — Crème fraiche is a type of thick, slightly sour cream.
- crested swift — any of several birds of the family Hemiprocnidae, of southeast Asia and the East Indies, related to the true swifts but differing in having erectile crests and the habit of perching in trees.