8-letter words containing f, e, s, c
- offences — Plural form of offence.
- officers — Plural form of officer.
- orifices — an opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouthlike opening or hole; mouth; vent.
- postface — any statement or information at the end of a text, the opposite of a preface
- prefocus — to focus (something) in advance
- refracts — to subject to refraction.
- refresco — a refreshment, as a soft drink.
- scan-edf — (storage, algorithm) A variation of the Scan disk aceess algorithm for use in a real-time environment where, in general, requests are served according to Earliest Deadline First. If two requests share the same deadline, they may be reorganised according to Scan. A typical example is a video server that retrieves video data from a hard disk. The playback of a video impose tight real-time constraints but if the server retrieves data once every second for each video channel, Scan-EDF can be applied, reducing the seek overhead.
- scarface — a 1983 cult gangster film written by Oliver Stone, directed by Brian de Palma, and starring Al Pacino.
- scentful — full of scent or odour; fragrant
- scoffers — to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.
- scofield — (David) Paul. (1922–2008), English stage and film actor
- scuffler — a person who scuffles
- sea calf — harbor seal.
- seacraft — the skills and knowledge of a sailor
- softcore — of, relating to, or containing sexually arousing depictions that are not fully explicit: soft-core pornography. Compare hard-core (def 2).
- specfp92 — (benchmark) A benchmark result derived from the results of a set of CPU intensive floating-point benchmarks from SPEC (the geometric mean of the 14 SPEC ratios of CFP92). SPECfp92 can be used to estimate a machine's single-tasking performance on floating-point code.
- specific — having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.
- subchief — a chief below the main chief
- sufficed — to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc.
- suffices — to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc.
- surfaced — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.