12-letter words containing f, e, u, c
- counterbluff — a bluff made in opposition to another bluff
- counterfeits — Plural form of counterfeit.
- counterfoils — Plural form of counterfoil.
- counterforce — a force that acts in opposition to another force
- counterforts — Plural form of counterfort.
- counteroffer — A counteroffer is an offer that someone makes, for example, for a house or business, in response to an offer by another person or group.
- counterproof — a reverse impression of a newly printed proof of an engraving made by laying it while wet upon plain paper and passing it through the press
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- country life — life in the country
- courier firm — a firm that provides special delivery services
- coxless four — a boat for four oarsman and no cox
- crop failure — a failure of crops to yield sufficient food, etc, to maintain a community or to provide a surplus to sell
- cruelty-free — (of a cosmetic or other product) developed without being tested on animals
- cuckooflower — a bitter cress (Cardamine pratensis) bearing white or rose flowers; lady's-smock
- cuneiformist — a person who studies or deciphers cuneiform writing.
- cupuliferous — of or relating to the Cupuliferae family of trees which includes oak, hazel, chestnut, etc
- curvifoliate — having leaves curved or bent back
- cut a figure — to attract attention
- cut-off date — the last date on which it is possible to do something
- cybersurfers — Plural form of cybersurfer.
- cybersurfing — The practice of using and browsing the Internet, especially as a habitual pastime.
- deflocculant — a chemical added to slip to increase fluidity.
- deflocculate — to disperse, forming a colloid or suspension
- difficulties — the fact or condition of being difficult.
- discomfiture — Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
- disgracefull — Archaic form of disgraceful.
- double-faced — practicing duplicity; hypocritical.
- duncan phyfe — of, relating to, or resembling the furniture made by Duncan Phyfe, especially the earlier pieces in the Sheraton and Directoire styles.
- duty of care — the legal obligation to safeguard others from harm while they are in your care, using your services, or exposed to your activities
- duty officer — In the police or armed forces, a duty officer is an officer who is on duty at a particular time.
- dysfluencies — disfluency.
- effectuality — producing or capable of producing an intended effect; adequate.
- effectuating — Present participle of effectuate.
- effectuation — to bring about; effect.
- electro-funk — a type of electronic music, originating in the 1980s, characterized by the use of synthesizers with a heavy rhythm and punctuated bass, often influenced by the genres of funk and hip-hop
- electrofluor — a transparent material that stores electrical energy and subsequently releases it as light
- exclusive of — not including or allowing for; ignoring
- exsufflicate — Empty, inflated, frivolous.
- face down/up — If someone or something is face down, their face or front points downwards. If they are face up, their face or front points upwards.
- factiousness — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- factualities — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- false cirrus — a type of thick cirrus cloud spreading from the top of a cumulonimbus cloud
- false colour — colour used in a computer or photographic display to help in interpreting the image, as in the use of red to show high temperatures and blue to show low temperatures in an infrared image converter
- fancifulness — The quality of being fanciful.
- farm produce — agricultural products regarded collectively
- fasciculated — Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
- featurectomy — /fee"ch*r-ek"t*-mee/ The act of removing a feature from a program. Featurectomies come in two flavours, the "righteous" and the "reluctant". Righteous featurectomies are performed because the remover believes the program would be more elegant without the feature, or there is already an equivalent and better way to achieve the same end. (Doing so is not quite the same thing as removing a misfeature.) Reluctant featurectomies are performed to satisfy some external constraint such as code size or execution speed.
- felicitously — In a felicitous manner.
- ferrofluidic — Of or pertaining to a ferrofluid.
- ferulic acid — a compound, C 10 H 10 O 4 , found in small amounts in lants, that occurs in two isomers, one a yellow oily liquid and the other crystalline.