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13-letter words containing f, i, n, c

  • caprification — a method of pollinating the edible fig by hanging branches of caprifig flowers in edible fig trees. Parasitic wasps in the caprifig flowers transfer pollen to the edible fig flowers
  • carboniferous — yielding coal or carbon
  • cardinal fish — a small brightly coloured fish found in shallow tropical seas, of the family Apogonidae, the male of which often broods eggs in its mouth
  • carnification — the conversion of tissue into flesh or a fleshlike substance, as of lung tissue into fibrous tissue as a result of pneumonia.
  • carving knife — A carving knife is a long sharp knife that is used to cut cooked meat.
  • caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
  • centerfielder — (baseball) A player in the centerfield position.
  • centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
  • centrifugence — the property of being centrifugal
  • certification — a document attesting the truth of a fact or statement
  • chemin de fer — a gambling game, a variation of baccarat
  • chicken-fried — (of meats, esp steak) coated in seasoned flour and pan-fried
  • chieftainship — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
  • child benefit — In Britain, child benefit is an amount of money paid weekly by the state to families for each of their children.
  • chimney swift — a North American swift, Chaetura pelagica, that nests in chimneys and similar hollows
  • chloroforming — Present participle of chloroform.
  • chylification — the process of turning into chyle
  • chymification — the process of turning into chyme
  • cinnamon fern — a large, New World fern (Osmunda cinnamomea, family Osmundaceae) having sterile green fronds and other fronds that bear spores and turn a cinnamon color as the spores mature
  • ciprofloxacin — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used against Gram-negative bacteria. It is effective against anthrax
  • circumference — The circumference of a circle, place, or round object is the distance around its edge.
  • circumflexing — Present participle of circumflex.
  • circumflexion — The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
  • citation form — the spoken form a word has when produced in isolation, such as when cited for purposes of illustration, as distinguished from the form it would have when produced in the normal stream of speech.
  • civil defence — Civil defence is the organization and training of the ordinary people in a country so that they can help the armed forces, medical services, or police force, for example if the country is attacked by an enemy.
  • civil defense — Civil defense is the organization and training of the ordinary people in a country so that they can help the armed forces, medical services, or police force, for example if the country is attacked by an enemy.
  • clarification — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
  • cliff-hanging — of, relating to, or characteristic of a cliff-hanger: a cliff-hanging vote of 20–19.
  • climbing fern — any of several chiefly tropical, vinelike ferns of the genus Lygodium, having climbing or trailing stems.
  • climbing fish — an Asian labyrinth fish, Anabas testudineus, that resembles a perch and can travel over land on its spiny gill covers and pectoral fins
  • close-fitting — Close-fitting clothes fit tightly and show the shape of your body.
  • coalification — the compression, over time, of plant matter into coal
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • confabulating — Present participle of confabulate.
  • confabulation — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
  • 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
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