11-letter words containing f, o, c
- convictfish — painted greenling.
- cookie file — (operating system) A collection of fortune cookies in a format that facilitates retrieval by a fortune program. There are many cookie files in public distribution, and site admins often assemble their own from various sources.
- cooling fan — (in an automotive vehicle) a device that keeps an engine cool
- copper-leaf — a Pacific Islands plant, Acalypha wilkesiana, of the spurge family, having showy, bronzy-green, usually red-mottled foliage and grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
- copyfitting — the determining of the area to be occupied by given copy when set in type.
- coraciiform — of, relating to, or belonging to the Coraciiformes, an order of birds including the kingfishers, bee-eaters, hoopoes, and hornbills
- coralliform — resembling coral in shape
- coreference — a relationship between two words or phrases in which both refer to the same person or thing and one stands as a linguistic antecedent of the other, as the two pronouns in She taught herself but not in She taught her.
- corn factor — a person who deals in corn
- corn muffin — a muffin, often shaped like a cupcake, made from cornmeal.
- corned beef — Corned beef is beef which has been cooked and preserved in salt water.
- corner flag — a flag placed on a short pole marking a corner of a football pitch
- cornflowers — Plural form of cornflower.
- corniferous — producing or containing chert
- corolliform — having the form of a corolla
- coude-focus — a telescope in which light from the primary mirror is reflected along the polar axis to additional mirrors, and in which the focus (coudé focus) is independent of the telescope's motion, permitting the use of heavy instruments without disturbing the delicate balance of the telescope.
- counterbuff — a retaliatory blow
- counterfact — a conditional statement the first clause of which expresses something contrary to fact, as “If I had known.”.
- counterfect — counterfeit
- counterfeit — Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
- counterfire — fire that is intended to destroy enemy weapons
- counterflow — the flowing of two fluids in opposite directions in adjacent parts of an apparatus
- counterfoil — A counterfoil is the part of a cheque, ticket, or other document that you keep when you give the other part to someone else.
- counterfort — a strengthening buttress at right angles to a retaining wall, bonded to it to prevent overturning or to increase its bending strength
- countrified — You use countrified to describe something that seems or looks like something in the country, rather than in a town.
- countryfied — countrified
- countryfolk — people living or raised in the country; rustics.
- county fair — a competitive exhibition of farm products, livestock, etc., often held annually in the same place in the county.
- county farm — a farm maintained for the poor by a county.
- course fees — the fees paid for the tuition on an educational course
- courtesy of — without charge, as a gesture of goodwill
- cradle roof — a roof having trusses the undersides of which form an arch.
- craft union — a labour organization membership of which is restricted to workers in a specified trade or craft
- craftswoman — A craftswoman is a woman who makes things skilfully with her hands.
- craftswomen — Plural form of craftswoman.
- crateriform — shaped like a crater
- creole-fish — a deep-sea fish, Paranthias furcifer, of the sea bass family, inhabiting tropical Atlantic waters.
- cross-refer — to refer from one part of something, esp a book, to another
- cross-staff — an instrument for measuring the angle of elevation of heavenly bodies, consisting of a calibrated staff with another shorter staff perpendicular to and sliding on it.
- crossfaders — Plural form of crossfader.
- crossruffed — Simple past tense and past participle of crossruff.
- crow's feet — Crow's feet are wrinkles which some older people have at the outside corners of their eyes.
- crow's-foot — a wrinkle at the outer corner of the eye
- crowdfunded — Simple past tense and past participle of crowdfund.
- crown graft — a type of graft in which the scion is inserted at the crown of the stock
- cruciferous — of, relating to, or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae
- crucifixion — Crucifixion is a way of killing people which was common in the Roman Empire, in which they were tied or nailed to a cross and left to die.
- cry out for — If you say that something cries out for a particular thing or action, you mean that it needs that thing or action very much.
- cuff button — the button for a shirt cuff.
- culmiferous — (of grasses) having a hollow jointed stem