12-letter words containing f, s, t
- buffer stock — a stock of a commodity built up by a government or trade organization with the object of using it to stabilize prices
- bull mastiff — a large powerful breed of dog with a short usually fawn or brindle coat, developed by crossing the bulldog with the mastiff
- bushfighting — fighting in the bush
- busted flush — a poker hand with four cards of the same suit that fails to form a flush when the final card is dealt
- cafe society — people, esp intellectuals and artists who meet in cafés
- cardan shaft — A cardan shaft or cardan drive is a propeller shaft fitted with universal joints at each end.
- cash deficit — the excess of cash disbursements over cash receipts in any given fiscal period
- certificates — Plural form of certificate.
- chaetiferous — having bristles
- chesterfield — a man's knee-length overcoat, usually with a fly front to conceal the buttons and having a velvet collar
- chief priest — the highest ranking among a number of priests
- chieftainess — a female chieftain
- citrus fruit — any fruit belonging to the genus Citrus
- city fathers — You can refer to the members of a city council or city's government as the city fathers.
- clerofascist — A cleric supporting fascism or advocating a synthesis of religion and fascism.
- close-fisted — very careful with money; mean
- closefitting — fitting tightly, esp. in such a way as to show the contours of the body
- cloud forest — a forest, usually near coastal mountain peaks in tropical regions, that has an almost constant cloud cover, even during the dry season
- coat of arms — The coat of arms of a family, town, or organization is a special design in the form of a shield that they use as a symbol of their identity.
- codefendants — Plural form of codefendant.
- coefficients — Plural form of coefficient.
- column shift — A column shift is a gearshift lever mounted on the steering column.
- comfort stop — a short break on a journey to allow travellers to go to the toilet
- comfortables — Plural form of comfortable.
- common swift — Apus apus, a bird with long narrow wings which spends most of the time on the wing
- confederates — Plural form of confederate.
- confinements — Plural form of confinement.
- confiscating — Present participle of confiscate.
- confiscation — to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.
- confiscatory — involving confiscation
- conflictions — to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash: The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.
- conformities — Plural form of conformity.
- confucianist — the system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct.
- confusticate — Slang. to confuse or perplex; bewilder.
- confutations — Plural form of confutation.
- consent form — a form signed by a patient prior to a medical procedure to confirm that he or she agrees to the procedure and is aware of any risks that might be involved
- copperfasten — (transitive, historical) To protect the timbers [of a ship] with plates of copper secured with copper nails or bolts.
- cost-benefit — denoting or relating to a method of assessing a project that takes into account its costs and its benefits to society as well as the revenue it generates
- cost-justify — to justify the allotment or spending of a specific sum of money for (an investment, procurement, etc.).
- cosurfactant — a surfactant that acts in addition to another surfactant, further reducing the surface tension of a liquid
- cotortfeasor — (legal) A joint tortfeasor.
- counterfeits — Plural form of counterfeit.
- counterfoils — Plural form of counterfoil.
- counterforts — Plural form of counterfort.
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- craftmanship — Alternative form of craftsmanship.
- craftspeople — Craftspeople are people who make things skilfully with their hands.
- craftsperson — an artisan
- crystal form — a symmetrical set of planes in space, associated with a crystal, having the same symmetry as the crystal class
- csk software — (company) An international software company formed by the merger of Quay Financial Software and Micrognosis, and fully owned by CSK Corporation, Japan. CSK Software is based in Frankfurt/Main (Germany) with offices in London (UK), Zurich (Switzerland), Madrid (Spain), and Singapore. Products segments are RDD: Real-time data delivery, main product is Slingshot for delivering real-time data over the Internet (real push technology). ETS: Electronic Trading Systems, price calculation and automatic trading (with connections to XONTRO and XETRA). EAI: Enterprise Application Integration, main product is XGen, a universal message converter with GUI and connections also to SWIFT. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: CSK Software AG, Opernplatz 2, D-60313 Frankfurt, Germany. Tel: +49 (69) 509 520. Fax: +49 (69) 5095 2333.