10-letter words containing f, s
- brush fire — a fire in brushwood
- brush-fire — limited in scope, area, or importance, as some labor disputes or local skirmishes.
- buff stick — a small stick covered with leather or the like, used in polishing.
- buffo bass — (in Italian opera of the 18th century) a bass singer who performs such a comic part
- buffoonish — resembling or in the manner of a buffoon
- bush knife — a large heavy knife suitable for outdoor use
- butt shaft — a blunt-headed unbarbed arrow
- butterfish — an eel-like blennioid food fish, Pholis gunnellus, occurring in North Atlantic coastal regions: family Pholidae (gunnels). It has a slippery scaleless golden brown skin with a row of black spots along the base of the long dorsal fin
- by oneself — be oneself, to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition. to be unaffected and sincere: One makes more friends by being oneself than by putting on airs.
- caddis fly — any of an order (Trichoptera) of small, mothlike insects with a soft body, long antennae and legs, and two pairs of hairy, membranous wings
- cafeterias — Plural form of cafeteria.
- caffeinism — caffeism
- calcifuges — Plural form of calcifuge.
- candlefish — a salmonoid food fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, that occurs in the N Pacific and has oily flesh
- candyfloss — Candyfloss is a large pink or white mass of sugar threads that is eaten from a stick. It is sold at fairs or other outdoor events.
- candytufts — Plural form of candytuft.
- canefields — Plural form of canefield.
- cape flats — the strip of low-lying land in South Africa joining the Cape Peninsula proper to the African mainland
- case knife — sheath knife
- cash offer — a public equity issue sold to everyone who is interested in it
- castleford — a town in N England, in Wakefield unitary authority, West Yorkshire on the River Aire. Pop: 37 525 (2001)
- cat's-foot — a European plant, Antennaria dioica, with whitish woolly leaves and heads of typically white flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- catchflies — Plural form of catchfly.
- catfishing — Present participle of catfish.
- cease-fire — a temporary cessation of warfare by mutual agreement of the participants; truce
- ceasefires — Plural form of ceasefire.
- ceriferous — producing or bearing wax
- chairlifts — Plural form of chairlift.
- chargeoffs — Plural form of chargeoff.
- chauffeurs — Plural form of chauffeur.
- chauffeuse — a fireside chair having a low seat and a high back.
- chelmsford — a city in SE England, administrative centre of Essex: electronics, retail; university (1992). Pop: 99 962 (2001)
- cherubfish — a brilliantly colored butterflyfish, Centropyge argi, found in the West Indies: kept in home aquariums.
- chieftains — Plural form of chieftain.
- chuffiness — the quality of being chuffy; boorishness
- cienfuegos — a port in S Cuba, on Cienfuegos Bay. Pop: 147 000 (2005 est)
- circumfuse — to pour or spread (a liquid, powder, etc) around
- cis female — a person who was born female and whose gender identity is female.
- classified — Classified information or documents are officially secret.
- classifier — a person or thing that classifies.
- classifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of classify.
- cliffsides — Plural form of cliffside.
- coalfields — Plural form of coalfield.
- cockfights — Plural form of cockfight.
- coffeepots — Plural form of coffeepot.
- coffeeshop — Alternative form of coffee shop.
- cofferdams — Plural form of cofferdam.
- cofounders — a person who founds or establishes something with another.
- coiffeuses — Plural form of coiffeuse.
- coiffurist — a person who styles hair, especially for women.