14-letter words containing i, n, f, e
- bottom-feeding — the activities of a bottom feeder.
- branch officer — (in the British navy since 1949) any officer who holds warrant
- brandy snifter — snifter (def 1).
- breast-feeding — to nurse (a baby) at the breast; suckle.
- bridge fluting — (on the stem of a drinking glass) flutes or facets continuing onto the underside of the bowl.
- briefing paper — a document providing relevant facts and information
- bullion fringe — a thick gold or silver wire or fringed cord used as a trimming, as on military uniforms
- burnt offering — a sacrificial offering burnt, usually on an altar, to honour, propitiate, or supplicate a deity
- butterfingered — a person who frequently drops things; clumsy person.
- cache conflict — (storage) A sequence of accesses to memory repeatedly overwriting the same cache entry. This can happen if two blocks of data, which are mapped to the same set of cache locations, are needed simultaneously. For example, in the case of a direct mapped cache, if arrays A, B, and C map to the same range of cache locations, thrashing will occur when the following loop is executed: See also ping-pong.
- cafeteria plan — a fringe-benefit plan under which employees may choose from among various benefits those that best fit their needs, up to a specified dollar value.
- canicola fever — an acute febrile disease of humans and dogs, characterized by inflammation of the stomach and intestines and by jaundice: caused by a spirochete, Leptospira canicola.
- carrion feeder — any animal that feeds on dead and rotting flesh
- carrion flower — a liliaceous climbing plant, Smilax herbacea of E North America, whose small green flowers smell like decaying flesh
- center fielder — the player whose position is center field.
- central office — (communications) The place where telephone companies terminate customer lines and locate switching equipment to interconnect those lines with other networks.
- centrifugalize — to subject (something) to centrifugal motion
- centrifugation — a being subjected to centrifugal action, esp. in a centrifuge
- certifications — Plural form of certification.
- change of life — The change of life is the menopause.
- chicken fillet — a fillet cut from a chicken
- chief engineer — the senior engineer on board a ship
- chladni figure — a pattern formed by fine powder placed on a vibrating surface, used to display the positions of nodes and antinodes
- chopping knife — a knife for chopping meat, vegetables etc
- christmas fern — an evergreen fern, Polystichum acrostichoides, having dense clusters of stiff fronds growing from a central rootstock.
- circumferences — Plural form of circumference.
- circumferentor — an instrument that measures the circumference of a tyre
- city of dundee — a council area in E Scotland. Pop: 143 090 (2003 est). Area: 65 sq km (25 sq miles)
- cleaning fluid — a solvent or other solution for removing stains or cleaning particular objects
- climbing frame — A climbing frame is a structure that has been made for children to climb and play on. It consists of metal or wooden bars joined together.
- coffee grinder — A coffee grinder is a machine for grinding coffee beans.
- coffee machine — a machine that makes coffee from ground coffee
- coffee morning — A coffee morning is a social event at which coffee and tea are served. It takes place in the morning, and is usually intended to raise money for charity.
- come in useful — If an object or skill comes in useful, it can help you achieve something in a particular situation.
- comfort eating — the practice of eating to make oneself feel happier
- commission fee — a fee paid to auctioneers, salespeople, etc, for their services
- commitment fee — a charge made by a bank, in addition to interest, to make a loan available to a potential borrower
- community life — the life and activities of a community
- confederations — Plural form of confederation.
- confessionally — in a confessional manner
- confidence man — A confidence man is a man who persuades people to give him their money or property by lying to them.
- confidentially — Confidentially is used to say that what you are telling someone is a secret and should not be discussed with anyone else.
- coniferophytes — Plural form of coniferophyte.
- cosi fan tutte — a comic opera (1790) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- cost-efficient — cost-effective.
- council of ten — the governing council of Venice from 1310 until its overthrow in 1797, composed originally of 10 and later 17 members.
- counterfeiters — Plural form of counterfeiter.
- counterfeiting — the making of fraudulent copies; forgery
- crime fighting — the series of measures and actions taken by the forces of the law to combat crime
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.