11-letter words containing l, c, f
- officialese — a style of language used in some official statements, often criticized for its use of polysyllabic jargon and obscure, pretentiously wordy phrasing.
- officialise — to make official; place under official authority or control.
- officialism — excessive attention to official regulations and routines.
- officialize — to make official; place under official authority or control.
- officiously — objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
- oil of cade — a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- olfactology — the medical science which studies the sense of smell
- olfactories — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- olfactorily — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- out of luck — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- oval office — the office of the president of the United States, located in the White House.
- overcareful — excessively or unduly careful.
- pacifically — peaceably, mildly, calmly, or quietly.
- parfocality — the quality of being parfocal
- parfocalize — to make parfocal
- penciliform — having a pencillike shape.
- perfectible — capable of becoming or of being made perfect; improvable.
- persulfuric — denoting a type of acid
- pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- prefectural — the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
- prolificacy — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- prolificity — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- public life — public service as an elected or appointed government official.
- racing flag — a distinguishing flag flown by a yacht during the period of its participation in a race.
- rectifiable — able to be rectified.
- reflectance — the ratio of the intensity of reflected radiation to that of the radiation incident on a surface.
- reflections — thoughts, esp careful or long-considered ones
- refocillate — to refresh, revive, give new life
- reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- researchful — (of a book, academic paper etc) full of research, containing or built upon a great deal of research
- resourceful — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
- rock flower — any shrub of the genus Crossosoma, native to the arid regions of the southwestern U.S., having thick, narrow leaves and solitary flowers.
- rockefeller — John D(avison) [dey-vuh-suh n] /ˈdeɪ və sən/ (Show IPA), 1839–1937, and his son John D(avison), Jr. 1874–1960, U.S. oil magnates and philanthropists.
- rocket fuel — an explosive charge that powers a rocket
- sacculiform — (of plant parts, etc) shaped like a small sac
- sacrificial — pertaining to or concerned with sacrifice.
- safety lock — a lock designed to prevent picking.
- sales force — team of salespeople
- scaffoldage — a scaffold or scaffolding
- scaffolding — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- scalariform — ladderlike.
- scalpriform — chisel-shaped, as the incisors of certain rodents.
- scarf cloud — pileus (def 3).
- school fees — the money paid for a person to go to school
- school fund — the money provided by a government or raised by parents and teachers to finance the running of a school
- school life — the period of your life that you spend at school
- schoolcraft — Henry Rowe [roh] /roʊ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1864, U.S. explorer, ethnologist, and author.
- scorpionfly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- scottsbluff — a city in W Nebraska, on the North Platte River.
- scroll foot — French foot (def 1).