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11-letter words containing n, f, c

  • cabin fever — If you describe someone as having cabin fever, you mean that they feel restless and irritable because they have been indoors in one place for too long.
  • caffeinated — with no natural caffeine removed
  • calefacient — causing warmth
  • calefaction — the act of heating
  • calf roping — a timed rodeo event in which a mounted rider chases and lassos a calf, dismounts, and throws the calf to the ground, tying three of the animal's legs with a short length of rope.
  • calf-length — Calf-length skirts, dresses, and coats come to halfway between your knees and ankles.
  • californian — of or relating to California or its inhabitants
  • californite — vesuvianite jade.
  • californium — a metallic transuranic element artificially produced from curium. Symbol: Cf; atomic no: 98; half-life of most stable isotope, 251Cf: 800 years (approx.)
  • campaniform — shaped like a bell
  • candle-foot — foot-candle
  • candleflame — Flame of a candle.
  • candy floss — cotton candy.
  • canto fermo — a melody that is the basis to which other parts are added in polyphonic music
  • capping fee — a fee paid for a day of hunting with an association of hunters of which one is not a member.
  • carefulness — cautious in one's actions: Be careful when you cross the street.
  • carniferous — bearing flesh.
  • carnificial — relating to or belonging to an executioner or butcher
  • cefmenoxime — A particular third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic.
  • ceftriaxone — (pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic cephalosporin antibiotic.
  • ceiling fan — a fan fitted to the ceiling
  • cell fusion — the merging of two or more cells into a single cell.
  • center-fire — (of a cartridge) having the primer in the center of the base. Compare rimfire (def 1).
  • centerfield — the area of the outfield beyond second base and between right field and left field.
  • centerfolds — Plural form of centerfold.
  • centre half — a defender who plays in the middle of the defence
  • centre-fire — (of a cartridge) having the primer in the centre of the base
  • centrifical — Misspelling of centrifugal.
  • centrifugal — acting, moving, or tending to move away from a centre
  • centrifuged — an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.
  • centrifuges — Plural form of centrifuge.
  • chaffinches — Plural form of chaffinch.
  • change face — to rotate the telescope of a surveying instrument through 180° horizontally and vertically, taking a second sighting of the same object in order to reduce error
  • change feet — to put on different shoes, boots, etc
  • changefully — In a changeful manner.
  • chantefable — (in medieval French literature) a prose narrative interspersed with verse.
  • chicken-fry — to dip (meat, vegetables, etc.) in batter and fry, usually in deep fat: chicken-fried steak.
  • chickenfeed — If you think that an amount of money is so small it is hardly worth having or considering, you can say that it is chickenfeed.
  • chieftaincy — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
  • chieftainry — the area governed by a chieftain
  • chiffoniers — Plural form of chiffonier.
  • chiffonnier — a high chest of drawers or bureau, often having a mirror on top.
  • chondrified — Simple past tense and past participle of chondrify.
  • cinefaction — (obsolete, rare) cineration; reduction to ashes.
  • cinquefoils — Plural form of cinquefoil.
  • clarificant — any substance for clarifying a liquid.
  • clasp knife — a large knife with one or more blades or other devices folding into the handle
  • classifying — Denoting an adjective that describes the class that a head noun belongs to and characterized by not having a comparative or superlative (for example American, mortal ).
  • cliffhanger — A cliffhanger is a situation or part of a play or film that is very exciting or frightening because you are left for a long time not knowing what will happen next.
  • cloven foot — a foot divided by a cleft, as in the ox, deer, and sheep
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