14-letter words containing n, f, c
- coffee grinder — A coffee grinder is a machine for grinding coffee beans.
- coffee grounds — the used ground beans that remain in a pot or coffee-maker
- 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.
- combining form — A combining form is a word that is used, or used with a particular meaning, only when joined to another word. For example, '-legged' as in 'four-legged' and '-fold' as in 'fivefold' are combining forms.
- 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
- common footman — an arctiid moth, ( Eilema lurideola), related to the tiger moth, with yellowish hind wings and brown forewings with a yellow front stripe; they produce woolly bear larvae
- community life — the life and activities of a community
- compound fault — a series of closely spaced faults
- compton effect — a phenomenon in which a collision between a photon and a particle results in an increase in the kinetic energy of the particle and a corresponding increase in the wavelength of the photon
- confabulations — Plural form of confabulation.
- 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.
- configuraholic — (jargon) A luser who twiddles with computer settings until it no longer works and must be fixed by the system administror.
- configurations — Plural form of configuration.
- confirmability — the quality of being confirmable
- confirmational — providing proof or supporting evidence
- conflagrations — Plural form of conflagration.
- conformability — Conformableness.
- conformational — manner of formation; structure; form, as of a physical entity.
- confrontations — Plural form of confrontation.
- coniferophytes — Plural form of coniferophyte.
- conniption fit — Often, conniptions. Informal. a fit of hysterical excitement or anger.
- conniption-fit — Often, conniptions. Informal. a fit of hysterical excitement or anger.
- contact flight — a flight in which the pilot remains in sight of land or water
- contact flying — flying an airplane in conditions of good visibility so that the course and altitude can be determined by observing points or objects on the ground; VFR
- contour flying — the technique of flying at a constant altitude of less than 22.8 metres (75 feet) above the ground.
- copperfastened — Simple past tense and past participle of copperfasten.
- corneal reflex — Physiology. the closing of the eyelids induced by touching the cornea lightly.
- cosi fan tutte — a comic opera (1790) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- cost of living — The cost of living is the average amount of money that people in a particular place need in order to be able to afford basic food, housing, and clothing.
- cost-efficient — cost-effective.
- cotton flannel — a plain-weave or twill-weave fabric with nap on one side only
- council bluffs — city in SW Iowa, across the Missouri River from Omaha, Nebr.: pop. 58,000
- council of ten — the governing council of Venice from 1310 until its overthrow in 1797, composed originally of 10 and later 17 members.
- council of war — A council of war is a meeting that is held in order to decide how a particular threat or emergency should be dealt with.
- counterfactual — expressing what has not happened but could, would, or might under differing conditions
- counterfeiters — Plural form of counterfeiter.
- counterfeiting — the making of fraudulent copies; forgery
- court of honor — the planning body of a girl-scout troop, composed of patrol leaders, the troop scribe, the troop treasurer, and the adult troop leader.
- crime fighting — the series of measures and actions taken by the forces of the law to combat crime
- crossreference — Alternative form of cross-reference.
- cult following — the admiration that is felt by a particular group for a film, book, band, etc
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
- cylinder front — a front cover for a desk or the like, consisting either of a solid piece or of a tambour sliding up and back in quadrantal grooves.