8-letter words containing n, f, c
- knockoff — an act or instance of knocking off.
- lanfranc — 1005?–89, Italian Roman Catholic prelate and scholar in England: archbishop of Canterbury 1070–89.
- magnific — magnificent; imposing.
- mcguffin — an object or event in a book or a film that serves as the impetus for the plot
- mindfuck — the deliberate infliction of psychological damage
- mooncalf — a congenitally grossly deformed and mentally defective person.
- moonface — a round and full face
- neckbeef — the flesh from the neck of cattle, regarded as being of poor quality
- new face — Someone who is new in a particular public role can be referred to as a new face.
- nonfocal — Not focal.
- norcroft — (Contraction of Norman + Mycroft) A company producing C compilers, set up by Arthur Norman and Alan Mycroft. Now "sort of" called Codemist. The original Norcroft compiler was written by Alan and Arthur to provide a platform for teaching languages and compilers on the Cambridge University mainframe. They then went on to develop versions for the transputer, ARM and others.
- nucflash — a report of highest precedence notifying the president, secretary of defense, or their deputies of an accidental or unauthorized nuclear-weapon launch or of a nuclear attack.
- nuciform — having the shape of a nut; nut-shaped.
- offences — Plural form of offence.
- olefinic — Characteristic of, or containing olefins.
- outfence — to surpass at the sport of fencing
- packfong — a Chinese cupronickel alloy
- pencraft — the art or craft of writing; skill with writing
- pontific — pontifical.
- re-fence — a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- reconfer — to confer again
- reinfect — to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
- renforce — to reinforce
- sanctify — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- scan-edf — (storage, algorithm) A variation of the Scan disk aceess algorithm for use in a real-time environment where, in general, requests are served according to Earliest Deadline First. If two requests share the same deadline, they may be reorganised according to Scan. A typical example is a video server that retrieves video data from a hard disk. The playback of a video impose tight real-time constraints but if the server retrieves data once every second for each video channel, Scan-EDF can be applied, reducing the seek overhead.
- scarfing — a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- scarfpin — tiepin.
- scentful — full of scent or odour; fragrant
- scoffing — food; grub.
- scornful — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
- scuffing — to scrape (something) with one's foot or feet.
- somnific — causing sleep; soporific; somniferous.
- sulfonic — sulfo.
- unciform — hook-shaped.
- uncoffin — to take out of a coffin
- unfenced — not enclosed by a fence
- unforced — enforced or compulsory: forced labor.