9-letter words containing n, f, c
- frouncing — Present participle of frounce.
- fructosan — any of the class of hexosans, as inulin and the like, that yield fructose upon hydrolysis.
- fu manchu — a mustache whose ends droop to the chin.
- fucking a — an emphatic exclamation of approval
- functions — Plural form of function.
- fungicide — a substance or preparation, as a spray or dust, used for destroying fungi.
- funicular — of or relating to a rope or cord, or its tension.
- funiculus — Anatomy. a conducting cord, as a nerve cord or umbilical cord.
- funny car — type of drag racing
- furcation — forked; branching.
- furnacing — Present participle of furnace.
- furuncles — Plural form of furuncle.
- genuflect — to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence or worship.
- gerfalcon — gyrfalcon.
- goldfinch — a European finch, Carduelis carduelis, having a crimson face and wings marked with yellow.
- gyrfalcon — a large falcon, Falco rusticolus, of arctic and subarctic regions, having white, gray, or blackish color phases: now greatly reduced in number.
- half cent — a bronze coin of the U.S., equal to one-half cent, issued at various periods between 1793 and 1857.
- half-inch — a half of an inch, equal to 1/24 of a foot (1.27 centimeters).
- halfpence — Plural form of halfpenny.
- handcraft — handicraft.
- handcuffs — a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle: The police put handcuffs on the suspect.
- honorific — Also, honorifical. doing or conferring honor.
- hot fence — an electric fence surrounding a farm
- ice front — the forward section or seaward edge of an ice shelf.
- in effect — something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
- in office — in power
- inciteful — That incites (rouses, stirs up or excites), or provides incitement.
- inconform — (obsolete) unconformable.
- infancies — the state or period of being an infant; very early childhood, usually the period before being able to walk; babyhood.
- infarcted — a localized area of tissue, as in the heart or kidney, that is dying or dead, having been deprived of its blood supply because of an obstruction by embolism or thrombosis.
- infectant — to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
- infecting — Present participle of infect.
- infection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
- infective — infectious.
- infectors — Plural form of infector.
- inference — the act or process of inferring.
- infidelic — Religion. a person who does not accept a particular faith, especially Christianity. (in Christian use) an unbeliever, especially a Muslim. (in Muslim use) a person who does not accept the Islamic faith; kafir (def 2).
- inflected — to modulate (the voice).
- inflicted — to impose as something that must be borne or suffered: to inflict punishment.
- inflicter — One who inflicts.
- inflictor — to impose as something that must be borne or suffered: to inflict punishment.
- influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- inforcing — Present participle of inforce.
- infracted — to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).
- infractor — to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).
- infuscate — darkened with a fuscous or brownish tinge.
- interface — a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- jackknife — a large pocketknife.
- jerfalcon — Alternative form of gyrfalcon.
- kingcraft — the art of ruling as king; royal statesmanship.