11-letter words containing r, f, c
- crankshafts — Plural form of crankshaft.
- crateriform — shaped like a crater
- creole-fish — a deep-sea fish, Paranthias furcifer, of the sea bass family, inhabiting tropical Atlantic waters.
- crestfallen — If you look crestfallen, you look sad and disappointed about something.
- cross-refer — to refer from one part of something, esp a book, to another
- cross-staff — an instrument for measuring the angle of elevation of heavenly bodies, consisting of a calibrated staff with another shorter staff perpendicular to and sliding on it.
- crossfaders — Plural form of crossfader.
- crossruffed — Simple past tense and past participle of crossruff.
- crow's feet — Crow's feet are wrinkles which some older people have at the outside corners of their eyes.
- crow's-foot — a wrinkle at the outer corner of the eye
- crowdfunded — Simple past tense and past participle of crowdfund.
- crown graft — a type of graft in which the scion is inserted at the crown of the stock
- cruciferous — of, relating to, or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae
- crucifixion — Crucifixion is a way of killing people which was common in the Roman Empire, in which they were tied or nailed to a cross and left to die.
- cry out for — If you say that something cries out for a particular thing or action, you mean that it needs that thing or action very much.
- culmiferous — (of grasses) having a hollow jointed stem
- cult figure — a person who inspires devotion in a particular group of people
- cupriferous — (of a substance such as an ore) containing or yielding copper
- curry favor — to try to win favor by flattery, fawning, etc.
- cyberfriend — A friend with whom one communicates only through the Internet or cyberspace.
- cybersafety — Safety in using the Internet.
- cybersurfer — A person who surfs (browses the Internet).
- cypriniform — Any of many ray-finned fish, of the order Cypriniformes, such as the carps, minnows and loaches.
- dance floor — In a restaurant or night club, the dance floor is the area where people can dance.
- dauerschlaf — a form of therapy, now rarely used, that involves the use of drugs to induce long periods of deep sleep.
- decertified — Simple past tense and past participle of decertify.
- declare for — If you declare for something or someone, you say that you are in favour of them.
- defeaticrat — a member or supporter of the Democratic Party, echoing the belief among many opponents that it promoted a defeatist attitude to the situation in Iraq following the US-led invasion of 2003
- defervesced — to undergo defervescence.
- deflazacort — A glucocorticoid prodrug used as an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant.
- deforcement — (legal) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right.
- delta force — (in the US) an élite army unit involved in counterterrorist operations abroad
- dereference — Obtain from (a pointer) the address of a data item held in another location.
- differences — Plural form of difference.
- diffraction — the phenomenon exhibited by wave fronts that, passing the edge of an opaque body, are modulated, thereby causing a redistribution of energy within the front: it is detectable in light waves by the presence of a pattern of closely spaced dark and light bands (diffraction pattern) at the edge of a shadow.
- diffractive — causing or pertaining to diffraction.
- disc floret — any of the small tubular flowers at the centre of the flower head of certain composite plants, such as the daisy
- discifloral — having flowers in which the receptacle is expanded into a conspicuous disk, as in composite plants.
- discomforts — Plural form of discomfort.
- disfrocking — Present participle of disfrock.
- disgraceful — bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.
- distractful — (archaic) distracting.
- dog fancier — a person with a special interest in dogs
- dog officer — dogcatcher.
- draft chair — a chair so designed as to fend off drafts from behind, as a wing chair.
- drip coffee — a beverage prepared in a vessel in which boiling water filters from a top compartment through the coffee into a pot below.
- dwarf sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus copallina, of the cashew family, native to the eastern U.S., having shiny, pinnate leaves, greenish flowers, and clusters of red, berrylike fruit.
- east africa — a region of Africa comprising Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania
- ecofriendly — Alternative spelling of eco-friendly.
- edificatory — intended or serving to edify.