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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.
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