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12-letter words containing r, f, c

  • calorie-free — containing no calories
  • cam follower — the slider or roller in contact with the cam that transmits the movement dictated by the cam profile
  • campo formio — a village in NE Italy, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia: scene of the signing of a treaty in 1797 that ended the war between revolutionary France and Austria
  • campodeiform — resembling insects of the genus Campodea
  • can of worms — a complicated problem
  • cape-froward — Cape, a cape in S Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: southernmost point of mainland South America.
  • caper family — the plant family Capparidaceae (or Capparaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having alternate, simple, or palmate leaves, irregular flowers with four petals, and fruit in the form of elongated capsules or berries, including the caper and cleome.
  • carbon fiber — a very strong, lightweight synthetic fiber used in protective clothing, spacecraft components, racing shells, etc.
  • carbon fibre — a black silky thread of pure carbon made by heating and stretching textile fibres and used because of its lightness and strength at high temperatures for reinforcing resins, ceramics, and metals, esp in turbine blades and for fishing rods
  • card surfing — a form of cash-card fraud in which one person watches another using a cash dispenser, notes his or her personal identification number, and, after an accomplice has stolen the card, uses the card to withdraw cash
  • cardan shaft — A cardan shaft or cardan drive is a propeller shaft fitted with universal joints at each end.
  • cardinalfish — any of the perchlike fishes of the family Apogonidae, many species of which are bright red with black markings.
  • carefreeness — without anxiety or worry.
  • carrier-free — (of a radioactive isotope) capable of functioning as a tracer without the use of a carrier.
  • carryforward — carry-over.
  • carving fork — a large, two-tined fork with a metal guard to protect the hand, used to hold meat in place as it is being carved
  • cattleduffer — a cattle thief.
  • cauliflowers — Plural form of cauliflower.
  • cefoperazone — A cephalosporin antibiotic.
  • center field — the middle area of the outfield
  • central-fire — center-fire.
  • centrifugate — the denser of the centrifuged materials.
  • centrifuging — an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.
  • certificated — A certificated person has been awarded a certificate to prove that they have achieved a certain level or standard.
  • certificates — Plural form of certificate.
  • chaetiferous — having bristles
  • chaff-cutter — a machine used to chop up hay and straw to make it into chaff for feeding to cattle
  • change front — to redeploy (a force in the field) so that its main weight of weapons points in another direction
  • channel surf — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
  • channel-surf — to switch TV channels repeatedly using a remote-control device, usually so as to sample brief segments of programs
  • characterful — If you describe something as characterful, you mean that it is pleasant and interesting.
  • chauffeuring — Present participle of chauffeur.
  • cheerfulness — full of cheer; in good spirits: a cheerful person.
  • chesterfield — a man's knee-length overcoat, usually with a fly front to conceal the buttons and having a velvet collar
  • chicago fire — a three-day fire in Chicago, Ill., in 1871 that largely destroyed the city and took several hundred lives.
  • chief priest — the highest ranking among a number of priests
  • chiffonniere — a worktable of the 18th century, having several tiers of shallow drawers.
  • childproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of childproof.
  • chill factor — windchill factor
  • chloroformed — Simple past tense and past participle of chloroform.
  • chloroformer — someone who administers chloroform
  • chlorpyrifos — a broad-spectrum insecticide, C 9 H 11 Cl 3 NO 3 PS, used on lawns and ornamental plants.
  • chook raffle — a raffle for which the main prize is a roast chicken
  • chromiferous — Containing, or yielding chromium.
  • cigar flower — the common name for a small, shrubby plant, Cuphea ignea, of the loosestrife family, native to Mexico and Jamaica, grown as an ornamental and houseplant: named for its red tubular flowers that resemble cigars.
  • circumflexed — (linguistics, of a written word) exhibiting circumflex accent.
  • circumflexes — Plural form of circumflex.
  • circumfluent — flowing around; surrounding; encompassing
  • circumfluous — flowing all around
  • circumfusile — able to be diffused or poured around
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