13-letter words containing u, e, f
- calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
- candlesnuffer — an implement, or person, that extinguishes candle flames
- carboniferous — yielding coal or carbon
- carrickfergus — a town in E Northern Ireland, in Carrickfergus district, Co Antrim; historic settlement of Scottish Protestants on Belfast Lough; Norman castle. Pop: 27 201 (2001)
- caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
- caulifloweret — an individual floret from a cauliflower
- cause offence — If you cause offence or give offence to someone, you say or do something rude which upsets or embarrasses them.
- cellar fungus — a fungus, Coniophora puteana, that causes dry rot in timber.
- celluliferous — making or consisting of small cells
- centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
- centrifugence — the property of being centrifugal
- changefulness — Propensity to change.
- chef-d'oeuvre — a masterpiece
- chief justice — A Chief Justice is the most important judge of a court of law, especially a supreme court.
- church father — any of the writers on Christian doctrine of the pre-Scholastic period
- circular file — a wastebasket
- circumference — The circumference of a circle, place, or round object is the distance around its edge.
- circumflexing — Present participle of circumflex.
- circumflexion — The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- colour filter — a thin layer of coloured gelatine, glass, etc, that transmits light of certain colours or wavelengths but considerably reduces the transmission of others
- columelliform — like a columella.
- comme il faut — correct or correctly
- compound leaf — a leaf consisting of two or more leaflets borne on the same leafstalk
- computer file — file
- configurative — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- confusingness — causing or tending to cause confusion: a confusing attempt at explanation.
- confusticated — Simple past tense and past participle of confusticate.
- coralliferous — bearing or containing coral
- coulomb field — the electrostatic field around an electrically charged body or particle
- counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
- counter staff — people who work behind the counter of a bank, post office, etc
- countereffort — an effort responding to, or retaliating against, another effort
- counterfeited — Simple past tense and past participle of counterfeit.
- counterfeiter — made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged: counterfeit dollar bills.
- counterfeitly — in a counterfeit manner
- counteroffers — Plural form of counteroffer.
- counterproofs — Plural form of counterproof.
- counterreform — a reform which opposes or acts against another reform
- countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
- country fever — malaria.
- crosscut file — a file having two intersecting rows of teeth
- cuckooflowers — Plural form of cuckooflower.
- culture fluid — the fluid used as a medium for growing microorganisms
- cup of elijah — Elijah's cup.
- curve fitting — the determination of a curve that fits a specified set of points: The method of least squares is commonly used for curve fitting.
- customer flow — Customer flow is the movement of customers around a store.
- cut-off valve — a valve that terminates the flow of fluid in a system
- deaf-and-dumb — unable to hear or speak
- dean of guild — the titular head of the guild or merchant company in a Scots burgh, who formerly exercised jurisdiction over all building in the burgh in the Dean of Guild Court