14-letter words containing f
- christmas fern — an evergreen fern, Polystichum acrostichoides, having dense clusters of stiff fronds growing from a central rootstock.
- church of rome — the Roman Catholic Church
- circumferences — Plural form of circumference.
- circumferentor — an instrument that measures the circumference of a tyre
- circumfixation — a prefix and a suffix attached to a root or stem, as the a and -ing in a-going.
- city of dundee — a council area in E Scotland. Pop: 143 090 (2003 est). Area: 65 sq km (25 sq miles)
- clarifications — Plural form of clarification.
- class conflict — conflict between different social or economic classes
- classification — A classification is a division or category in a system which divides things into groups or types.
- classificatory — the act of classifying.
- clean up after — If you clean up after someone, you clean or tidy a place that they have made dirty or untidy.
- cleaning fluid — a solvent or other solution for removing stains or cleaning particular objects
- cleft sentence — a sentence in which a simpler sentence is paraphrased by being divided into two parts, each with its own verb, in order to emphasize certain information, especially a sentence beginning with expletive it and a form of be followed by the information being emphasized, as It was a mushroom that Alice ate instead of Alice ate a mushroom.
- clerk of court — an officer of the court who maintains the records, among other duties
- clerk of works — an employee who supervises building work in progress or the upkeep of existing buildings
- clifford trust — a type of living trust set up for at least a 10-year period, during which the income goes to a beneficiary and after which the principal reverts to the grantor.
- cliffside park — a city in NE New Jersey.
- climbing frame — A climbing frame is a structure that has been made for children to climb and play on. It consists of metal or wooden bars joined together.
- clouded sulfur — a sulfur butterfly, Colias philodice, having yellow wings with black edges and larvae that feed on clover and other legumes.
- coach transfer — a short journey by coach constituting part of a longer journey taken chiefly by a different mode of transport, esp a journey to or from an airport
- coach-and-four — a coach together with the four horses by which it is drawn.
- code of ethics — an agreement on ethical standards for a profession or business
- code of honour — the standards of behaviour regarded as proper
- coercive force — a measure of the magnetization of a ferromagnetic material as expressed by the external magnetic field strength necessary to demagnetize it. Measured in amperes per metre
- coercive-force — the magnetic intensity needed to reduce to zero the magnetic flux density of a fully magnetized magnetic specimen or to demagnetize a magnet.
- coff's harbour — a seaport in E Australia.
- coffee grinder — A coffee grinder is a machine for grinding coffee beans.
- coffee grounds — the used ground beans that remain in a pot or coffee-maker
- coffee machine — a machine that makes coffee from ground coffee
- coffee morning — A coffee morning is a social event at which coffee and tea are served. It takes place in the morning, and is usually intended to raise money for charity.
- coffee service — a set of china consisting of coffee cups and saucers, a pot, milk jug, and sugar bowl
- coffee-colored — having the medium-brown color of coffee mixed with cream or milk; moderately brown.
- coffee-klatsch — to gather for a coffee klatsch.
- combat fatigue — a psychoneurotic condition characterized by anxiety, irritability, depression, etc., often occurring after prolonged combat in warfare
- combining form — A combining form is a word that is used, or used with a particular meaning, only when joined to another word. For example, '-legged' as in 'four-legged' and '-fold' as in 'fivefold' are combining forms.
- come in useful — If an object or skill comes in useful, it can help you achieve something in a particular situation.
- come off worst — to enjoy the least benefit from an issue or be defeated in it
- comfort eating — the practice of eating to make oneself feel happier
- comfort letter — an informal statement assuring the financial soundness or backing of a company.
- comfortability — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- commission fee — a fee paid to auctioneers, salespeople, etc, for their services
- commitment fee — a charge made by a bank, in addition to interest, to make a loan available to a potential borrower
- common footman — an arctiid moth, ( Eilema lurideola), related to the tiger moth, with yellowish hind wings and brown forewings with a yellow front stripe; they produce woolly bear larvae
- community life — the life and activities of a community
- compass rafter — a rafter cut to a curve on one or both edges.
- compound fault — a series of closely spaced faults
- compton effect — a phenomenon in which a collision between a photon and a particle results in an increase in the kinetic energy of the particle and a corresponding increase in the wavelength of the photon
- confabulations — Plural form of confabulation.
- confederations — Plural form of confederation.
- confessionally — in a confessional manner