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13-letter words containing a, f

  • caprification — a method of pollinating the edible fig by hanging branches of caprifig flowers in edible fig trees. Parasitic wasps in the caprifig flowers transfer pollen to the edible fig flowers
  • carbon offset — a compensatory measure made by an individual or company for carbon emissions, usually through sponsoring activities or projects which increase carbon dioxide absorption, such as tree planting
  • carboniferous — yielding coal or carbon
  • cardinal fish — a small brightly coloured fish found in shallow tropical seas, of the family Apogonidae, the male of which often broods eggs in its mouth
  • carnification — the conversion of tissue into flesh or a fleshlike substance, as of lung tissue into fibrous tissue as a result of pneumonia.
  • 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)
  • carry forward — to transfer (a balance) to the next page, column, etc
  • carry too far — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
  • carving knife — A carving knife is a long sharp knife that is used to cut cooked meat.
  • cashew family — the plant family Anacardiaceae, typified by trees, shrubs, or vines having resinous and sometimes poisonous juice, alternate leaves, small flowers, and a nut or fleshy fruit, and including the cashew, mango, pistachio, poison ivy, and sumac.
  • casual friday — In some companies, employees are allowed to wear clothes that are more informal than usual on a Friday. This day is known as a casual Friday.
  • catch hold of — to take; seize; grasp
  • catch oneself — to hold oneself back abruptly from saying or doing something
  • 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.
  • central falls — a city in NE Rhode Island.
  • centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
  • certification — a document attesting the truth of a fact or statement
  • certificatory — Serving to certify something.
  • changefulness — Propensity to change.
  • channel ferry — a ship that shuttles across the English Channel between the UK and the continent
  • chapel de fer — a medieval open helmet, often having a broad brim for deflecting blows from above.
  • charles fries — Charles Carpenter, 1887–1967, U.S. linguist.
  • chieftainship — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
  • child welfare — social work and services aimed at insuring the welfare of children
  • chip graffiti — microchip art
  • church father — any of the writers on Christian doctrine of the pre-Scholastic period
  • chylification — the process of turning into chyle
  • chymification — the process of turning into chyme
  • cinnamon fern — a large, New World fern (Osmunda cinnamomea, family Osmundaceae) having sterile green fronds and other fronds that bear spores and turn a cinnamon color as the spores mature
  • ciprofloxacin — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used against Gram-negative bacteria. It is effective against anthrax
  • circular file — a wastebasket
  • citation form — the spoken form a word has when produced in isolation, such as when cited for purposes of illustration, as distinguished from the form it would have when produced in the normal stream of speech.
  • city of david — Jerusalem. II Sam. 5:6–7.
  • claim to fame — Someone's claim to fame is something quite important or interesting that they have done or that is connected with them.
  • claims farmer — a middleman who encourages people to make compensation claims and who then sells these claims on to a lawyer
  • clarification — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
  • clarificatory — Of or pertaining to clarification.
  • class warfare — conflict, tension between social classes
  • class-warfare — Also called class conflict. conflict between different classes in a community resulting from different social or economic positions and reflecting opposed interests.
  • classified ad — Classified ads or classified advertisements are small advertisements in a newspaper or magazine. They are usually from a person or small company.
  • cliff swallow — an American swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, that has a square-tipped tail and builds nests of mud on cliffs, walls, etc
  • cliff-hanging — of, relating to, or characteristic of a cliff-hanger: a cliff-hanging vote of 20–19.
  • coalification — the compression, over time, of plant matter into coal
  • cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
  • cochleariform — having a spoon shape
  • codifiability — the quality of being codifiable
  • coffee klatch — A coffee klatch is a social event at which coffee is served.
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