13-letter words containing a, n, t, i, f
- cafe curtains — short, straight curtains, esp. for covering the lower part of a window, hung from a rod by means of sliding rings
- cage fighting — Cage fighting is a type of organized violent fighting that takes place in an enclosed space.
- calcification — the process of calcifying or becoming calcified
- calorifacient — (of foods) producing heat.
- camp-drafting — a competitive test, esp at an agricultural show, of horsemen's skill in drafting cattle
- cantus firmus — an existing melody used as the basis for a new polyphonic composition
- 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
- carnification — the conversion of tissue into flesh or a fleshlike substance, as of lung tissue into fibrous tissue as a result of pneumonia.
- centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
- certification — a document attesting the truth of a fact or statement
- chieftainship — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
- chylification — the process of turning into chyle
- chymification — the process of turning into chyme
- 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.
- clarification — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
- coalification — the compression, over time, of plant matter into coal
- confabulating — Present participle of confabulate.
- confabulation — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
- confarreation — (in ancient Rome) the highest form of marriage, which was marked by the offering of a cake to Jupiter
- confectionary — a place where confections are kept or made
- confederating — Present participle of confederate.
- confederation — A confederation is an organization or group consisting of smaller groups or states, especially one that exists for business or political purposes.
- confederative — of confederates or a confederation
- configurating — to give a configuration, form, or design to.
- configuration — A configuration is an arrangement of a group of things.
- configurative — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- confirmations — Plural form of confirmation.
- confiscatable — confiscable
- conflagration — A conflagration is a fire that burns over a large area and destroys property.
- conflagrative — That produces conflagration.
- conformations — Plural form of conformation.
- confraternity — a group of men united for some particular purpose, esp Christian laymen organized for religious or charitable service; brotherhood
- confrontation — A confrontation is a dispute, fight, or battle between two groups of people.
- confrontative — tending toward or ready for confrontation: They came to the meeting with a confrontational attitude.
- confusticated — Simple past tense and past participle of confusticate.
- contrafactive — Denoting a verb that assigns to its object (normally a clausal object) the status of not being true, e.g., pretend and wish.
- coreferential — (of more than one linguistic expression) designating the same individual or class
- cornfield ant — a small, brown ant, Lasius alienus, that lives in cornfields and feeds on honeydew of the corn-root aphid.
- cornification — the process of producing a horn or horny substance
- county family — an old family that has lived in a particular county for several generations
- craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
- craftsmanship — Craftsmanship is the skill that someone uses when they make beautiful things with their hands.
- damnification — That which causes damage or loss.
- dandification — The condition or state of a man who is overly concerned about his clothes and appearance.
- death benefit — the benefit payable if the holder of a life insurance policy dies before the policy matures
- decaffeinated — Decaffeinated coffee has had most of the caffeine removed from it.
- defendability — (uncountable) The condition of being defendable.
- deferentially — showing deference; deferent; respectful.
- defibrination — the act or process of defibrinating
- defloration's — the act of deflowering.