11-letter words containing f, e, r
- certifiable — If you describe someone as certifiable, you think that their behaviour is extremely unreasonable or foolish.
- certifiably — capable of being certified.
- certificate — A certificate is an official document stating that particular facts are true.
- chamfer bit — a bit for beveling the edge of a hole.
- chauffeured — driven by a chauffeur
- cheerfuller — Comparative form of cheerful.
- cheliferous — bearing chelae
- chemoreflex — a reflex caused by a chemical stimulus.
- chicken-fry — to dip (meat, vegetables, etc.) in batter and fry, usually in deep fat: chicken-fried steak.
- chief rabbi — the chief religious minister of a national Jewish community
- chieftainry — the area governed by a chieftain
- chiffoniers — Plural form of chiffonier.
- chiffonnier — a high chest of drawers or bureau, often having a mirror on top.
- chifforobes — Plural form of chifforobe.
- chondrified — Simple past tense and past participle of chondrify.
- chyliferous — containing chyle
- chymiferous — containing chyme
- circumflect — to emphasize with a circumflex accent
- circumfused — Simple past tense and past participle of circumfuse.
- circumfuses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumfuse.
- city father — You can refer to a member of a city council or city's government as a city father.
- classifiers — Plural form of classifier.
- cliff brake — any of several common ferns of the genus Pellaea, usually growing in pockets of thin soil on rocks.
- cliffhanger — A cliffhanger is a situation or part of a play or film that is very exciting or frightening because you are left for a long time not knowing what will happen next.
- cluster fly — a dipterous fly, Pollenia rudis, that tends to gather in large numbers in attics in the autumn: family Calliphoridae. The larvae are parasitic in earthworms
- coarse fish — a freshwater fish that is not a member of the salmon family
- coat flower — a plant, Petrorhagia saxifraga, of the pink family, native to Eurasia, having pink or white flowers in terminal branching clusters.
- cocciferous — (of a plant) bearing berries
- cockchafers — Plural form of cockchafer.
- cockfighter — One who engages in a cockfight.
- coffee hour — an informal gathering of people at which coffee and refreshments are served.
- coffee ring — a coffeecake shaped like a ring, plain or fruited, often with a topping of raisins, ground nuts, and icing.
- coffee tree — any of several rubiaceous trees of the genus Coffea, esp C. arabica, the seeds of which are used in the preparation of the beverage coffee
- coffeeberry — an evergreen shrub, Rhamnus californica, of the buckthorn family, common in the western U.S., having small, greenish flowers and red fruit that turns black, grown as a bee plant.
- coffeemaker — Any of several different types of kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee.
- color force — Also called nuclear force. the short-range attractive force between baryons that holds together the nucleus of the atom.
- color-field — designating or of a style of abstract painting in which colors are applied to a canvas, often in large patches, with little variation in tone and little emphasis on form
- come in for — If someone or something comes in for criticism or blame, they receive it.
- come up for — When someone or something comes up for consideration or action of some kind, the time arrives when they have to be considered or dealt with.
- comfortable — If a piece of furniture or an item of clothing is comfortable, it makes you feel physically relaxed when you use it, for example because it is soft.
- comfortless — to soothe, console, or reassure; bring cheer to: They tried to comfort her after her loss.
- coneflowers — Plural form of coneflower.
- confarreate — of or relating to confarreation
- confederacy — A confederacy is a union of states or people who are trying to achieve the same thing.
- confederate — Someone's confederates are the people they are working with in a secret activity.
- conferenced — a meeting for consultation or discussion: a conference between a student and his adviser.
- conferences — Plural form of conference.
- conferrable — to consult together; compare opinions; carry on a discussion or deliberation.
- conferrence — an act of bestowal
- configurate — to shape or fashion