10-letter words containing f, o
- buffoonish — resembling or in the manner of a buffoon
- buffy coat — a yellowish-white layer consisting of leukocytes that, upon centrifugation of blood, covers the red blood cells.
- bufotenine — a tryptamine alkaloid with hallucinogenic properties, found in the skin of some species of toad and in some mushrooms and tropical shrubs
- bugger off — If someone buggers off, they go away quickly and suddenly. People often say bugger off as a rude way of telling someone to go away.
- bull float — a machine for giving the final surfacing to an area of concrete, as on a road.
- bumblefoot — a swelling, sometimes purulent, of the ball of the foot in fowl.
- bundle off — If someone is bundled off somewhere, they are sent there or taken there in a hurry.
- by dint of — If you achieve a result by dint of something, you achieve it by means of that thing.
- by oneself — be oneself, to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition. to be unaffected and sincere: One makes more friends by being oneself than by putting on airs.
- caernarfon — a port and resort in NW Wales, in Gwynedd on the Menai Strait: 13th-century castle. Pop: 9726 (2001)
- cafetorium — a room, usually in a school or other educational institution, which serves both as a cafeteria and an auditorium
- cake flour — finely ground wheat flour.
- calceiform — shaped like a shoe or slipper
- calciferol — a fat-soluble steroid, found esp in fish-liver oils, produced by the action of ultraviolet radiation on ergosterol. It increases the absorption of calcium from the intestine and is used in the treatment of rickets. Formula: C28H43OH
- calefactor — a heater
- california — a state on the W coast of the US: the third largest state in area and the largest in population; consists of a narrow, warm coastal plain rising to the Coast Range, deserts in the south, the fertile central valleys of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, and the mountains of the Sierra Nevada in the east; major industries include the growing of citrus fruits and grapes, fishing, oil production, electronics, information technology, and films. Capital: Sacramento. Pop: 35 484 453 (2003 est). Area: 411 015 sq km (158 693 sq miles)
- call forth — to cause (something) to come into action or existence
- calorifier — a water tank fitted with a coil, or coils, that can be heated in order to heat the water
- calyciform — having the form of a calyx
- camouflage — Camouflage consists of things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint, which are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see military forces and equipment.
- camoufleur — a person who camouflages military equipment
- cancriform — shaped like a crab
- candyfloss — Candyfloss is a large pink or white mass of sugar threads that is eaten from a stick. It is sold at fairs or other outdoor events.
- caney fork — a river in central Tennessee, flowing NW to the Cumberland River. 144 miles (232 km) long.
- capable of — susceptible of; admitting of; open to
- carrot fly — a dipterous insect, Psila rosae, that is a serious pest of carrots. The larvae tunnel into the root to feed
- cash offer — a public equity issue sold to everyone who is interested in it
- castleford — a town in N England, in Wakefield unitary authority, West Yorkshire on the River Aire. Pop: 37 525 (2001)
- cat's-foot — a European plant, Antennaria dioica, with whitish woolly leaves and heads of typically white flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- cauliflory — the production of flowers on the trunk, branches, etc, of a woody plant, as opposed to the ends of the twigs
- cefadroxil — A broad-spectrum cephalosporin antibiotic.
- cefuroxime — (pharmaceutical drug) A second-generation cephalosporin antibiotic.
- centerfold — A centerfold is a picture that covers the two central pages of a magazine, especially a photograph of a naked or partly naked woman.
- centrefold — A centrefold is a picture that covers the two central pages of a magazine, especially a photograph of a naked or partly naked woman.
- ceriferous — producing or bearing wax
- ceroferary — Candleholder (especially for a large, church candle).
- cfortran.h — (library) A transparent, machine independent interface between C and Fortran routines and global data, developed by Burkhard Burow at CERN. It provides macros which allow the C preprocessor to translate a simple description of a C (Fortran) routine or global data into a Fortran (C) interface. Version 2.6 runs on VAX/VMS/Ultrix, DECstation, Silicon Graphics, IBM RS/6000, Sun, Cray, Apollo, HP9000, LynxOS, f2c, NAG f90. cfortran.h was reviewed in RS/Magazine November 1992 and a user's experiences with cfortran.h are described in the Jan 93 issue of Computers in Physics.
- change off — to take turns
- charge off — to treat or regard as a loss
- charge-off — a write-off, especially of a bad loan by a bank.
- chargeoffs — Plural form of chargeoff.
- chaudfroid — a sweet or savoury jellied sauce used to coat cold meat, chicken, etc
- cheffonier — A tall, elegant chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached.
- chelmsford — a city in SE England, administrative centre of Essex: electronics, retail; university (1992). Pop: 99 962 (2001)
- chief town — a town or city that is the administrative centre of a region
- chiffarobe — Alternative form of chifforobe.
- chifferobe — a piece of furniture having both drawers and space for hanging clothes.
- chiffonade — finely shredded leaf vegetables used as a base for a dish or as a garnish
- chiffonier — a tall, elegant chest of drawers, originally intended for holding needlework
- chifforobe — an article of furniture that comprises a chest of drawers and a wardrobe