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CFC

CFC is the initialism of Chelsea Football Club.

CFC is the initialism of Combined Federal Campaign.

CFC is the initialism of California Freedom Coalition.

CFC is the initialism of chlorofluorocarbon.

CFC is the initialism of controlled foreign corporation.

CFC is the initialism of cardiofaciocutaneous.

Meaning of chlorofluorocarbon

Noun

chlorofluorocarbon (plural chlorofluorocarbons, abbreviation CFC or (rare) CFK)

  1. Any of a class of organic compounds in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon are replaced with those of chlorine and fluorine; formerly used as refrigerants and aerosol can propellants but withdrawn due to causing damage to the ozone layer.
    • The proposed replacement for CFC-11, a chlorofluorocarbon used to make plastic foam and in central air-conditioning systems, is a compound called HCFC-22. This is a chlorofluorocarbon already in use in home air-conditioners, but it is more expensive than CFC-11 and its potential applications are...1989 March 7, Malcolm W. Browne, “In Protecting the Atmosphere, Choices Are Costly and Complex”, in The New York Times

Meaning of cardiofaciocutaneous

Adjective

cardiofaciocutaneous (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or affecting the heart, face and skin (or hair).

Forms of CFC

Proper noun
alternative form (rare)CFK
Noun
pluralCFCs

Questions about CFC

What is CFC the initialism of?
CFC is the initialism of Chelsea Football Club.

Words near CFC in the dictionary

  1. CFast
  2. CFAV
  3. CFAVs
  4. CFB
  5. CFBs
  6. CFC
  7. CFCs
  8. CFCW
  9. CFD
  10. cfDNA
  11. cfDNAs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: CFC (page history and authors); chlorofluorocarbon (page history and authors); cardiofaciocutaneous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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