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11-letter words containing a, f, r

  • beneficiary — Someone who is a beneficiary of something is helped by it.
  • better half — one's spouse
  • bifurcation — the act or fact of bifurcating
  • binary file — (file format)   Any file format for digital data that does not consist of a sequence of printable characters (text). The term is often used for executable machine code. All digital data, including characters, is actually binary data (unless it uses some (rare) system with more than two discrete levels) but the distinction between binary and text is well established. On modern operating systems a text file is simply a binary file that happens to contain only printable characters, but some older systems distinguish the two file types, requiring programs to handle them differently. A common class of binary files is programs in machine language ("executable files") ready to load into memory and execute. Binary files may also be used to store data output by a program, and intended to be read by that or another program but not by humans. Binary files are more efficient for this purpose because the data (e.g. numerical data) does not need to be converted between the binary form used by the CPU and a printable (ASCII) representation. The disadvantage is that it is usually necessary to write special purpose programs to manipulate such files since most general purpose utilities operate on text files. There is also a problem sharing binary numerical data between processors with different endianness. Some communications protocols handle only text files, e.g. most electronic mail systems before MIME became widespread in about 1995. The FTP utility must be put into "binary" mode in order to copy a binary file since in its default "ascii" mode translates between the different newline characters used on the sending and receiving computers. Confusingly, some word processor files, and rich text files, are actually binary files because they contain non-printable characters and require special programs to view, edit and print them.
  • binary form — a structure consisting of two sections, each being played twice
  • bio-warfare — biological warfare.
  • black dwarf — a cold, dark dwarf star
  • black friar — a Dominican friar
  • black frost — a frost without snow or rime that is severe enough to blacken vegetation
  • brain fever — inflammation of the brain or its covering membranes
  • brake fluid — an oily liquid used to transmit pressure in a hydraulic brake or clutch system
  • branchiform — shaped like a gill.
  • branfulness — (of flour) the state of being unsifted and hence full of bran
  • brassed off — fed up; disgruntled
  • brazenfaced — having, or uttered with, a brazen expression; impudent; shameless
  • bread flour — wheat flour from which a large part of the starch has been removed, thus increasing the proportion of gluten.
  • bread knife — a knife designed or suitable for slicing bread, as one having a wavy or saw-toothed blade.
  • breakfasted — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
  • breast-feed — When a woman breast-feeds her baby, she feeds it with milk from her breasts, rather than from a bottle.
  • broad-faced — having a broad, wide face.
  • brown dwarf — a type of celestial body midway in mass between a large planet and a small star
  • buy forward — If you buy forward, you buy at a future date for a price agreed upon today.
  • cabin fever — If you describe someone as having cabin fever, you mean that they feel restless and irritable because they have been indoors in one place for too long.
  • cafe brulot — black coffee flavored with sugar, lemon and orange rinds, cloves, cinnamon, and brandy, ignited and allowed to flame briefly.
  • cafe filtre — a strong black filtered coffee
  • cafe royale — black coffee, to which cognac, lemon peel, sugar, and sometimes cinnamon have been added.
  • cafetoriums — Plural form of cafetorium.
  • calathiform — cup-shaped; concave.
  • calcariform — shaped like a calcar
  • calciferous — forming or producing salts of calcium, esp calcium carbonate
  • calefactory — giving warmth
  • calf roping — a timed rodeo event in which a mounted rider chases and lassos a calf, dismounts, and throws the calf to the ground, tying three of the animal's legs with a short length of rope.
  • californian — of or relating to California or its inhabitants
  • californite — vesuvianite jade.
  • californium — a metallic transuranic element artificially produced from curium. Symbol: Cf; atomic no: 98; half-life of most stable isotope, 251Cf: 800 years (approx.)
  • campaniform — shaped like a bell
  • canto fermo — a melody that is the basis to which other parts are added in polyphonic music
  • capilliform — Having the form of a hair.
  • career fair — recruitment event
  • carefullest — Superlative form of careful.
  • carefulness — cautious in one's actions: Be careful when you cross the street.
  • careless of — indifferent to; untroubled by
  • carniferous — bearing flesh.
  • carnificial — relating to or belonging to an executioner or butcher
  • cattle farm — a farm on which cattle are raised
  • cauliflower — Cauliflower is a large round vegetable that has a hard white centre surrounded by green leaves.
  • cedar falls — a city in central Iowa.
  • ceftriaxone — (pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic cephalosporin antibiotic.
  • centre half — a defender who plays in the middle of the defence
  • centrifical — Misspelling of centrifugal.
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