11-letter words containing a, f, t, c
- priestcraft — the training, knowledge, and abilities necessary to a priest.
- pro-fascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- purificator — the linen cloth used by the celebrant for wiping the chalice after each communicant has drunk from it.
- quarter cif — (communications, standard) (QCIF), a video format standard used in videoconferencing, that transfers one fourth as much data as Common Intermediate Format (CIF). QCIF is defined in ITU H.261 as having 144 lines and 176 pixels per line, with half as many chrominance pixels in each direction. QCIF is suitable for videoconferencing systems that use telephone lines. The codec standard specifies that QCIF compatibility is mandatory, and CIF compatibility is optional.
- rarefaction — the act or process of rarefying.
- re-forecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- rectifiable — able to be rectified.
- refactoring — (object-oriented, programming) Improving a computer program by reorganising its internal structure without altering its external behaviour. When software developers add new features to a program, the code degrades because the original program was not designed with the extra features in mind. This problem could be solved by either rewriting the existing code or working around the problems which arise when adding the new features. Redesigning a program is extra work, but not doing so would create a program which is more complicated than it needs to be. Refactoring is a collection of techniques which have been designed to provide an alternative to the two situations mentioned above. The techniques enable programmers to restructure code so that the design of a program is clearer. It also allows programmers to extract reusable components, streamline a program, and make additions to the program easier to implement. Refactoring is usually done by renaming methods, moving fields from one class to another, and moving code into a separate method. Although it is done using small and simple steps, refactoring a program will vastly improve its design and structure, making it easier to maintain and leading to more robust code.
- reflectance — the ratio of the intensity of reflected radiation to that of the radiation incident on a surface.
- refocillate — to refresh, revive, give new life
- reification — to convert into or regard as a concrete thing: to reify a concept.
- rifacimento — a recast or adaptation, as of a literary or musical work.
- risk factor — a condition, behavior, or other factor that increases risk: Smoking is a major risk factor for cancer; depression as a risk factor in suicide.
- rubefacient — causing redness of the skin, as a medicinal application.
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- safety cage — A safety cage is a rigid part of the body of a vehicle that surrounds the passenger compartment and protects passengers during a crash.
- safety lock — a lock designed to prevent picking.
- satisficing — the act of satisficing
- scarf joint — a joint in which two timbers or other structural members are fitted together with long end laps of various forms and held in place with bolts, straps, keys, fishplates, etc., to resist tension or compression.
- schoolcraft — Henry Rowe [roh] /roʊ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1864, U.S. explorer, ethnologist, and author.
- screencraft — the skills and talent involved in writing or making a movie
- self-acting — acting by itself; automatic.
- significant — important; of consequence.
- significate — something signified
- soft launch — the launch of a website in stages, with regular updating
- sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description
- spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
- specificate — a thing which is specified
- speechcraft — the art of rhetoric
- st. francis — Saint Francis (Francisco Javier"the Apostle of the Indies") 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.
- steel-faced — having the front or outer surfaces covered with or characterized by steel.
- stick float — a float attached at the top and bottom to the line
- stitchcraft — needlework or embroidery
- stone-faced — having a rigid, expressionless face.
- stony-faced — having a rigid, expressionless face.
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- suffocation — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- surfcasting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- tabefaction — the process of tabefying
- tachina fly — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Tachinidae, the larvae of which are parasitic on caterpillars, beetles, and other insects.
- tactfulness — having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply.
- take effect — something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
- take office — come to power
- testificate — a document of evidence
- the fact is — You use the fact is or the fact of the matter is to introduce and draw attention to a summary or statement of the most important point about what you have been saying.
- tidal force — the gravitational pull exerted by a celestial body that raises the tides on another body within the gravitational field, dependent on the varying distance between the bodies.
- toploftical — having a superior or disdainful attitude; toplofty
- tractorfeed — Computers. a mechanism for aligning and transporting paper for a printer by means of pins that catch in perforations along the edges of the paper.
- traffic cop — a police officer who directs the flow of traffic, usually at an intersection.
- traffic jam — jam1 (def 16).