11-letter words containing a, f, t, e, r, g
- garden flat — a flat with direct access to a garden: typically, a garden flat consists of basement accommodation in prewar property, but some are in purpose-built blocks in urban areas
- gas fixture — a heating or lighting fixture that uses gas
- gay-feather — any of several composite plants of the genus Liatris, especially L. spicata or L. scariosa, having hairy leaves and long clusters of purplish flowers.
- giftwrapped — wrapped attractively in pretty paper, perhaps with ribbons or other decorations
- grand theft — stealing large amount
- grandfather — the father of one's father or mother.
- grapefruits — Plural form of grapefruit.
- grapefruity — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- gratifiable — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- gravity-fed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- great falls — a city in central Montana, on the Missouri River.
- gulf stream — a warm ocean current flowing N from the Gulf of Mexico, along the E coast of the U.S., to an area off the SE coast of Newfoundland, where it becomes the western terminus of the North Atlantic Current.
- heterograft — xenograft.
- infrigidate — (obsolete) To chill; to make cold.
- interfacing — a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- magherafelt — a district of N Northern Ireland, in Co Londonderry. Pop: 40 837 (2003 est). Area: 572 sq km (221 sq miles)
- out of gear — out of order; not functioning properly
- overfatigue — excessive tiredness from which recuperation is difficult.
- overfraught — too fraught
- perfect gas — ideal gas.
- proof stage — the stage of publishing where trial impressions made from composed type, or print-outs (from a laser printer, etc) are read for the correction of errors
- 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.
- refrigerant — refrigerating; cooling.
- refrigerate — to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation.
- septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
- shaft grave — a grave consisting of a deep, rectangular pit with vertical sides, roofed over with a stone slab.
- shift gears — change speed manually in a vehicle
- soft target — sth easy to hit
- software ag — (company) A German software engineering company that started with the ADABAS database. Natural is their 4GL development environment, EntireX is their DCOM for Unix and IBM. BOLERO, is an object-oriented development environment and application server specially made for Electronic Business applications. Mailing-list: <[email protected]>.
- suffragette — a woman advocate of female suffrage.
- take fright — be scared off
- the giraffe — the constellation Camelopardalis
- transfigure — to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
- unfaltering — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- ungratified — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- warfighters — Plural form of warfighter.