11-letter words containing a, i, r, c, f, t
- parfocality — the quality of being parfocal
- pathoformic — Pathology. pertaining to the beginning of a disease, especially to symptoms that occur in the preliminary stages of mental disease.
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- st. francis — Saint Francis (Francisco Javier"the Apostle of the Indies") 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.
- stitchcraft — needlework or embroidery
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- surfcasting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- 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.
- traffic cop — a police officer who directs the flow of traffic, usually at an intersection.
- traffic jam — jam1 (def 16).
- trafficable — that can be traveled upon: a trafficable road.
- trafficator — a directional signal on a vehicle for indicating which way it is going to turn.
- trafficking — the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.
- tragic flaw — the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia.
- unit factor — a gene; a sequence of nucleotides that functions as the hereditary unit for a single character.
- view factor — The view factor is the degree to which heat carried by radiation can be passed between two surfaces.
- vinificator — a condenser for alcohol vapors escaping from fermenting wine.
- vital force — the force that animates and perpetuates living beings and organisms.
- welfaristic — characterized by welfarism
- west africa — most westerly part of Africa
- wildcrafter — One who takes part in wildcraft.
- witchcrafts — Plural form of witchcraft.