11-letter words containing a, t, r, o
- 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
- reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
- reformative — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- reformatory — serving or designed to reform: reformatory lectures; reformatory punishments.
- reformatted — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- reformulate — to formulate again.
- regenerator — a person or thing that regenerates.
- rehydration — to restore moisture or fluid to (something dehydrated).
- reification — to convert into or regard as a concrete thing: to reify a concept.
- reinflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
- reinoculate — to inoculate again
- reinstation — to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state: to reinstate the ousted chairman.
- reiteration — to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.
- rejuvenator — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- relationism — a doctrine maintaining the existence of relations between things
- relationist — a person who maintains a theory rooted in the relation between ideas
- relative to — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- relocatable — constructed so as to be movable; portable, prefabricated, or modular: relocatable classroom units.
- reluctation — opposition, struggle, resistance
- remediation — the correction of something bad or defective.
- remigration — the act or process of returning or migrating back to the place of origin
- remonstrant — remonstrating; expostulatory.
- remonstrate — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- remotivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- remunerator — to pay, recompense, or reward for work, trouble, etc.
- renegotiate — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
- reoperation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- reoxidation — the process or result of oxidizing.
- reparations — the making of amends for wrong or injury done: reparation for an injustice.
- repartition — distribution; partition.
- repatriator — a person who repatriates
- repatronize — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- repeat loop — (programming) (Or "do loop") A loop construct found in many procedural languages which repeatedly executes some instructions while a condition is true. Repeat loops are found in Perl, Pascal, BASIC and C. The initial keyword may be "repeat" or "do" and the condition may be introduced with a "while" or "until" keyword. In constrast to a while loop, the "loop body" is executed once before the condition is tested. This is useful when the condition depends on the action of the loop body. In the following BASIC loop "Hello" is printed once despite the fact that the condition is false; i = 2 repeat print "Hello" i = i+1 until i>0 See also while loop and for loop.
- repertorial — a type of theatrical presentation in which a company presents several works regularly or in alternate sequence in one season.
- replication — a reply; answer.
- report back — If you report back to someone, you tell them about something that they asked you to find out about.
- report card — a written report containing an evaluation of a pupil's scholarship and behavior, sent periodically to the pupil's parents or guardian, usually on a card containing marks and comments together with a record of attendance.
- reportorial — of or relating to a reporter.
- reprobation — disapproval, condemnation, or censure.
- reprobative — reprobating; expressing reprobation.
- repudiation — the act of repudiating.
- repudiatory — the act of repudiating.
- reradiation — Physics. radiation emitted as a consequence of a previous absorption of radiation.
- reservation — the act of keeping back, withholding, or setting apart.
- reservatory — any place where reserves or stores are kept, esp of food and/or water; esp, a reservoir
- resignation — the act of resigning.
- respiration — the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing.
- respiratory — pertaining to or serving for respiration: respiratory disease.
- restationed — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.