11-letter words containing f, a, r
- naupliiform — shaped like a nauplius larva
- needlecraft — needlework.
- nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- new flavors — An object-oriented Lisp from Symbolics, the successor to Flavors, it led to CLOS.
- nightfaring — journeying at night, travelling abroad by night
- no-platform — to deny (a person) the opportunity to speak in a political debate or forum
- non-fragile — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- normal form — 1. (reduction) In reduction systems, the state of a term which contains no reducible expressions. Variants include head normal form, weak head normal form. 2. (database) See database normalisation.
- not hear of — to forbid or refuse to consider
- obfuscatory — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- oceanfronts — Plural form of oceanfront.
- octal forty — (jargon) Jargon for "I'm drawing a blank.", I can't work it out.
- off the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- off-roading — driving on unmade terrain
- office park — a complex of office buildings located on land planted with lawns, trees, bushes, etc.
- offshoreman — a person who works offshore, especially on an offshore oil rig.
- old frisian — the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- olfactories — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- olfactorily — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- omnifarious — of all forms, varieties, or kinds.
- opera buffa — an Italian farcical comic opera originating in the 18th century and containing recitativo secco, patter songs, and ensemble finales.
- out of gear — out of order; not functioning properly
- overcareful — excessively or unduly careful.
- overfatigue — excessive tiredness from which recuperation is difficult.
- overforward — too familiar
- overfraught — too fraught
- overinflate — to inflate to an excessive degree
- overstaffed — If you say that a place is overstaffed, you think there are more people working there than is necessary.
- oxford bags — trousers with very wide baggy legs, originally popular in the 1920s
- oxford gray — medium to dark gray.
- oyster farm — a place where oyster beds are kept.
- p.p. factor — nicotinic acid or its amide, nicotinamide, being the vitamin-B-complex members that serve to prevent pellagra.
- pacific rim — area around Pacific Ocean
- pacificator — to pacify.
- page proofs — the final version of a book before it goes to the printer, containing all elements including page numbers and layout
- pain relief — techniques concerned with preventing or reducing pain
- pan-african — of or relating to all African nations or peoples.
- paper knife — a small, often decorative, knifelike instrument with a blade of metal, ivory, wood, or the like, for slitting open envelopes, the leaves of books, folded papers, etc.
- papilliform — resembling a papilla.
- paraffinize — paraffin (def 4).
- paraffinoid — resembling a paraffin.
- parfocality — the quality of being parfocal
- parfocalize — to make parfocal
- park forest — a city in NE Illinois.
- parrot-fish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
- passeriform — of or relating to the order Passeriformes; passerine.
- pastry chef — cook who specializes in patisserie
- patelliform — having the form of a patella; shaped like a saucer, kneecap, or limpet shell.
- pathoformic — Pathology. pertaining to the beginning of a disease, especially to symptoms that occur in the preliminary stages of mental disease.
- perfect gas — ideal gas.