11-letter words containing f, e, r, i, o, u
- ozoniferous — containing ozone.
- pestiferous — bringing or bearing disease.
- petit fours — a small teacake, variously frosted and decorated.
- prefunction — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- prime focus — the focal point of the objective lens or primary mirror of a telescope
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- proliferous — proliferating.
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- reconfigure — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- rediffusion — act of diffusing; state of being diffused.
- refuctoring — (humour, programming) Taking a well-designed piece of code and, through a series of small, reversible changes, making it completely unmaintainable by anyone except yourself. The term is a humourous play on the term refactoring and was coined by Jason Gorman in a pub in 2002. Refuctoring techniques include: Using Pig Latin as a naming convention. Stating The Bleeding Obvious - writing comments that paraphrase the code (e.g., "declare an integer called I with an initial value of zero"). Module Gravity Well - adding all new code to the biggest module. Unique Modeling Language - inventing your own visual notation. Treasure Hunt - Writing code consisting mostly of references to other code and documents that reference other documents. Rainy Day Module - writing spare code just in case somebody needs it later.
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- run-of-mine — of or relating to ore or coal that is crude, ungraded, etc.
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- sodium-free — (of food) containing less than 5 mg of sodium per serving
- somniferous — bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.
- spiniferous — (esp of plants) bearing spines or thorns
- spiriferous — having a spire or spiral parts.
- spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
- sporiferous — bearing spores.
- stone fruit — a fruit with a stone or hard endocarp, as a peach or plum; drupe.
- styliferous — having a style (part of the female organ of a plant)
- superprofit — above-average profits gained through enterprise
- surgeonfish — any tropical, coral-reef fish of the family Acanthuridae, with one or more sharp spines near the base of the tail fin.
- tanniferous — containing much tannin; yielding tannin.
- thuriferous — producing frankincense
- trifluoride — a fluoride containing three atoms of fluorine.
- umbriferous — casting or making shade.
- unconfirmed — to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify: This report confirms my suspicions.
- unfavourite — not favourite or favoured
- unforbidden — a past participle of forbid.
- unforfeited — not forfeited
- unfortified — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- unglorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- unmortified — not humiliated or shamed
- unofficered — having no officer or officers
- ununiformed — wearing a uniform.
- uriniferous — conveying urine.
- verruciform — in the shape of a wart
- white flour — flour that consists substantially of the starchy endosperm of wheat, most of the bran and the germ having been removed by the milling process
- yttriferous — yielding or containing yttrium.
- zinciferous — yielding or containing zinc.