11-letter words containing f, i, c, a
- obfuscation — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obfusticate — Synonym of obfuscate.
- office park — a complex of office buildings located on land planted with lawns, trees, bushes, etc.
- officialdom — the class or entire body of officials; officials as a whole.
- officialese — a style of language used in some official statements, often criticized for its use of polysyllabic jargon and obscure, pretentiously wordy phrasing.
- officialise — to make official; place under official authority or control.
- officialism — excessive attention to official regulations and routines.
- officialize — to make official; place under official authority or control.
- officiating — Present participle of officiate Serving in an official capacity or serving as an official at a contest.
- officiation — to perform the office of a member of the clergy, as at a divine service.
- oil of cade — a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- olfactories — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- olfactorily — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- oval office — the office of the president of the United States, located in the White House.
- pacific rim — area around Pacific Ocean
- pacifically — peaceably, mildly, calmly, or quietly.
- pacificator — to pacify.
- pan-african — of or relating to all African nations or peoples.
- parfocality — the quality of being parfocal
- parfocalize — to make parfocal
- pathoformic — Pathology. pertaining to the beginning of a disease, especially to symptoms that occur in the preliminary stages of mental disease.
- pitch-faced — (of a stone) having all arrises in the same plane and the faces roughly dressed with a pick.
- pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- pontificate — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- prefinanced — financed in advance
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- priestcraft — the training, knowledge, and abilities necessary to a priest.
- prima facie — at first appearance; at first view, before investigation.
- pro-african — Also, Africa. of or from Africa; belonging to the black peoples of Africa.
- pro-fascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- prolificacy — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- 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.
- racing flag — a distinguishing flag flown by a yacht during the period of its participation in a race.
- racing form — a sheet that provides detailed information about horse races, including background data on the horses, jockeys, etc.
- 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.
- refinancing — to finance again.
- 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.
- sacculiform — (of plant parts, etc) shaped like a small sac
- sacrificial — pertaining to or concerned with sacrifice.
- satisficing — the act of satisficing
- scaffolding — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- scalariform — ladderlike.