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11-letter words containing f, i, t, u

  • purificator — the linen cloth used by the celebrant for wiping the chalice after each communicant has drunk from it.
  • putty knife — a tool for puttying, having a broad flexible blade.
  • quantifiers — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
  • quantifying — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
  • 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.
  • quarterlife — designating the period of life immediately following adolescence, usually the early twenties to early thirties
  • quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
  • 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.
  • right stuff — the necessary or ideal qualities or capabilities, as courage, confidence, dependability, toughness, or daring (usually preceded by the).
  • rubefacient — causing redness of the skin, as a medicinal application.
  • rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
  • safari suit — a suit consisting of a bush jacket and matching trousers.
  • schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
  • septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
  • snuff stick — a twig, stick, or brush used to apply snuff on the teeth or gums.
  • soft tissue — the soft parts of the human body as distinct from bone and cartilage
  • sound shift — a gradual alteration or series of alterations in the pronunciation of a set of sounds, esp of vowels
  • spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
  • stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
  • stone fruit — a fruit with a stone or hard endocarp, as a peach or plum; drupe.
  • strike fund — an amount of money reserved by a union to make payments to striking works should a strike occur
  • stud muffin — a sexually attractive young man
  • studio flat — a flat with one main room
  • stultifying — to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.
  • stunt flier — someone who performs stunts in an aeroplane, such as special turns, etc, in the air
  • styliferous — having a style (part of the female organ of a plant)
  • subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
  • subinfluent — an organism that has a lesser effect than an influent on the ecological processes within a community.
  • suffixation — Grammar. an affix that follows the element to which it is added, as -ly in kindly.
  • suffocation — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
  • suffumigate — to fumigate from below; apply fumes or smoke to.
  • sulfonation — the process of attaching the sulfonic acid group, –SO 3 H, directly to carbon in an organic compound.
  • sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
  • superfluity — the state of being superfluous.
  • superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
  • superprofit — above-average profits gained through enterprise
  • surfcasting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
  • tanniferous — containing much tannin; yielding tannin.
  • tea infuser — mesh ball for straining tea leaves
  • téléférique — a cableway
  • thiosulfate — a salt or ester of thiosulfuric acid.
  • thirty-four — a cardinal number, 30 plus 4.
  • thuriferous — producing frankincense
  • tibiofibula — the bone of a frog's lower leg
  • tout a fait — entirely; completely.
  • transfigure — to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
  • transfusion — the act or process of transfusing.
  • trifluoride — a fluoride containing three atoms of fluorine.
  • trifluralin — a selective herbicide, C 13 H 16 F 3 N 3 O 4 , used to control weeds.
  • trumpetfish — any of several fishes of the family Aulostomidae, having a long, tubular snout, as the slender, brown-flecked Aulostomus maculatus, inhabiting waters on both sides of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, having the habit of orienting vertically in the water and capturing its prey from that position.
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