11-letter words containing f, o, u, r, c
- obfuscatory — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- offscouring — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- overcareful — excessively or unduly careful.
- perfunctory — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- pound-force — a foot-pound-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity when acting on a mass of one pound. Abbreviation: lbf.
- 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
- purificator — the linen cloth used by the celebrant for wiping the chalice after each communicant has drunk from it.
- reconfigure — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- 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.
- reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- resourceful — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
- rocket fuel — an explosive charge that powers a rocket
- round-faced — having a face that is round.
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- sacculiform — (of plant parts, etc) shaped like a small sac
- scarf cloud — pileus (def 3).
- so much for — So much for is used to indicate that you have finished talking about a subject.
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- sucket fork — a utensil for sweetmeats of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having fork tines at one end and a spoon bowl at the other end of a common stem.
- surf scoter — a large, North American scoter, Melanitta perspicillata, the adult male of which is black with two white patches on the head.
- true fresco — fresco (def 1).
- true-fresco — fresco (def 1).
- uncared for — If you describe people or animals as uncared for, you mean that they have not been looked after properly and as a result are hungry, dirty, or ill.
- uncared-for — untended; neglected; unkempt: The garden had an uncared-for look.
- uncomforted — not comforted or consoled
- unconfirmed — to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify: This report confirms my suspicions.
- unconformed — to act in accordance or harmony; comply (usually followed by to): to conform to rules.
- unforceable — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- unit factor — a gene; a sequence of nucleotides that functions as the hereditary unit for a single character.
- unofficered — having no officer or officers
- vasculiform — shaped like a small vase or flowerpot
- verruciform — in the shape of a wart
- worksurface — A surface, usually resting on cupboards or drawers in a kitchen, that can be used to work on.
- zinciferous — yielding or containing zinc.