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11-letter words containing f, r, e, u

  • pore fungus — any fungus of the families Boletacea and Polyporaceae, bearing spores in tubes or pores.
  • 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.
  • powder puff — fluffy pad for applying powder
  • powder-puff — limited to participation by women or girls: She plays on the powder-puff touch football team.
  • prayerfully — given to, characterized by, or expressive of prayer; devout.
  • pre-funding — a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose: a fund for his education; a retirement fund.
  • prefectural — the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
  • 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.
  • proud flesh — granulation tissue.
  • puffed rice — a type of puffed rice grain that is commonly used in breakfast cereals and snacks
  • pussyfooter — a person who behaves stealthily or evasively
  • pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
  • quantifiers — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
  • 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.
  • read out of — to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music.
  • rebukefully — in a rebukeful manner
  • reconfigure — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
  • rediffusion — act of diffusing; state of being diffused.
  • reformulate — to formulate again.
  • 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.
  • refuellable — capable of being refuelled
  • refurbisher — a person who refurbishes
  • relief fund — a fund of money set up to provide aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
  • reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
  • requalified — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
  • researchful — (of a book, academic paper etc) full of research, containing or built upon a great deal of research
  • resourceful — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
  • return fare — the fare charged for a return journey; a two-way fare
  • return half — the return part of a two-way ticket
  • rifled slug — a shotgun projectile with helical grooves on its sides for imparting a spin to it when it is fired through the smooth bore of the shotgun.
  • rocket fuel — an explosive charge that powers a rocket
  • round-faced — having a face that is round.
  • rubefacient — causing redness of the skin, as a medicinal application.
  • rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
  • rufter hood — a temporary, loosely fitted hood used on newly captured hawks.
  • rule of law — the principle that all people and institutions are subject to and accountable to law that is fairly applied and enforced; the principle of government by law.
  • rule out of — If someone rules you out of a contest or activity, they say that you cannot be involved in it. If something rules you out of a contest or activity, it prevents you from being involved in it.
  • rum truffle — a sweet resembling an edible fungus, of the European genus Tuber, in shape, flavoured with rum
  • run a fever — have a high temperature
  • run-of-mine — of or relating to ore or coal that is crude, ungraded, etc.
  • schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
  • scruffiness — the state of being unkempt or shabby
  • self-insure — to subject (one's property or interests) to self-insurance.
  • self-murder — suicide
  • self-ruling — of or relating to self-rule
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