11-letter words containing f, r, o
- benefactory — relating to a benefactor; beneficial
- best effort — (networking) A classification of low priority network traffic, used especially the Internet. Different kinds of traffic have different priorities. Videoconferencing and other types of real-time communication, for example, require a certain minimum guaranteed bandwidth and latency and so must be given a high priority. Electronic mail, on the other hand, can tolerate an arbitrarily long delay and is classified as a "best-effort" service.
- bifurcation — the act or fact of bifurcating
- binary form — a structure consisting of two sections, each being played twice
- bio-warfare — biological warfare.
- bird's-foot — a European leguminous plant, Ornithopus perpusillus, with small red-veined white flowers and curved pods resembling a bird's claws
- black frost — a frost without snow or rime that is severe enough to blacken vegetation
- block front — Furniture. a front of a desk, chest of drawers, etc., of the third quarter of the 18th century, having three vertical divisions of equal width, a sunken one between raised ones, all divided by flat areas to which they are connected by curves, often with a shell motif forming a rounded termination to each section.
- bloodflower — a showy milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, of tropical America, having brilliant orange-red flowers and smooth fruit.
- bored stiff — very bored
- boston fern — a cultivated fern (Nephrolepis exaltata var. bostoniensis) with odd-pinnate leaves, used as a house plant
- bottle fern — a fern, Cystopteris fragilis, of rocky, wooded areas throughout North America, having grayish-green fronds and brittle stalks.
- branchiform — shaped like a gill.
- brassed off — fed up; disgruntled
- bread flour — wheat flour from which a large part of the starch has been removed, thus increasing the proportion of gluten.
- bring forth — to give birth to
- broad-faced — having a broad, wide face.
- brown dwarf — a type of celestial body midway in mass between a large planet and a small star
- brown flour — wheat flour that uses approximately 85% of the whole grain
- browned off — If you say that you are browned off, you mean that you are annoyed and depressed.
- browned-off — a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue.
- brute force — physical strength, power
- buffer zone — A buffer zone is an area created to separate opposing forces or groups which belongs to neither of them.
- bulbiferous — (of plants) producing bulbs
- bulletproof — Something that is bulletproof is made of a strong material that bullets cannot pass through.
- bunchflower — a tall plant (Melanthium virginicum) of the lily family, growing in the E U.S. and having large clusters of white or greenish flowers
- buon fresco — fresco (def 1).
- buy forward — If you buy forward, you buy at a future date for a price agreed upon today.
- buy-to-fret — denoting the practice of buying a property to let to tenants during a period when property values are falling
- by force of — If something happens by force of a particular quality, action, or set of circumstances, it happens because of the nature or intensity of that quality, action, or set of circumstances.
- by order of — according to the command of
- by yourself — If you are by yourself, you are alone.
- cafe brulot — black coffee flavored with sugar, lemon and orange rinds, cloves, cinnamon, and brandy, ignited and allowed to flame briefly.
- cafe royale — black coffee, to which cognac, lemon peel, sugar, and sometimes cinnamon have been added.
- cafetoriums — Plural form of cafetorium.
- calathiform — cup-shaped; concave.
- calcariform — shaped like a calcar
- calciferous — forming or producing salts of calcium, esp calcium carbonate
- calefactory — giving warmth
- calf roping — a timed rodeo event in which a mounted rider chases and lassos a calf, dismounts, and throws the calf to the ground, tying three of the animal's legs with a short length of rope.
- californian — of or relating to California or its inhabitants
- californite — vesuvianite jade.
- californium — a metallic transuranic element artificially produced from curium. Symbol: Cf; atomic no: 98; half-life of most stable isotope, 251Cf: 800 years (approx.)
- campaniform — shaped like a bell
- canto fermo — a melody that is the basis to which other parts are added in polyphonic music
- capilliform — Having the form of a hair.
- careless of — indifferent to; untroubled by
- carniferous — bearing flesh.
- cauliflower — Cauliflower is a large round vegetable that has a hard white centre surrounded by green leaves.
- ceftriaxone — (pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic cephalosporin antibiotic.