11-letter words containing g, i, a, f
- 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.
- rangefinder — any of various instruments for determining the distance from the observer to a particular object, as for sighting a gun or adjusting the focus of a camera.
- 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.
- refrangible — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
- refrigerant — refrigerating; cooling.
- refrigerate — to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation.
- rhagadiform — of or relating to rhagades
- rifle range — a firing range for practice with rifles.
- rigid frame — (in iron, steel, and reinforced-concrete construction) a bent having absolutely rigid connections at the knees.
- safekeeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- satisficing — the act of satisficing
- scaffolding — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- self-acting — acting by itself; automatic.
- self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
- self-making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
- septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
- shift gears — change speed manually in a vehicle
- sight draft — a draft payable upon presentation.
- signal flag — a flag used for sending messages to other ships
- significant — important; of consequence.
- significate — something signified
- spacefaring — space travel
- spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
- stagflation — an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.
- suffumigate — to fumigate from below; apply fumes or smoke to.
- surfcasting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- take flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
- take fright — be scared off
- the giraffe — the constellation Camelopardalis
- trafficking — the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.
- tragic flaw — the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia.
- transfigure — to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
- transfixing — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
- unaffecting — moving or exciting the feelings or emotions.
- unfaltering — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- unfatigable — susceptible to fatigue.
- ungratified — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- unmagnified — not magnified
- vinegar fly — any fly of the family Drosophilidae, the larvae of which feed on decaying fruit and vegetation.
- wallingford — a town in S Connecticut.
- war footing — the condition or status of a military force or other organization when operating under a state of war or as if a state of war existed.
- warfighters — Plural form of warfighter.
- warfighting — (military) The fighting of a war.
- west-facing — orientated towards the west
- wharfingers — Plural form of wharfinger.
- zoografting — zooplasty.