10-letter words containing n, a, o, f
- fortran 90 — (Previously "Fortran 8x" and "Fortran Extended") An extensive enlargement of Fortran 77. Fortran 90 has derived types, assumed shape arrays, array sections, functions returning arrays, case statement, module subprograms and internal subprograms, optional and keyword subprogram arguments, recursion, and dynamic allocation. It is defined in ISO 1539:1991, soon to be adopted by ANSI.
- fortran ii — 1958. Added subroutines.
- fortran iv — IBM 1962. For the IBM 7090/94. Many implementations went well beyond the original definition.
- fortran vi — IBM's internal name for early PL/I work ca. 1963.
- fortransit — (language) Fortran Internal Translator. A subset of Fortran translated into IT on the IBM 650. It was in use in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Compilation took place in several steps (using punched cards as the only input/output media). FORTRANSIT was converted to IT Internal Translator which was converted into SOAP and thence to machine code. In the SOAP -> machine code step, the user had to include card decks for all the subroutines used in his FORTRANSIT program (including e.g. square root, sine, and even basic floating point routines).
- forwarding — Sports. a player stationed in advance of others on a team. Football. a lineman. Basketball. either of two players stationed in the forecourt.
- foudroyant — striking as with lightning; sudden and overwhelming in effect; stunning; dazzling.
- foundation — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- foxe basin — an ocean passage in Nunavut Territory, Canada, connected with Hudson Bay by the Foxe Channel.
- fractional — pertaining to fractions; comprising a part or the parts of a unit; constituting a fraction: fractional numbers.
- fractioned — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- franchisor — Also, franchisor [fran-chahy-zer, fran-chuh-zawr] /ˈfræn tʃaɪ zər, ˌfræn tʃəˈzɔr/ (Show IPA). a person or company that grants a franchise.
- franconian — a group of West Germanic dialects or languages, consisting of Frankish and the dialects descended from Frankish.
- frappucino — Any of several forms of partially frozen cappuccino coffee.
- fraunhofer — Joseph von [joh-zuh f von,, -suh f;; German yoh-zef fuh n] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf vɒn,, -səf;; German ˈyoʊ zɛf fən/ (Show IPA), 1787–1826, German optician and physicist.
- freedwoman — a woman who has been freed from slavery.
- freemasons — a member of a widely distributed secret order (Free and Accepted Masons) having for its object mutual assistance and the promotion of brotherly love among its members.
- freshwoman — A female first-year student at a university, college, or high school.
- frictional — of, relating to, or of the nature of friction.
- frobnicate — /frob'ni-kayt/ (Possibly from frobnitz, and usually abbreviated to frob, but "frobnicate" is recognised as the official full form). To manipulate or adjust, to tweak. One frequently frobs bits or other 2-state devices. Thus: "Please frob the light switch" (that is, flip it), but also "Stop frobbing that clasp; you'll break it". One also sees the construction "to frob a frob". Usage: frob, twiddle, and tweak sometimes connote points along a continuum. "Frob" connotes aimless manipulation; "twiddle" connotes gross manipulation, often a coarse search for a proper setting; "tweak" connotes fine-tuning. If someone is turning a knob on an oscilloscope, then if he's carefully adjusting it, he is probably tweaking it; if he is just turning it but looking at the screen, he is probably twiddling it; but if he's just doing it because turning a knob is fun, he's frobbing it. The variant "frobnosticate" has also been reported.
- front-load — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- front-page — of major importance; worth putting on the first page of a newspaper.
- front-rank — among the best or most important; foremost; topnotch.
- frontality — the representation of the front view of figures or objects in a work of art.
- frontstall — chanfron.
- frontwards — in a direction toward the front.
- frontwoman — The lead female singer in a band.
- fugitation — a sentence given to an accused person who does not appear for trial, declaring them to be an outlaw and fugitive
- fulminator — One who fulminates, or criticizes intensely.
- fumigation — to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
- functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- funeration — (obsolete) the act of burying with funeral rites.
- furanoside — any glycoside compound in the furanose form
- gangliform — having the form of a ganglion.
- glance off — If an object glances off something, it hits it at an angle and bounces away in another direction.
- glandiform — (anatomy) Shaped like, resembling, or characteristic of glands.
- godfearing — Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.
- griffonage — (rare) Careless handwriting; A crude or illegible scrawl.
- guineafowl — Alternative spelling of guinea fowl.
- gyrfalcons — Plural form of gyrfalcon.
- half crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
- half-bound — bound in half binding.
- half-crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
- half-dozen — one half of a dozen; six.
- half-grown — advanced in growth: a grown boy.
- half-pound — a unit of weight equal to 8 ounces avoirdupois (0.227 kilogram) or 6 ounces troy or apothecaries' weight (0.187 kilogram).
- half-round — semicircular in cross section, as a molding or piece of type.
- harden off — to accustom (a cultivated plant) or (of such a plant) to become accustomed to outdoor conditions by repeated exposure
- humaniform — Like a human or that of a human in form, seeming, or appearance.
- in back of — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.