11-letter words containing o, f, a
- antlion fly — any of various neuropterous insects of the family Myrmeleontidae, which typically resemble dragonflies and are most common in tropical regions
- antofagasta — a port in N Chile. Pop: 323 000 (2005 est)
- apoferritin — a homogeneous protein, found especially in the intestinal mucosa and the liver, that interacts with a ferric hydroxide-ferric phosphate complex to form ferritin.
- aqua fortis — nitric acid
- aquafortist — a person who makes engravings or etchings through the use of aqua fortis
- area office — a part of a business, organization, etc which is the most important office in a specific geographical area
- art of love — Latin Ars Amatoria. a series of poems in three books (1? b.c.) by Ovid.
- asbestiform — having the look or structure of asbestos
- auction off — If you auction off something, you sell it to the person who offers the most money for it, often at an auction.
- authorcraft — the skilled ability of an author
- autofocuses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autofocus.
- bacciferous — bearing berries
- bacilliform — shaped like a rod
- back office — the administrative and support staff of a financial institution or other business
- back out of — to withdraw from (an enterprise)
- backflowing — Flowing backwards.
- bag of wind — windbag.
- ball of wax — everything, including all details, parts, etc., relating to a particular matter: He came back from Chicago with the contract for the whole ball of wax.
- ball-flower — a decoration in a molding that looks like a ball held in the petals of a flower
- balloonfish — a porcupinefish, Diodon holacanthus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical waters.
- barfulation — /bar`fyoo-lay'sh*n/ Variation of barf used around the Stanford area. An exclamation, expressing disgust. On seeing some particularly bad code one might exclaim, "Barfulation! Who wrote this, Quux?"
- bargain for — If you have not bargained for or bargained on something that happens, you did not expect it to happen and so feel surprised or worried by it.
- barrel roof — a roof or ceiling having a semicylindrical form.
- battlefront — the front line of a battle, where the action takes place
- bay of pigs — a bay on the SW coast of Cuba: scene of an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by US-backed troops (April 17, 1961)
- beaker folk — a prehistoric people thought to have originated in the Iberian peninsula and spread to central Europe and Britain during the second millennium bc
- bear's-foot — either of two Eurasian hellebore plants, Helleborus foetidus or H. viridis, having leaves shaped like the foot and claws of a bear
- beat out of — If someone beats another person out of something, they get that thing by deceiving the other person or behaving dishonestly.
- beef tomato — a very large fleshy variety of tomato
- before dark — If you do something before dark, you do it before the sun sets and night begins.
- benefaction — the act of doing good, esp by giving a donation to charity
- benefactory — relating to a benefactor; beneficial
- best of all — You use best of all to indicate that what you are about to mention is the thing that you prefer or that has most advantages out of all the things you have mentioned.
- bifoliolate — (of compound leaves) consisting of two leaflets
- bifurcation — the act or fact of bifurcating
- binary form — a structure consisting of two sections, each being played twice
- bio-warfare — biological warfare.
- biofeedback — a technique for teaching the control of autonomic functions, such as the rate of heartbeat or breathing, by recording the activity and presenting it (usually visually) so that the person can know the state of the autonomic function he or she is learning to control
- bitmap font — a font format in which letters and symbols are stored as a pattern of dots
- black frost — a frost without snow or rime that is severe enough to blacken vegetation
- blackfellow — Australian Aborigine
- blow a fuse — If you blow a fuse, you suddenly become very angry and are unable to stay calm.
- boniface ii — pope a.d. 530–532.
- boniface iv — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
- boniface ix — (Pietro Tomacelli) died 1404, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1389–1404.
- boniface vi — pope a.d. 896.
- 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.
- broad-faced — having a broad, wide face.