11-letter words containing o, f, t, r, a
- rain forest — a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
- rarefaction — the act or process of rarefying.
- raster font — bitmap font
- re-forecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- 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.
- 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.
- refocillate — to refresh, revive, give new life
- reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
- reformative — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- reformatory — serving or designed to reform: reformatory lectures; reformatory punishments.
- reformatted — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- reformulate — to formulate again.
- reification — to convert into or regard as a concrete thing: to reify a concept.
- reinflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
- retransform — to transform back, again or differently
- rifacimento — a recast or adaptation, as of a literary or musical work.
- risk factor — a condition, behavior, or other factor that increases risk: Smoking is a major risk factor for cancer; depression as a risk factor in suicide.
- road safety — prevention of traffic accidents
- room father — a male volunteer, often the father of a student, who assists an elementary-school teacher, as by working with students who need extra help.
- rough draft — writing: unfinished version
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scarf joint — a joint in which two timbers or other structural members are fitted together with long end laps of various forms and held in place with bolts, straps, keys, fishplates, etc., to resist tension or compression.
- schoolcraft — Henry Rowe [roh] /roʊ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1864, U.S. explorer, ethnologist, and author.
- sefer torah — Sepher Torah.
- set forward — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- slant front — a flap of a desk, sloping upward and inward to close the desk, and opening forward and downward to a horizontal position as a writing surface: a form of fall front.
- soft sawder — flattery; compliments
- soft target — sth easy to hit
- soft x-rays — a type of x-ray that has its wavelength between 20 and 200 angstroms
- soft-soaper — a person who flatters or cajoles, especially for reasons of self-interest or personal advantage: a soft-soaper specializing in rich, elderly women.
- softhearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
- software ag — (company) A German software engineering company that started with the ADABAS database. Natural is their 4GL development environment, EntireX is their DCOM for Unix and IBM. BOLERO, is an object-oriented development environment and application server specially made for Electronic Business applications. Mailing-list: <[email protected]>.
- sonata form — a musical form comprising an exposition, in which the main theme or themes are stated, a development section, a recapitulation of the material in the exposition, and, usually, a coda.
- sparrowfart — the very early morning
- square foot — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one foot on each side; 0.0929 square meters. 2 , sq. ft. Abbreviation: ft.
- strand wolf — brown hyena.
- strawflower — any of several everlasting flowers, especially an Australian composite plant, Helichrysum bracteatum, having heads of chaffy yellow, orange, red, or white flowers.
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
- t formation — an offensive formation in which the quarterback lines up directly behind the center with the fullback about three yards behind the quarterback and the halfbacks on opposite sides of and about one yard from the fullback.
- tamperproof — that cannot be tampered with; impervious to tampering: a tamper-proof lock.
- tanniferous — containing much tannin; yielding tannin.
- term of art — a word or phrase that has a specific or precise meaning within a given discipline or field and might have a different meaning in common usage: Set is a term of art used by mathematicians, and burden of proof is a term of art used by lawyers.
- throw a fit — a sudden, acute attack or manifestation of a disease, especially one marked by convulsions or unconsciousness: a fit of epilepsy.
- tidal force — the gravitational pull exerted by a celestial body that raises the tides on another body within the gravitational field, dependent on the varying distance between the bodies.
- tit for tat — with an equivalent given in retaliation, as a blow for a blow, repartee, etc.: He answered their insults tit for tat.
- tit-for-tat — A tit-for-tat action is one where someone takes revenge on another person for what they have done by doing something similar to them.
- to be frank — You can say 'to be frank' or 'to be frank with you' to introduce a statement which is your honest opinion, especially when the person you are talking to might not like it.
- tooth fairy — a fairy credited with leaving a child money or a small gift in exchange for a baby tooth that has fallen out and been placed under the child's pillow at night.