11-letter words containing o, r, f
- refuctoring — (humour, programming) Taking a well-designed piece of code and, through a series of small, reversible changes, making it completely unmaintainable by anyone except yourself. The term is a humourous play on the term refactoring and was coined by Jason Gorman in a pub in 2002. Refuctoring techniques include: Using Pig Latin as a naming convention. Stating The Bleeding Obvious - writing comments that paraphrase the code (e.g., "declare an integer called I with an initial value of zero"). Module Gravity Well - adding all new code to the biggest module. Unique Modeling Language - inventing your own visual notation. Treasure Hunt - Writing code consisting mostly of references to other code and documents that reference other documents. Rainy Day Module - writing spare code just in case somebody needs it later.
- reification — to convert into or regard as a concrete thing: to reify a concept.
- reinfection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
- 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).
- relief road — a road carrying traffic round an urban area; bypass
- relief work — the work carried out by charities providing aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
- reperformed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- repro proof — a proof, usually pulled on glossy paper, of a fidelity suitable for reproduction by photography for making a plate.
- reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- reptiliform — having the form or appearance of a reptile
- resign-from — to give up an office or position, often formally (often followed by from): to resign from the presidency.
- resourceful — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
- retransform — to transform back, again or differently
- rhagadiform — of or relating to rhagades
- 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
- robber frog — any of numerous small frogs of the genera Eleutherodactylus and Hylactophryne, living chiefly in the American tropics.
- rock flower — any shrub of the genus Crossosoma, native to the arid regions of the southwestern U.S., having thick, narrow leaves and solitary flowers.
- rockefeller — John D(avison) [dey-vuh-suh n] /ˈdeɪ və sən/ (Show IPA), 1839–1937, and his son John D(avison), Jr. 1874–1960, U.S. oil magnates and philanthropists.
- rocket fuel — an explosive charge that powers a rocket
- roof garden — a garden on the flat roof of a house or other building.
- 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.
- roosterfish — a large, edible fish, Nematistius pectoralis, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Pacific Ocean, having the first dorsal fin composed of brightly colored filamentous rays.
- rose chafer — a tan scarabaeid beetle, Macrodactylus subspinosis, that feeds on the flowers and foliage of roses, grapes, peach trees, etc.
- rose family — the plant family Rosaceae, characterized by trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having compound or simple leaves with stipules, flowers typically with five sepals and five petals, and fruit in a variety of forms, many of which are fleshy and edible, and including the almond, apple, apricot, blackberry, cherry, cinquefoil, hawthorn, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, rose, spirea, and strawberry.
- rostovtzeff — Michael Ivanovich [mahy-kuh l i-vah-nuh-vich] /ˈmaɪ kəl ɪˈvɑ nə vɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1952, U.S. historian, born in Russia.
- rough draft — writing: unfinished version
- rough stuff — violence, as physical assault, torture or shooting.
- round-faced — having a face that is round.
- royal flush — the five highest cards of a suit.
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- rufter hood — a temporary, loosely fitted hood used on newly captured hawks.
- rule of law — the principle that all people and institutions are subject to and accountable to law that is fairly applied and enforced; the principle of government by law.
- rule out of — If someone rules you out of a contest or activity, they say that you cannot be involved in it. If something rules you out of a contest or activity, it prevents you from being involved in it.
- run foul of — to collide with or become entangled in
- run-of-mine — of or relating to ore or coal that is crude, ungraded, etc.
- sacculiform — (of plant parts, etc) shaped like a small sac
- saddle roof — curved covering for a building
- safe harbor — a harbor considered safe for a ship, as in wartime or during a storm at sea.
- safe period — an interval of the menstrual cycle when fertilization is considered to be least likely, usually a number of days prior and subsequent to the onset of menstruation.
- safe-blower — a person who uses explosives to open safes and rob them
- sales force — team of salespeople
- salmon farm — an enclosed area of water devoted to the rearing of salmon for food
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scalariform — ladderlike.
- scalpriform — chisel-shaped, as the incisors of certain rodents.
- scarf cloud — pileus (def 3).
- 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.