13-letter words containing p, f
- infinite loop — (programming) (Or "endless loop") Where a piece of program is executed repeatedly with no hope of stopping. This is nearly always because of a bug, e.g. if the condition for exiting the loop is wrong, though it may be intentional if the program is controlling an embedded system which is supposed to run continuously until it is turned off. The programmer may also intend the program to run until interrupted by the user. An endless loop may also be used as a last-resort error handler when no other action is appropriate. This is used in some operating system kernels following a panic. A program executing an infinite loop is said to spin or buzz forever and goes catatonic. The program is "wound around the axle". A standard joke has been made about each generation's exemplar of the ultra-fast machine: "The Cray-3 is so fast it can execute an infinite loop in under 2 seconds!" See also black hole, recursion, infinite loop.
- infraposition — A situation or position beneath.
- infrascapular — (anatomy) Beneath the scapula.
- infraspecific — of or relating to a subdivision of a species, as a subspecies, variety, or cultivar.
- interspecific — existing or occurring between species.
- intraspecific — existing or occurring within a species.
- isle of capri — Capri.
- isle of pines — Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- japanese wolf — a wolf, Canis lupus hodophylax, of Japan.
- kaufmann peak — former name of Lenin Peak.
- keep track of — monitor, maintain record of
- kiss of peace — (in certain Christian churches) a ceremonial greeting or embrace given as a token of Christian love and unity.
- kraft process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an alkaline liquor consisting chiefly of caustic soda together with sodium sulfate.
- lap of honour — If the winner of a race or game does a lap of honour, they run or drive slowly around a race track or sports field in order to receive the applause of the crowd.
- leap of faith — to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
- leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- leapfrog test — a diagnostic technique using arithmetic or logical operations in a routine to manage the capacity of storage media, transfer data, and check the results.
- life is cheap — You use life is cheap or life has become cheap to refer to a situation in which nobody cares that large numbers of people are dying.
- longleaf pine — an American pine, Pinus palustris, valued as a source of turpentine and for its timber.
- loop of henle — the part of a nephron between the proximal and distal convoluted tubules that extends, in a loop, from the cortex into the medulla of the kidney.
- lump of sugar — lump1 (def 4).
- make sport of — to mock or ridicule; poke fun at
- map reference — information that identifies the point on a map where a particular place is located
- mesne profits — rents or profits accruing during the rightful owner's exclusion from his land
- microfloppies — 3.5-inch floppies, as opposed to 5.25-inch vanilla or mini-floppies and the now-obsolete 8-inch variety. This term may be headed for obsolescence as 5.25-inchers pass out of use, only to be revived if anybody floats a sub-3-inch floppy standard. See stiffy, minifloppies.
- multiplatform — Compatible with or involving more than one type of computer or operating system.
- nitroparaffin — any of a class of compounds derived from the methane series in which a hydrogen atom is replaced by a nitro group.
- nonperforming — not performing well or properly.
- nonproficient — Not proficient.
- nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.
- of many parts — having many different abilities
- opacification — to cause to become opaque.
- open fracture — compound fracture.
- oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes
- optical fiber — optical fibre
- optical fibre — (communications) (fibre optics, FO, US "fiber", light pipe) A plastic or glass (silicon dioxide) fibre no thicker than a human hair used to transmit information using infra-red or even visible light as the carrier (usually a laser). The light beam is an electromagnetic signal with a frequency in the range of 10^14 to 10^15 Hertz. Optical fibre is less susceptible to external noise than other transmission media, and is cheaper to make than copper wire, but it is much more difficult to connect. Optical fibres are difficult to tamper with (to monitor or inject data in the middle of a connection), making them appropriate for secure communications. The light beams do not escape from the medium because the material used provides total internal reflection. See also FDDI, Optical Carrier n, SONET.
- optical flint — an optical glass of high dispersion and high refractive index containing lead oxide. They are used in the manufacture of lenses, artificial gems, and cut glass
- out of pocket — small enough or suitable for carrying in the pocket: a pocket watch.
- out-of-pocket — paid out in cash or from one's own financial resources and sometimes reimbursed: My out-of-pocket travel expenses included taking business clients to dinner.
- out-performed — to surpass in excellence of performance; do better than: a new engine that outperforms the competition; a stock that outperformed all others.
- outperformers — Plural form of outperformer.
- outperforming — Present participle of outperform.
- overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
- overflow pipe — a pipe which discharges excess or leaking water safely
- pacific grove — a city in W California, at S end of Monterey Bay.
- pacific ocean — an ocean bordered by the American continents, Asia, and Australia: largest ocean in the world; divided by the equator into the North Pacific and the South Pacific. 70,000,000 sq. mi. (181,300,000 sq. km); greatest known depth, 35,433 feet (10,800 meters).
- pacific plate — Geology. one of the major tectonic divisions of the earth's crust, comprising four sea-floor basins; separated from the Nazca, Cocos, and North and South American plates by the East Pacific Rise and San Andreas fault and bounded in the western Pacific Ocean by a series of major ocean deeps, including the Kuril, Japan, Mariana, Kermadec, and Tonga trenches.
- pact of steel — a military alliance concluded between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on May 22, 1939, committing each to assist the other in the event of war with another power and pledging that neither would seek a separate peace or armistice.
- palette knife — a thin blade of varying flexibility set in a handle and used for mixing colors or applying them to a canvas.
- palm off with — If you say that you are palmed off with a lie or an excuse, you are annoyed because you are told something in order to stop you asking any more questions.