11-letter words containing r, o, t, f, i, e
- proliferate — spread
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- 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.
- 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.
- refectioner — a person in charge of a refectory
- reflections — thoughts, esp careful or long-considered ones
- 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.
- refortified — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- 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).
- reptiliform — having the form or appearance of a reptile
- rifacimento — a recast or adaptation, as of a literary or musical work.
- 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.
- 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.
- self-profit — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- set fire to — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- set on fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- short field — the area of the infield between third base and second, covered by the shortstop.
- spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
- stone fruit — a fruit with a stone or hard endocarp, as a peach or plum; drupe.
- strife-torn — divided by violent conflict or dissent
- styliferous — having a style (part of the female organ of a plant)
- superprofit — above-average profits gained through enterprise
- tanniferous — containing much tannin; yielding tannin.
- the forties — the numbers 40–49 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
- the inferno — hell; the infernal region
- third force — a political faction or party, etc., occupying an intermediate position between two others representing opposite extremes.
- thuriferous — producing frankincense
- 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.
- timber wolf — the gray wolf, Canis lupus, sometimes designated as the subspecies C. lupus occidentalis: formerly common in northern North America but now greatly reduced in number and rare in the conterminous U.S.
- tischendorf — Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von [loh-buh-gawt free-drikh kawn-stahn-teen fuh n] /ˈloʊ bəˌgɔt ˈfri drɪx ˌkɔn stɑnˈtin fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–74, German Biblical critic.
- trapeziform — formed like a trapezium.
- tretchikoff — Vladimir. 1913–2006, South African painter, born in Russia, known for his kitsch appeal, especially for his much-reproduced Chinese Girl (1950; also known as The Green Lady)
- trifluoride — a fluoride containing three atoms of fluorine.
- trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
- unfavourite — not favourite or favoured
- unforfeited — not forfeited
- unfortified — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- unmortified — not humiliated or shamed
- view factor — The view factor is the degree to which heat carried by radiation can be passed between two surfaces.
- vinton cerf — Vint Cerf
- vital force — the force that animates and perpetuates living beings and organisms.
- whistle for — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.