11-letter words containing t, i, p
- expositions — Plural form of exposition.
- expositress — a female expositor
- expropriate — (especially of the state ) take away (property) from its owner.
- expugnation — The act of taking by assault; conquest.
- expurgating — Present participle of expurgate.
- expurgation — The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
- exstipulate — (of a flowering plant) having no stipules
- extemporise — (intransitive) To do something, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
- extemporize — Compose, perform, or produce something such as music or a speech without preparation; improvise.
- extirpating — Present participle of extirpate.
- extirpation — The act of extirpating or uprooting.
- extirpative — Of, relating to, or pertaining to an extirpation.
- extra point — conversion (sense 3)
- feldspathic — of, relating to, or containing feldspar.
- fesse point — the midpoint of a shield
- fetoprotein — (protein) Any of several antigens produced in a developing embryo, of which the most common is alpha-fetoprotein.
- fever pitch — a high degree of excitement, as of a gathering of people: The announcement of victory brought the crowd to fever pitch.
- fibre optic — using or consisting of very thin flexible fibres of glass down which information modulated on light is carried
- field sport — Hunting, shooting birds, and fishing with a rod are referred to as field sports when they are done mainly for pleasure.
- field-strip — to take apart (a weapon) for cleaning, lubrication, and repair or for inspection.
- film script — a script containing dialogue and directions for a film; a screenplay
- filter pump — a vacuum pump used to assist laboratory filtrations in which a jet of water inside a glass tube entrains air molecules from the system to be evacuated
- finger post — a post with one or more directional signs, terminating in a pointed finger or hand.
- fingerpaint — A form of paint designed to be applied using the fingers, especially by children.
- fingerplate — a metal plate fixed to a door next to the handle or keyhole to protect the surface
- fingerprint — an impression of the markings of the inner surface of the last joint of the thumb or other finger.
- fire temple — a place of worship for Zoroastrians.
- fissiparity — (biology) The quality of being fissiparous.
- fitzpatrick — Sean (ʃɔːn). born 1963, New Zealand Rugby Union footballer; played in 92 test matches (1986–97), 51 as captain
- fixed point — (mathematics) The fixed point of a function, f is any value, x for which f x = x. A function may have any number of fixed points from none (e.g. f x = x+1) to infinitely many (e.g. f x = x). The fixed point combinator, written as either "fix" or "Y" will return the fixed point of a function. See also least fixed point.
- fixed-point — (programming) A number representation scheme where a number, F is represented by an integer I such that F=I*R^-P, where R is the (assumed) radix of the representation and P is the (fixed) number of digits after the radix point. On computers with no floating-point unit, fixed-point calculations are significantly faster than floating-point as all the operations are basically integer operations. Fixed-point representation also has the advantage of having uniform density, i.e., the smallest resolvable difference of the representation is R^-P throughout the representable range, in contrast to floating-point representations. For example, in PL/I, FIXED data has both a precision and a scale-factor (P above). So a number declared as 'FIXED DECIMAL(7,2)' has a precision of seven and a scale-factor of two, indicating five integer and two fractional decimal digits. The smallest difference between numbers will be 0.01.
- flash point — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
- flashpoints — Plural form of flashpoint.
- flight path — the trajectory of a moving aircraft or spacecraft relative to a fixed reference.
- flight plan — an oral or written report to an air traffic control facility describing the route of a projected flight.
- flitchplate — an iron or steel plate for reinforcing a flitch beam.
- fly-tipping — the deliberate dumping of rubbish in an unauthorized place
- flying-spot — denoting an electronic system in which a rapidly moving spot of light is used to encode or decode data, for example to obtain a television signal by scanning a photographic film or slide
- focal point — Also called principal focus. Optics. either of two points on the axis of a mirror, lens, or other optical system, one point being such that rays diverging from it are deviated parallel to the axis upon refraction or reflection by the system and the other point being such that rays parallel to the axis of the system converge to the point upon refraction or reflection by the system.
- foetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- folding top — A folding top is a soft roof of a vehicle that can be folded down or removed.
- forcipation — the state or condition of being forcipated
- foretopsail — (nautical) the sail draped from the foretopmast.
- fort pierce — a city on the E coast of Florida.
- forte-piano — loud and then immediately soft
- fortepianos — Plural form of fortepiano.
- free spirit — a person with a highly individual or unique attitude, lifestyle, or imagination; nonconformist.
- frost point — the temperature of the air at which hoarfrost begins to form.
- ftp archive — archive site
- ftp by mail — A service offered by DEC to allow people without Internet access to get copies of files which are available by anonymous FTP. Send a message with just the word "help" in the body to <[email protected]>.