11-letter words containing u, t, f
- multifocals — multifocal spectacles
- multiformat — Accessible in more than one format.
- mutual fund — an investment company that issues shares continuously and is obligated to repurchase them from shareholders on demand.
- ninety-four — a cardinal number, 90 plus 4.
- nonaffluent — not affluent or rich
- nonfunction — Failure to function; inoperativeness.
- not much of — not to any appreciable degree or extent
- obfuscating — Present participle of obfuscate.
- obfuscation — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obfuscatory — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obfusticate — Synonym of obfuscate.
- of the hour — most prominent at this time
- off-putting — provoking uneasiness, dislike, annoyance, or repugnance; disturbing or disagreeable.
- on the cuff — a fold or band serving as a trimming or finish for the bottom of a sleeve.
- out of date — gone out of style or fashion; outmoded; obsolete: out-of-date fashions; out-of-date ideas.
- out of gear — out of order; not functioning properly
- out of hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- out of line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- out of luck — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- out of step — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- out of sync — out of synchronization (with)
- out of time — having passed a deadline
- out of town — of, relating to, or from another city or town: We're expecting out-of-town visitors tomorrow.
- out of true — not properly set, adjusted, aligned, etc.; inexact
- out of turn — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- out of work — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- out-of-band — 1. (communications) The exchange of call control information on a dedicated channel, separate from that used by the telephone call or data transmission. 2. Sometimes used to describe what communications people call "shift characters", such as the ESC that leads control sequences for many terminals, or the level shift indicators in the old 5-bit Baudot codes. 3. In personal communication, using methods other than electronic mail, such as telephone or snail-mail. 4. (software) Values returned by a function that are not in its "natural" range of return values, but rather signal some kind of exception. Many C functions that normally return a non-negative integer return -1 to indicate failure. This use confuses "out-of-band" with "out-of-range". It is actually a clear example of in-band signalling since it uses the same "channel" for control and data. Compare hidden flag, green bytes, fence.
- out-of-body — of, relating to, or characterized by the dissociative sensation of perceiving oneself from an external vantage point, as though the mind or soul has left the body and is acting on its own: an alleged out-of-body experience.
- out-of-date — gone out of style or fashion; outmoded; obsolete: out-of-date fashions; out-of-date ideas.
- out-of-door — Also, out-of-door. outdoor.
- out-of-town — of, relating to, or from another city or town: We're expecting out-of-town visitors tomorrow.
- outfielders — Plural form of outfielder.
- outfighting — a battle or combat.
- outflanking — Present participle of outflank.
- outperforms — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outperform.
- overfatigue — excessive tiredness from which recuperation is difficult.
- overfraught — too fraught
- overstuffed — stuffed or filled to excess.
- perfunctory — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- pestiferous — bringing or bearing disease.
- petit fours — a small teacake, variously frosted and decorated.
- plentifully — existing in great plenty: Coal was plentiful, and therefore cheap, in that region.
- ploughstaff — one of the handles of a plough
- poke fun at — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
- prefectural — the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
- prefunction — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- puff pastry — a light, flaky, rich pastry made by rolling dough with butter and folding it to form layers: used for tarts, napoleons, etc.
- purificator — the linen cloth used by the celebrant for wiping the chalice after each communicant has drunk from it.
- pussyfooter — a person who behaves stealthily or evasively
- put forward — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.