11-letter words containing of
- come out of — costs: be subtracted
- courtesy of — without charge, as a gesture of goodwill
- cradle roof — a roof having trusses the undersides of which form an arch.
- cutoff time — The cutoff time is the time at which a bank stops crediting same-day deposits.
- damping off — any of various diseases of plants, esp the collapse and death of seedlings caused by the parasitic fungus Pythium debaryanum and related fungi in conditions of excessive moisture
- damping-off — a disease of seedlings, occurring either before or immediately after emerging from the soil, characterized by rotting of the stem at soil level and eventual collapse of the plant, caused by any of several soil fungi.
- day of rest — the Sabbath; Sunday
- dog officer — dogcatcher.
- dole office — an informal term for a job centre
- drag out of — to obtain or extract (a confession, statement, etc), esp by force
- drip coffee — a beverage prepared in a vessel in which boiling water filters from a top compartment through the coffee into a pot below.
- drum out of — to expel from (the army) with drums beating
- ecofeminism — A philosophical and political movement that combines ecological concerns with feminist ones, regarding both as resulting from male domination of society.
- ecofeminist — One who subscribes to ecofeminism.
- ecofriendly — Alternative spelling of eco-friendly.
- electroform — to form (a metallic object) by electrolytic deposition on a mould or matrix
- end of line — (character) (EOL) Synonym for newline, derived perhaps from the original CDC 6600 Pascal. The abbreviation "EOL" is now rare, but widely recognised and occasionally used for brevity. Used in the example entry under BNF. Out of context this would probably be (deliberately) ambiguous because different systems used different (combinations of) characters to mark the end of a line. Unix uses a line feed; DOS uses carriage return, line feed (CRLF) and the Macintosh uses carriage return. See also EOF.
- end of text — control-C
- enfeoffment — (law, common law) The act or process of transferring possession and ownership of an estate in land.
- entomofauna — the insect life of a region
- falling-off — If there is a falling-off of an activity, there is a decrease in its amount or intensity.
- fireproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of fireproof.
- flameproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flameproof.
- for fear of — a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm. Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- for want of — If you do something for want of something else, you do it because the other thing is not available or not possible.
- french roof — a mansard roof the sides of which are nearly perpendicular.
- get hold of — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- get shot of — to get rid of
- get shut of — to get rid of
- get wind of — hear rumours of
- gift of gab — an aptitude for speaking fluently, glibly, or persuasively.
- go off with — sb
- goof around — to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
- greaseproof — Resistant to grease.
- grow out of — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- have it off — to have sexual intercourse
- head office — headquarters
- highprofile — (rare) alternative spelling of high-profile.
- hipped roof — a roof having sloping ends and sides
- holy office — a congregation founded in 1542 to succeed the suppressed Inquisition and entrusted with matters pertaining to faith and morals, as the judgment of heresy, the application of canonical punishment, and the examination of books and prohibition of those held dangerous to faith and morals.
- home office — the main office of a company.
- hua guofeng — 1920?–2008, Chinese Communist leader: premier 1976–80.
- id software — (games) Creators and publishers of the DOOM game for IBM PCs. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +1 800-ID-GAMES (Orders only).
- idiot-proof — built, organized, written, etc., in such a way as to be usable by or understandable to any person of average intelligence or skill: an idiot-proof camera.
- in favor of — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- in front of — the foremost part or surface of anything.
- in honor of — as a tribute to sb
- in light of — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- in place of — instead of, replacing
- in point of — in the matter of; regarding