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12-letter words containing a, f, r, p

  • professorial — a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
  • profile drag — the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
  • profile plan — a diagrammatic fore-and-aft elevation of the hull of a vessel, showing bow and buttock lines, stations, water lines, diagonals, decks, bulwarks, etc.
  • prolifically — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
  • proofreading — correction of text
  • protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
  • purification — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
  • push forward — keep advancing
  • putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
  • putrefactive — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
  • refugee camp — a camp for sheltering and protecting people who have fled from some danger or problem, esp political persecution
  • reperforator — (especially in teletype transmission) a machine for punching a duplicate perforated paper tape of incoming messages so that they may later be retransmitted: used for automatic typesetting.
  • run-of-paper — R.O.P.
  • scratchproof — resistant to scratches.
  • sharp-freeze — quick-freeze.
  • shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
  • sheep farmer — sb who raises sheep
  • sloop of war — (formerly) a sailing or steam naval vessel having cannons on only one deck.
  • soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
  • space-filler — a short article of little or no importance written to fill space in a magazine or newspaper
  • spearfishing — any of several fishes of the genus Tetrapturus, resembling the sailfish but having the first dorsal fin much less developed: inhabiting all seas, but rare.
  • sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
  • stand up for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
  • superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
  • tamper-proof — resistant to interference, alteration
  • taper relief — (in Britain) a system of relief from capital gains tax under which the percentage of a chargeable gain considered taxable is reduced for each whole year (from April 1998) that the asset was held by the vendor
  • to play fair — If you say that someone plays fair, you mean that they behave or act in a reasonable and honest way.
  • top grafting — grafting in the top, as of a tree, in order to replace existing branches with those of a more desired variety or form.
  • transpacific — passing or extending across the Pacific.
  • trumpet-leaf — trumpets.
  • trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
  • unperforated — pierced with a hole or holes: Punch out along the perforated line.
  • unpreferable — more desirable.
  • unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
  • up for grabs — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
  • waterproofed — Having been made waterproof.
  • waterproofer — One who, or that which, makes waterproof.
  • weatherproof — able to withstand exposure to all kinds of weather.
  • zip fastener — a zipper.
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