13-letter words containing f, a, l, p, r
- paraffin lamp — a lamp which is fuelled by paraffin
- parainfluenza — an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of several paramyxoviruses.
- parquet floor — flooring made of inlaid wood
- passionflower — any chiefly American climbing vine or shrub of the genus Passiflora, having showy flowers and a pulpy berry or fruit that in some species is edible.
- paterfamilias — the male head of a household or family, usually the father.
- patrifocality — the system or fact of being patrifocal
- pavilion roof — a pyramidal hip roof.
- pepper family — the plant family Piperaceae, characterized by tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having simple leaves, dense spikes of very small flowers, and fleshy, berrylike fruit, and including peperomia and peppers of the genus Piper.
- personal foul — a foul called in certain games, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play.
- place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
- platform game — a type of computer game that is played by moving a figure on the screen through a series of obstacles and problems
- platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- popular front — a coalition, usually temporary, of leftist and sometimes centrist political parties, formed against a common opponent, as fascism, and promoting social reform.
- power failure — electricity outage
- preferability — more desirable.
- preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- press of sail — as much sail as the wind or other conditions will permit a ship to carry.
- profitability — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- proliferation — the growth or production of cells by multiplication of parts.
- prolification — the production of offspring
- proposal form — a form filled out by a person applying for insurance
- reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
- reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
- self-apparent — clear and evident without need of further evidence
- self-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
- self-depraved — corrupt, wicked, or perverted.
- self-pampered — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
- self-portrait — a portrait of oneself done by oneself.
- self-prepared — properly expectant, organized, or equipped; ready: prepared for a hurricane.
- self-reproach — blame or censure by one's own conscience.
- simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
- spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
- special offer — bargain
- splatter film — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
- spruce sawfly — any of several sawflies of the family Diprionidae, especially Diprion hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) the larvae of which feed on the foliage of spruce.
- spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
- sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
- sulfate paper — paper made from sulfate pulp.
- sulfite paper — paper made from sulfite pulp.
- superficially — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- surface plate — Machinery. a flat plate used by machinists for testing surfaces that are to be made perfectly flat.
- tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
- ultrapowerful — extremely powerful
- unperformable — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- unreproachful — not deserving reproach or blame
- unsuperficial — external or outward: a superficial resemblance.