12-letter words containing f, a, p, i
- pontificator — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- poppy family — the plant family Papaveraceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having white, yellow, or reddish juice, alternate and often lobed or dissected leaves, showy, usually solitary flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bloodroot, creamcups, greater celandine, and poppies of the genera Papaver, Eschscholzia, Argemone, and others.
- post-fascist — of or relating to various right-wing political parties in Europe which espouse a modified form of fascism and which take part in constitutional politics
- prairie fowl — prairie chicken.
- prairie wolf — coyote (def 1).
- preamplifier — a device in the amplifier circuit of a radio or phonograph that increases the strength of a weak signal for detection and further amplification.
- prefabricate — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- prefectorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.
- preferential — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
- prefinancing — financing arranged in advance
- prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
- prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
- preformation — previous formation.
- preformative — a prefixture in Semitic languages
- prime factor — any number in the set of prime numbers that is also a factor of a given integer
- private life — the social or family life or personal relationships of an individual, esp of a person in the public eye, such as a politician or celebrity
- professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- 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
- pudding-face — a human face that is big and fat and resembles a pudding
- purification — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- 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.
- safe-deposit — providing safekeeping for valuables: a safe-deposit vault.
- safe-keeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- scafell pike — a mountain in NW England, in Cumberland: highest peak in England. 3210 feet (978 meters).
- self-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- self-tapping — (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet
- simplifiable — having the ability to be made less complicated, clearer, or easier
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- space flight — journey into outer space
- space-filler — a short article of little or no importance written to fill space in a magazine or newspaper
- spanish foot — a carved pyramidal foot having fluted, concave sides usually ending in a scroll at the bottom.
- 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.
- specifically — in a definite or precise manner: The suspect was not specifically named in the report. More specifically, you will be responsible for half the total cost.
- spiflication — rough treatment
- spina bifida — a congenital neural tube defect in which part of the meninges or spinal cord protrudes through the spinal column, often resulting in neurological impairment.
- spinal fluid — cerebrospinal fluid
- spongillafly — spongefly.
- stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- stupefactive — serving to stupefy.
- 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.
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.