11-letter words containing f, a, r
- perforation — a hole, or one of a series of holes, bored or punched through something, as those between individual postage stamps of a sheet to facilitate separation.
- perforative — that perforates readily
- performable — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- performance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- pin-feather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
- plain flour — ground wheat with no raising agent
- plank floor — a floor made from sawed, straight-grained timber.
- planuliform — resembling a planula
- plate proof — proof taken from a plate ready for printing.
- platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
- pleasureful — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- point after — a score given for a successful kick between the goalposts and above the crossbar, following a touchdown
- poker-faced — an expressionless face: He can tell a funny story with a poker face.
- polar front — Meteorology. the variable frontal zone of middle latitudes separating air masses of polar and tropical origin.
- powder flag — red flag (def 4).
- prank flash — a short film or animation linked surreptitiously to an innocuous website, intended to shock unsuspecting and easily-offended users of the internet
- prayer flag — a flag stamped with printed prayers, used by Himalayan Buddhists, who believe that its fluttering sends out the prayers inscribed on it.
- prayerfully — given to, characterized by, or expressive of prayer; devout.
- prefectural — the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
- prefinanced — financed in advance
- prefreshman — before being a freshman
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- priestcraft — the training, knowledge, and abilities necessary to a priest.
- prima facie — at first appearance; at first view, before investigation.
- prison farm — a farm attached to a prison, where prisoners carry out hard labour
- pro-african — Also, Africa. of or from Africa; belonging to the black peoples of Africa.
- pro-fascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- profanation — the act of profaning; desecration; defilement; debasement.
- profanatory — tending to desecrate; profaning.
- profits tax — tax charged on the profits made by a company, individual, etc
- proliferate — spread
- prolificacy — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- prone float — a prone floating position, used especially by beginning swimmers, with face downward, legs extended backward, and arms stretched forward.
- proof stage — the stage of publishing where trial impressions made from composed type, or print-outs (from a laser printer, etc) are read for the correction of errors
- proofreader — to read (printers' proofs, copy, etc.) in order to detect and mark errors to be corrected.
- 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.
- 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.
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- quantifiers — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
- quarter cif — (communications, standard) (QCIF), a video format standard used in videoconferencing, that transfers one fourth as much data as Common Intermediate Format (CIF). QCIF is defined in ITU H.261 as having 144 lines and 176 pixels per line, with half as many chrominance pixels in each direction. QCIF is suitable for videoconferencing systems that use telephone lines. The codec standard specifies that QCIF compatibility is mandatory, and CIF compatibility is optional.
- quarterlife — designating the period of life immediately following adolescence, usually the early twenties to early thirties
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- rabbit food — raw vegetables, especially those used in salads, as lettuce, carrots, radishes, or celery.
- racing flag — a distinguishing flag flown by a yacht during the period of its participation in a race.
- racing form — a sheet that provides detailed information about horse races, including background data on the horses, jockeys, etc.
- radio knife — an electrical instrument for cutting tissue that by searing severed blood vessels seals them and prevents bleeding.
- raffia palm — any of various palms of the genus Raphia, as R. farinifera of tropical Africa, having pinnate leaves that yield a strong, flexible fiber.
- rain forest — a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
- rangefinder — any of various instruments for determining the distance from the observer to a particular object, as for sighting a gun or adjusting the focus of a camera.