15-letter words containing f, a, t, p, i
- inflation-proof — not affected by inflation
- keep faith with — If you keep faith with someone you have made a promise to or something you believe in, you continue to support them even when it is difficult to do so.
- life expectancy — the probable number of years remaining in the life of an individual or class of persons determined statistically, affected by such factors as heredity, physical condition, nutrition, and occupation.
- low pass filter — (electronics, graphics) A filter that attenuates high frequency components of a signal. In image processing, a low pass filter might be used to remove noise from an image.
- low-pass filter — a filter that transmits all frequencies below a specified value, substantially attenuating frequencies above this value
- make a point of — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- make capital of — to get advantage from
- malpighian tuft — glomerulus (def 2).
- multiphase flow — Multiphase flow is a type of flow that involves more than one fluid, for example a liquid and a gas, or two liquids that do not mix.
- multiple factor — polygene.
- negative profit — a financial loss
- out of practice — If you are out of practice at doing something, you have not had much experience of it recently, although you used to do it a lot or be quite good at it.
- paraffin heater — a heater which is fuelled by paraffin
- passport office — an office which issues passports
- patio furniture — furniture in an area adjoining a house, esp one that is paved and used for outdoor activities
- perforating gun — A perforating gun is a device used to make holes in oil and gas wells in preparation for production.
- performing arts — dance, drama, music
- personification — the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.
- peter of amiens — c1050–1115, French monk: preacher of the first Crusade 1095–99.
- photorefractive — of or relating to a change in the index of refraction by spatial variations of the light intensity, as in a laser.
- picture-framing — the job of framing photos, paintings etc
- pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
- pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
- plant-hire firm — a company that hires out mobile mechanical equipment for construction, road-making, etc
- platform tennis — a variation of tennis played on a wooden platform enclosed with chicken wire in which the players hit a rubber ball with wooden paddles following the same basic rules as tennis except that only one serve is permitted and balls can be played off the back and side fences.
- platform ticket — a pass allowing a visitor to enter upon a railroad platform from which those not traveling are ordinarily excluded.
- play favourites — to display favouritism
- pontifical mass — (sometimes lowercase) Roman Catholic Church. a High Mass celebrated by a bishop or other prelate.
- posttransfusion — occurring after or as a result of a transfusion
- poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
- pre-reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
- preferentialism — the economic system of preference, esp amongst British commonwealth countries
- preferentialist — someone who believes in preferentialism
- prefix notation — (language) (Or "prefix syntax") One of the possible orderings of functions and operands: in prefix notation the function precedes all its operands. For example, what may normally be written as "1+2" becomes "(+ 1 2)". A few languages (e.g., lisp) have strictly prefix syntax, many more employ prefix notation in combination with infix notation. The opposite, postfix notation, is somewhat rarer.
- preformationism — the belief in the theory of preformation
- preformationist — someone who advocates the theory of preformation
- premodification — an act or instance of modifying.
- prenotification — notice that is given or served prior to a specific date; advance notice.
- preverification — the state of being verified.
- price inflation — inflation fuelled by rising prices
- primary feather — any of the flight feathers growing from the manus of a bird's wing
- professionalist — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
- profit and loss — the gain and loss arising from commercial or other transactions, applied especially to an account or statement of account in bookkeeping showing gains and losses in business.
- proper fraction — a fraction having the numerator less, or lower in degree, than the denominator.
- public footpath — a footpath along which the public has right of way
- refugee capital — money from abroad invested, esp for a short term, in the country offering the highest interest rate
- respecification — the act of specifying.
- rite of passage — Anthropology. a ceremony performed to facilitate or mark a person's change of status upon any of several highly important occasions, as at the onset of puberty or upon entry into marriage or into a clan.
- ruby grapefruit — a grapefruit with red flesh
- self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.