12-letter words containing f, a, t, p, i
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- petrifaction — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- petrifactive — having the ability to turn substances into stone
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- plastic flow — deformation of a material that remains rigid under stresses of less than a certain intensity but that behaves under severer stresses approximately as a Newtonian fluid.
- plastic foam — expanded plastic.
- play it safe — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- pontificates — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- pontificator — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- self-tapping — (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- space flight — journey into outer space
- spanish foot — a carved pyramidal foot having fluted, concave sides usually ending in a scroll at the bottom.
- spiflication — rough treatment
- 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.
- typification — to serve as a typical example of; exemplify.
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
- zip fastener — a zipper.