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14-letter words containing f, e, p, a

  • pride-of-india — chinaberry (sense 1)
  • primacy effect — the process whereby the first few items on a list are learnt more rapidly than the middle items
  • printing frame — a shallow, boxlike device with a glass plate on one side and an opaque, removable back, for holding a negative firmly against printing paper in contact printing.
  • processor farm — (computer, parallel)   A parallel processor where tasks are distributed, or "farmed out", by one "farmer" processor to several "worker" processors, and results are sent back to the farmer. This arrangement is suitable for applications which can be partitioned into many separate, independent tasks, the canonical examples being ray tracing and the Mandelbrot set. In order to be efficient, the extra time spent on communications must be small compared to the time spent processing each task.
  • professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • public welfare — state aid to the poor
  • reflected plan — a plan, as of a room, taken as seen from above but having the outlines of some upper surface, as a vault or compartmented ceiling, projected downward upon it so that a part that would appear at the right when seen from below appears on the plan at the left.
  • reflectography — a non-destructive technique which uses infrared light to see beneath the painted surface in works of art in order to obtain information about those artworks
  • repeat oneself — to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
  • route flapping — flapping router
  • rufflette tape — a kind of heading tape for curtains
  • safety-deposit — safe-deposit.
  • saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
  • self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
  • self-appraisal — the act of estimating or judging the nature or value of something or someone.
  • self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
  • self-impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • self-operative — automatic.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-replicate — (of a computer virus, etc) to reproduce itself
  • sharp-featured — having very clearly defined facial features
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • space platform — space station.
  • spadefoot toad — any of several nocturnal toads of the family Pelobatidae, common in the Northern Hemisphere, characterized by a horny, spadelike projection on each hind foot for burrowing under the soil.
  • speak well for — to say or indicate something favorable about
  • spearfisherman — a person who engages in spearfishing.
  • special effect — Usually, special effects. a video or audio illusion in film or other media, created with computer-generated images, prosthetic makeup, pyrotechnics, etc.
  • special forces — crack military team
  • spinning frame — a machine for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn.
  • sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
  • sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
  • superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • superficialize — to treat things superficially
  • superinflation — hyperinflation.
  • synaptic cleft — the small gap, measured in nanometers, between an axon terminal and any of the cell membranes in the immediate vicinity.
  • temperamentful — full of temperament
  • the maple leaf — the national flag of Canada, consisting of a representation of a maple leaf in red on a white central panel with a vertical red bar on either side
  • the-pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
  • traffic police — a unit of a police force, whose job is to control traffic and enforce traffic regulations
  • transport café — an inexpensive eating place on a main route, used mainly by long-distance lorry drivers
  • turn of phrase — expression, wording
  • unprofessional — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
  • unsaponifiable — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
  • unspecifically — having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.
  • venus' flytrap — a white-flowered swamp plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the sundew family, native to the Carolinas, having sensitive leaves with two hinged blades that snap shut, often trapping insects
  • waste of space — If you describe someone or something as a waste of space, you are indicating that you have a very low opinion of them.
  • water purifier — a device that purifies water
  • waterproofness — The property of being waterproof.
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