12-letter words containing f, e, p, i
- floppy drive — disk drive
- fluorapatite — a crystalline mineral, Ca 5 (PO 4) 3 F, formed from hydroxyapatite in the presence of fluoride, that has a hardening effect on bones and teeth.
- fluphenazine — a potent tranquilizer, C 22 H 26 F 3 N 3 OS, derived from phenothiazine and used in various forms for the management of certain neurological or psychotic disorders and for short-term treatment of acute anxiety.
- foetoprotein — Alternative spelling of fetoprotein.
- followership — the ability or willingness to follow a leader.
- fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
- former pupil — someone who used to attend a particular school or be a student of a particular teacher
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
- fortified pa — a Māori hilltop dwelling with trenches and palisades for defensive occupation
- fosphenytoin — a prodrug that produces phenytoin and is taken to prevent or treat seizures.
- fountain pen — a pen with a refillable reservoir that provides a continuous supply of usually fluid ink to its point.
- four-striper — a captain in the U.S. Navy.
- freeing port — an opening in the bottom of a bulwark, for rapid drainage of a weather deck in heavy seas; scupper.
- freshmanship — the state of being a freshman; the period during which a student is considered to be a freshman
- fried potato — Fried potatoes are pieces of potato cooked in oil or fat.
- fringe group — a group that is on the periphery of a larger organization because its views are more extreme than the majority
- frontispiece — an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
- fruit-picker — a person or a tool that picks fruit from trees
- gift receipt — A gift receipt shows proof of purchase but leaves out the amount spent. It can be used to return goods given as a gift.
- gift-wrapped — A gift-wrapped present is wrapped in pretty paper.
- grape family — the plant family Vitaceae, characterized by woody climbing vines with tendrils, having alternate, simple or compound leaves, and bearing clusters of small flowers and berries, and including Boston ivy, grape, grape ivy, and Virginia creeper.
- high profile — a deliberately conspicuous manner of living or operating.
- high-profile — prominent publicly
- hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
- hyperflexion — Anatomy. the act of bending a limb. the position that a limb assumes when it is bent.
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- impatient of — not willing to bear or tolerate
- imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
- imperfective — noting an aspect of the verb, as in Russian, that indicates incompleteness of the action or state at a temporal point of reference.
- imperforable — not able to be perforated
- imperforated — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- imperforates — Plural form of imperforate.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
- incapable of — not allowing or admitting; not able to accept or experience
- infant apnea — a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- isapi filter — (web) A replaceable DLL which the server calls whenever there is an HTTP request. When the filter is first loaded, it communicates to the server what sort of notifications will be accepted. After that, whenever a selected event occurs, the filter is called to process the event. Example applications of ISAPI filters include custom authentication schemes, compression, encryption, logging, traffic analysis or other request analyses.
- jeffrey pine — a conifer, Pinus jeffreyi, of high mountains in the western U.S., having long needles, large cones, and aromatic bark.
- kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
- leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
- life partner — one member of a monogamous relationship.
- life peerage — the title and rank of a life peer
- life support — equipment to sustain a patient's life
- life-support — of or relating to equipment or measures that sustain or artificially substitute for essential body functions, as breathing or disposal of body wastes: Without life-support equipment, the patient might die.
- maple family — the plant family Aceraceae, typified by trees and shrubs having sweet sap, simple opposite leaves usually lobed or toothed, clusters of small flowers, and fruit in the form of a double-winged nutlet, and including maples and the box elder.
- microforceps — (surgery) A very small forceps.
- mifepristone — an antigestational drug, C 29 H 35 NO 2 , that prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterine wall by blocking the action of progesterone.