12-letter words containing f, e, p, i
- police chief — chief of police: head of a US police force
- police force — police (def 1).
- pontificates — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- postfeminist — relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
- pouilly-fume — a dry, white wine from the Loire Valley of France.
- powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
- prairie fowl — prairie chicken.
- prairie wolf — coyote (def 1).
- preamplifier — a device in the amplifier circuit of a radio or phonograph that increases the strength of a weak signal for detection and further amplification.
- 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.
- prefinancing — financing arranged in advance
- 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
- premium fuel — fuel or gasoline which has a higher octane value and is more expensive than standard fuel
- prespecified — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- press office — a section of a government department or other organization responsible for dealing with the press
- price fixing — the establishing of prices at a determined level, either by a government or by mutual consent among producers or sellers of a commodity.
- price freeze — temporary fixing of prices
- price-fixing — the establishing of prices at a determined level, either by a government or by mutual consent among producers or sellers of a commodity.
- pridefulness — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- prime factor — any number in the set of prime numbers that is also a factor of a given integer
- prison fever — typhus.
- 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
- prizefighter — a contest between boxers for a prize, a sum of money, etc.; a professional boxing match.
- pro-feminism — the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
- professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- professorial — a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
- proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- profile drag — the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
- profile plan — a diagrammatic fore-and-aft elevation of the hull of a vessel, showing bow and buttock lines, stations, water lines, diagonals, decks, bulwarks, etc.
- profiteering — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
- profitlessly — in such a way as to not yield profit, as in financial gains or general benefits or advantages
- prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- proofreading — correction of text
- pudding-face — a human face that is big and fat and resembles a pudding
- purple finch — a North American finch, Carpodacus purpureus, having a raspberry-red head, breast, and rump.
- 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.
- pyritiferous — having or producing pyrites
- redispose of — to dispose of again
- safe-deposit — providing safekeeping for valuables: a safe-deposit vault.
- safe-keeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- scafell pike — a mountain in NW England, in Cumberland: highest peak in England. 3210 feet (978 meters).
- self-imposed — imposed on one by oneself: a self-imposed task.
- self-opinion — opinion of oneself, especially when unduly high.
- self-pitying — Someone who is self-pitying is full of self-pity.