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13-letter words containing f, e, p, i

  • filipendulous — Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.
  • film première — the first performance of a particular film in a cinema
  • filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
  • finger puppet — a miniature puppet fitting over and manipulated by one finger.
  • fingerpainted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerpaint.
  • fingerpicking — Present participle of fingerpick.
  • fingerprinted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerprint.
  • first peoples — any of the indigenous peoples or Indian communities of Canada, especially one formally recognized by the Canadian government.
  • fitted carpet — wall-to-wall carpeting
  • fixed capital — capital goods, as machinery and tools, that are relatively durable and can be used repeatedly in the production of goods.
  • flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.
  • flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
  • flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
  • flunitrazepam — a powerful benzodiazepine sedative, C 16 H 12 FN 3 O 3 , that causes semiconsciousness and memory blackouts: has been implicated in date rapes and is illegal in the U.S.
  • flying picket — (in industrial disputes) a member of a group of pickets organized to be able to move quickly from place to place
  • folded dipole — a type of aerial, widely used with television and VHF radio receivers, consisting of two parallel dipoles connected together at their outer ends and fed at the centre of one of them. The length is usually half the operating wavelength
  • folding press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor
  • foliage plant — any plant grown chiefly for its attractive leaves.
  • food supplies — food obtained for a household or for a country, an expedition, etc
  • footing piece — one of a series of horizontal transverse timbers supporting a platform or staging.
  • fore clipping — a word formed by omitting the first part of the form from which it is derived.
  • fosamprenavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral prodrug of the protease inhibitor amprenavir. It is used to treat HIV infected patients.
  • fowling piece — a shotgun for shooting wildfowl.
  • frame pointer — A pointer to the current activation record in an implementation of a block structured language.
  • free-spending — spending or tending to spend freely: If you don't mend your free-spending ways, you'll go bankrupt.
  • free-spirited — characterized by independence and unconventionality
  • freight depot — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
  • freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
  • french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
  • french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
  • freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
  • friction pile — a pile depending on the friction of surrounding earth for support.
  • friction tape — a cloth or plastic adhesive tape, containing a moisture-resistant substance, used especially to insulate and protect electrical wires and conductors.
  • frontier post — an official point where people or vehicles cross over a border between countries
  • frontispieces — Plural form of frontispiece.
  • fulani empire — a powerful W African Muslim state that flourished in the 19th century in the area of present-day Nigeria.
  • group of five — France, Japan, UK, US, and Germany acting as a group to stabilize their currency exchange rates
  • help off with — If you help someone off with an item of clothing, you help them take it off.
  • host-specific — capable of living solely on or in one species of host, as a parasite that infests only chickens.
  • housewifeship — the role of a housewife, household management
  • hyperflexible — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
  • hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
  • hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
  • hypoperfusion — (medicine) Decreased perfusion of blood through an organ.
  • if you please — expressing mild outrage
  • impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
  • imperfectible — that cannot be perfected.
  • imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
  • imperfectives — Plural form of imperfective.
  • imperfectness — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
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