8-letter words containing f, e, p, i
- piedfort — a coin or pattern struck on a blank thicker than that used for the regular issue.
- pig fern — giant bracken
- pilferer — petty thief
- pin feed — sprocket feed
- pinafore — a child's apron, usually large enough to cover the dress and sometimes trimmed with flounces.
- pinguefy — to make or become greasy or fat
- pipefish — any elongated, marine and sometimes freshwater fish species of the family Syngnathidae, having a tubular snout and covered with bony plates.
- pontifex — a member of the Pontifical College, which was presided over by a chief priest (Pontifex Maximus)
- porifera — an animal phylum comprising the sponges.
- portfire — (formerly) a slow-burning fuse used for firing rockets and fireworks and, in mining, for igniting explosives
- postfire — of or relating to the period after a fire
- prefight — of the period before a boxing match
- prefixal — Grammar. an affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning, as by making the term negative, as un- in unkind, by signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent, or by indicating support, as pro- in proabolition. Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable.
- prefixed — A word or code number that is prefixed by one or more letters or numbers has them as its prefix.
- prefixes — Grammar. an affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning, as by making the term negative, as un- in unkind, by signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent, or by indicating support, as pro- in proabolition. Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable.
- prettify — to make pretty, especially in a small, petty way: to prettify a natural beauty.
- prideful — 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.
- pro-life — opposed to legalized abortion; right-to-life.
- profiled — the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- profiler — any of several types of machine tools for reproducing shapes in metal or other materials from a master form.
- profiter — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- prolifer — opposed to legalized abortion; right-to-life.
- purified — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- purifier — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- repacify — to pacify again
- repriefe — a reproof; reproach
- repurify — to purify again, make pure again
- spaewife — a woman who foretells the future
- specific — having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.
- spinifex — any of several Australian grasses of the genera Spinifex, Plectrachne, or Triodia, having spiny seeds and stiff, sharp-pointed leaves that grow in dense masses.
- spirifer — any of various fossil brachiopods of the genus Spirifer having spirals on each side
- spiteful — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
- spitfire — a person, especially a girl or woman, who is of fiery temper and easily provoked to outbursts.
- superfit — extremely fit
- superfix — a suprasegmental feature having an identifiable meaning or grammatical function, as the stress pattern that distinguishes the noun record from the verb record or the parallel falling stress patterns of blackbird and highchair, reflecting a parallel relationship between the elements.
- typified — to serve as a typical example of; exemplify.
- uplifted — improved, as in mood or spirit.
- uplifter — a person or thing that uplifts.
- wipe off — remove by rubbing
- zip file — computer data in compressed format