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

  • prefacial — located anterior to the face
  • prefigure — to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
  • prefilled — filled in advance
  • prefilter — any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
  • preflight — occurring or done before a flight: a preflight briefing of the plane's crew.
  • preinform — to supply with information beforehand: He preinformed the newspapers of his decision.
  • premodify — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
  • prenotify — to notify in advance
  • press fit — a type of fit for mating parts, usually tighter than a sliding fit, used when the parts do not have to move relative to each other
  • pretypify — to foreshadow or prefigure the type of: The father's personality pretypified his son's.
  • prix fixe — a fixed price charged for any meal chosen from the variety listed on the menu.
  • profiteer — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
  • profiters — 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.
  • profusive — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
  • prokofiev — Sergei Sergeevich [syir-gyey syir-gye-yi-vyich] /syɪrˈgyeɪ syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1953, Russian composer.
  • respecify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
  • rifle pit — a pit or short trench affording shelter to riflemen in firing at an enemy.
  • self-paid — a simple past tense and past participle of pay1 .
  • self-pity — pity for oneself, especially a self-indulgent attitude concerning one's own difficulties, hardships, etc.: We must resist yielding to self-pity and carry on as best we can.
  • septemfid — divided into seven
  • septiform — sevenfold
  • si prefix — (unit, standard)   The standard metric prefixes used in the Système International d'Unités (SI) conventions for scientific measurement. Here are the SI magnifying prefixes, along with the corresponding binary interpretations in common use: prefix abr decimal binary yocto- 1000^-8 zepto- 1000^-7 atto- 1000^-6 femto- f 1000^-5 pico- p 1000^-4 nano- n 1000^-3 micro- * 1000^-2 * Abbreviation: Greek mu milli- m 1000^-1 kilo- k 1000^1 1024^1 = 2^10 = 1,024 mega- M 1000^2 1024^2 = 2^20 = 1,048,576 giga- G 1000^3 1024^3 = 2^30 = 1,073,741,824 tera- T 1000^4 1024^4 = 2^40 = 1,099,511,627,776 peta- 1000^5 1024^5 = 2^50 = 1,125,899,906,842,624 exa- 1000^6 1024^6 = 2^60 = 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 zetta- 1000^7 1024^7 = 2^70 = 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 yotta- 1000^8 1024^8 = 2^80 = 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 "Femto" and "atto" derive not from Greek but from Danish. The abbreviated forms of these prefixes are common in electronics and physics. When used with bytes of storage, these prefixes usually denote multiplication by powers of 1024 = 2^10 (K, M, G and T are common in computing). Thus "MB" stands for megabytes (2^20 bytes). This common practice goes against the edicts of the BIPM who deprecate the use of these prefixes for powers of two. The formal SI prefix for 1000 is lower case "k"; some, including this dictionary, use this strictly, reserving upper case "K" for multiplication by 1024 (KB is thus "kilobytes"). Also, in data transfer rates the prefixes stand for powers of ten so, for example, 28.8 kb/s means 28,800 bits per second. The unit is often dropped so one may talk of "a 40K salary" (40000 dollars) or "2 meg of disk space" (2*2^20 bytes). The accepted pronunciation of the initial G of "giga-" is hard, /gi'ga/. Confusing 1000 and 1024 (or other powers of 2 and 10 close in magnitude) - for example, describing a memory in units of 500K or 524K instead of 512K - is a sure sign of the marketroid. For example, 3.5" microfloppies are often described as storing "1.44 MB". In fact, this is completely specious. The correct size is 1440 KB = 1440 * 1024 = 1474560 bytes. Alas, this point is probably lost on the world forever. In 1993, hacker Morgan Burke proposed, to general approval on Usenet, the following additional prefixes: groucho (10^-30), harpo (10^-27), harpi (10^27), grouchi (10^30). This would leave the prefixes zeppo-, gummo-, and chico- available for future expansion. Sadly, there is little immediate prospect that Mr. Burke's eminently sensible proposal will be ratified.
  • snipe fly — any of various predatory dipterous flies of the family Leptidae (or Rhagionidae), such as Rhagio scolopacea of Europe, having an elongated body and long legs
  • snipefish — any of several fishes of the family Macrorhamphosidae, of tropical and temperate seas, having a long, tubular snout and a compressed body.
  • spadefish — a deep-bodied marine fish of the genus Chaetodipterus, especially C. faber, of Atlantic coastal waters of North America.
  • spearfish — fish: type of marlin
  • specifics — having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.
  • specified — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
  • specifier — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
  • specifies — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
  • speechify — to make a speech or speeches; harangue.
  • spiel off — to recite by or as if by rote
  • spikefish — a large sea fish
  • spoilfive — a game played by two to ten persons having five cards each.
  • spot fine — penalty paid immediately
  • stupefied — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
  • superfine — extra fine, as in grain or texture; unusually fine: superfine sugar.
  • superfirm — a very large firm or corporation, often incorporating or coordinating a number of smaller firms
  • superwaif — a very young and very thin supermodel
  • superwife — a highly accomplished wife
  • up-itself — pretentious or pompous
  • viperfish — any of several deep-sea fishes of the family Chauliodontidae, having a large mouth and fanglike teeth, some species having light-emitting organs on their bodies.
  • yuppified — Simple past tense and past participle of yuppify.
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