9-letter words containing f, e, p, i
- forepoint — to predetermine or indicate in advance
- frumpiest — frumpish.
- half-pike — spontoon.
- half-pipe — a half-moon-shaped chute or ramp used by snowboarders and skateboarders to provide a takeoff for a jump.
- halfpipes — Plural form of halfpipe.
- hyperfine — Extremely fine, especially of the hyperfine structure in the spectra of atoms and molecules.
- ibuprofen — a white powder, C 13 H 18 O 2 , used especially in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic.
- imperfect — not perfect; lacking completeness: imperfect knowledge.
- life peer — a peer whose title ceases at death; nonhereditary peer.
- life span — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- lifespans — Plural form of lifespan.
- off-piste — of or relating to skiing on virgin snow off the regular runs
- off-price — offering or dealing in goods, especially brand-name apparel, at prices lower than those at regular retail stores or discount stores.
- opacifier — an agent added to render something opaque
- open fire — start shooting
- pacificae — documents of introduction presented by the Christian Church
- palafitte — a prehistoric dwelling
- pan-fried — Pan-fried food is food that has been cooked in hot fat or oil in a frying pan.
- paraffine — paraffin.
- past life — previous incarnation
- pea rifle — a small rifle
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
- pecksniff — a person of Pecksniffian attitudes or behavior: a virtuousness that only a pecksniff could aspire to.
- pedatifid — (of a plant leaf) pedately divided, with the divisions less deep than in a pedate leaf
- pelletify — to shape into pellets
- pelviform — basin-shaped
- penniform — shaped like a feather; (esp of muscles) having fibres attached to the tendon in a feather-like fashion
- perciform — a perch-like fish
- perfervid — very fervent; extremely ardent; impassioned: perfervid patriotism.
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- perfusive — to overspread with moisture, color, etc.; suffuse.
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- petit feu — a firing of ceramics at a low temperature.
- petrified — to convert into stone or a stony substance.
- pforzheim — a city in W Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany.
- pie-faced — having a broad, flat face and, sometimes, a vacuous or stupid expression.
- pifferaro — someone who plays the piffero
- pikestaff — the shaft of an infantry pike.
- pilferage — the act or practice of pilfering; petty theft.
- pilfering — stealing, petty theft
- plan file — (operating system) On Unix systems that support finger, the ".plan" file in a user's home directory is displayed when the user is fingered. This feature was originally intended to be used to keep potential fingerers apprised of one's location and near-future plans, but has been turned almost universally to humorous and self-expressive purposes (like a sig block). See also Hacking X for Y. A later innovation in plan files was the introduction of "scrolling plan files" which are one-dimensional animations made using only the printable ASCII character set, carriage return and line feed, avoiding terminal specific escape sequences, since the finger command will (for security reasons; see letterbomb) not pass the escape character. Scrolling .plan files have become art forms in miniature, and some sites have started competitions to find who can create the longest running, funniest, and most original animations. A compiler (ASP) is available on Usenet for producing them. Typical animation components include: See also twirling baton.
- playfield — a field for sports or public festivities
- plentiful — existing in great plenty: Coal was plentiful, and therefore cheap, in that region.
- plexiform — of, relating to, or resembling a plexus.
- pond life — the animals that live in ponds
- pontifice — a priest in ancient Rome
- poriferan — any animal of the phylum Porifera, comprising the sponges.
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- preachify — to preach in an obtrusive or tedious way.
- predefine — to define in advance