10-letter words containing f, i, l, p
- foodophile — (informal) A food lover.
- franz lisp — (language) A MacLisp-like dialect of Lisp, developed primarily for work in symbolic algebra by R. Fateman et al at Ucb in about 1980. It was named after the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886). Franz Lisp was written in C and includes a compiler called "Liszt". Version: Opus 38.22. Liszt 8.08.
- half snipe — jacksnipe (def 1).
- half-price — at a 50% reduction in cost
- lapidified — Simple past tense and past participle of lapidify.
- lapidifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lapidify.
- life plant — air plant (def 2).
- life space — a spatial representation of all the forces that control a person's behaviour
- lightproof — impervious to light: a lightproof film cartridge.
- lipofuscin — any of several brown pigments similar to melanin that accumulate in animal cells with age and are products of oxidation of lipids and lipoproteins.
- lumpfishes — Plural form of lumpfish.
- minifloppy — Alternative spelling of mini-floppy.
- oojamaflip — a thing whose name is temporarily forgotten
- open field — any area of the playing field away from the heavily trafficked line of scrimmage, in which the defense is widely scattered.
- open-field — any area of the playing field away from the heavily trafficked line of scrimmage, in which the defense is widely scattered.
- paddlefish — a large ganoid fish, Polyodon spathula, of the Mississippi River and its larger tributaries, having a long, flat, paddlelike snout.
- palfrenier — a person whose duty is to tend to horses
- palmatifid — displaying palmate characteristics
- passiflora — a plant of the genus Passiflora
- patrifocal — focused or centered on the father.
- pelvic fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins on the lower surface of the body, corresponding to the hind limbs of a land vertebrate; ventral fin.
- perfoliate — having the stem apparently passing through the leaf, owing to congenital union of the basal edges of the leaf round the stem.
- persiflage — light, bantering talk or writing.
- persifleur — a person who is fond of persiflage
- phialiform — having a form like that of a saucer
- pilferable — capable of being pilfered
- piliferous — having or producing hair.
- pilot film — pilot (def 9).
- pilot fish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- pilot flag — the flag symbolizing the letter G in the International Code of Signals, flown by itself to request a pilot from a pilot service: a flag of three yellow and three blue vertical stripes.
- pilot-fish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- pine bluff — a city in central Arkansas, on the Arkansas River.
- ping-flood — (networking) To flood another user with ping requests.
- pink floyd — British rock group, formed in 1966: originally comprised Syd Barrett (1946–2006), Roger Waters (born 1944), Rick Wright (1945–2008), and Nick Mason (born 1945); Barrett was replaced by Dave Gilmour (born 1944) in 1968 and Waters left in 1986. Recordings include The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967), Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), and The Wall (1979)
- pitcherful — the amount held by a pitcher.
- pittsfield — a city in W Massachusetts.
- plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- plant life — vegetation, flora
- poculiform — having the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- polish off — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- polyolefin — any of a group of thermoplastic, stiff, light, and hard polymers obtained from the polymerization of simple olefins like propylene, used for injection molding, mostly in the automotive and appliance industries.
- pontifical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- postflight — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a flight
- prequalify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- pridefully — 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.
- prize flag — a flag hoisted by a yacht upon learning that it has won a prize in a race.
- pro-family — that favors or benefits families
- profitable — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profitably — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profitless — 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.