13-letter words containing f, i, p, r
- soundproofing — materials used to make something soundproof
- soupfin shark — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
- spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
- special offer — bargain
- spider flower — cleome
- spinuliferous — relating to a spine or spines
- splatter film — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
- splendiferous — splendid; magnificent; fine.
- sponge finger — sweet finger-shaped biscuit
- sprint finish — the end of a long race in which competitors speed up as they approach the finish line
- spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
- stepford wife — a married woman who submits to her husband's will and is preoccupied by domestic concerns and her own personal appearance
- sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
- sulfite paper — paper made from sulfite pulp.
- sulfur spring — a spring the water of which contains naturally occurring sulfur compounds.
- superfetation — the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant.
- superficially — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superfluidity — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
- superterrific — more than terrific
- telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
- to perfection — impeccably, perfectly
- triple figure — a number made up of three digits.
- tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
- typhoid fever — Also called typhoid fever. an infectious, often fatal, febrile disease, usually of the summer months, characterized by intestinal inflammation and ulceration, caused by the typhoid bacillus, which is usually introduced with food or drink.
- under pain of — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- unpersonified — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- unsuperficial — external or outward: a superficial resemblance.
- visual foxpro — (database) A Microsoft database derived from Fox Software's FoxPRO.
- warping frame — a wooden frame containing evenly spaced pegs on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
- waterproofing — Chiefly British. a raincoat or other outer coat impervious to water.
- wildlife park — animal reserve
- zf expression — (programming) (After Zermelo Fränkel set theory). David Turner's name for list comprehension.