13-letter words containing f, i, r, e, a, p
- pepper family — the plant family Piperaceae, characterized by tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having simple leaves, dense spikes of very small flowers, and fleshy, berrylike fruit, and including peperomia and peppers of the genus Piper.
- perfectionate — to perfect; to make perfect
- petrification — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- picture frame — mount for a picture
- pitch surface — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- power failure — electricity outage
- prefabricated — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- prefabricator — someone who or an organization that prefabricates
- preferability — more desirable.
- prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
- prefix syntax — prefix notation
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
- press of sail — as much sail as the wind or other conditions will permit a ship to carry.
- professoriate — a group of professors.
- proliferation — the growth or production of cells by multiplication of parts.
- referred pain — pain felt in an area remote from the site of origin.
- scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
- self-portrait — a portrait of oneself done by oneself.
- shape-shifter — a creature or thing that can change shape at will or that does so under certain conditions
- sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
- special offer — bargain
- splatter film — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
- 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.
- 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.
- superfetation — the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant.
- superficially — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- under pain of — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- unsuperficial — external or outward: a superficial resemblance.
- 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