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14-letter words containing f, i, r, e, p

  • preferentially — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
  • preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • press briefing — a meeting called by an organization, government, etc, to inform the press of something
  • prettification — to make pretty, especially in a small, petty way: to prettify a natural beauty.
  • preunification — of the period before unification
  • pride of china — the chinaberry, Melia azedarach.
  • pride of place — the highest or most outstanding position; first place.
  • pride-of-india — chinaberry (sense 1)
  • primacy effect — the process whereby the first few items on a list are learnt more rapidly than the middle items
  • printing frame — a shallow, boxlike device with a glass plate on one side and an opaque, removable back, for holding a negative firmly against printing paper in contact printing.
  • prison officer — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
  • professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • profit squeeze — a sharp narrowing of the gap between cost and revenue.
  • profit-seeking — attempting to make a profit or financial gains
  • proof positive — To be proof positive of a particular fact or quality means to be evidence that it is true or that it exists.
  • proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
  • proximity fuze — a design for detonating a charge, as in a projectile, within a predesignated radius of a target.
  • public officer — a person appointed or elected to a governmental post.
  • public welfare — state aid to the poor
  • purkinje fiber — any of the specialized cardiac muscle fibers forming a network in the ventricular walls that conduct electric impulses responsible for the contractions of the ventricles.
  • recessionproof — not susceptible to an economic recession: a recessionproof economy; He wants a long-term contract to make his job recessionproof.
  • relief pitcher — a pitcher brought into a game to replace another pitcher, often in a critical situation.
  • rite of spring — French Le Sacre du Printemps. a ballet suite (1913) for orchestra by Igor Stravinsky.
  • route flapping — flapping router
  • self-appraisal — the act of estimating or judging the nature or value of something or someone.
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • self-operative — automatic.
  • self-ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-promotion — advancement in rank or position.
  • self-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • self-replicate — (of a computer virus, etc) to reproduce itself
  • semper fidelis — always faithful
  • shipping fever — a respiratory disease of cattle, caused by Pasteurella haemolytica, often spread during the shipment of livestock.
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • spearfisherman — a person who engages in spearfishing.
  • special forces — crack military team
  • spinning frame — a machine for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn.
  • sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
  • sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
  • stereospecific — (of a reaction) producing a simple stereoisomer.
  • sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
  • superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
  • supereffective — very or extremely effective
  • superefficient — extremely efficient
  • superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
  • superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • superficialize — to treat things superficially
  • superinfection — marked proliferation of a parasitic microorganism during antimicrobial treatment for another infection.
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