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9-letter words containing f, l, a, p

  • foul play — any treacherous or unfair dealing, especially involving murder: We feared that he had met with foul play.
  • full-page — A full-page advertisement, picture, or article in a newspaper or magazine uses a whole page.
  • galeproof — Capable of resisting a gale.
  • gigaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.
  • half pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
  • half step — Music. semitone.
  • half-open — (of a file) having a pawn or pawns of only one colour on it
  • half-pace — a small stage on which something stands
  • half-peck — a unit of dry measure equal to 4 quarts (4.4 liters).
  • half-pike — spontoon.
  • half-pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
  • half-pipe — a half-moon-shaped chute or ramp used by snowboarders and skateboarders to provide a takeoff for a jump.
  • half-slip — a woman's skirtlike undergarment, usually of a straight or slightly flared shape and having a narrow elasticized waistband.
  • half-step — Music. semitone.
  • halfpence — Plural form of halfpenny.
  • halfpenny — a bronze coin of the United Kingdom, equal to half a penny: use phased out in 1984.
  • halfpipes — Plural form of halfpipe.
  • hip flask — small container for carrying alcohol
  • impactful — having or manifesting a great impact or effect: After the senator's impactful speech, her bill passed.
  • lapidific — involved in or relating to the process of changing into stone
  • leaf spot — a limited, often circular, discolored, diseased area on a leaf, usually including a central region of necrosis.
  • leakproof — designed to prevent leaking: a leakproof bottle.
  • leapfrogs — Plural form of leapfrog.
  • 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.
  • megaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one million floating-point operations per second.
  • mud-flaps — a large flap behind a rear tire to prevent mud, water, etc., from being splashed on the following vehicle.
  • pacifical — having an appeasing nature
  • painfully — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
  • palafitte — a prehistoric dwelling
  • palm leaf — the leaf or frond of a palm tree, especially that of a fan palm, used in making fans, hats, thatch, mats, etc.
  • pantofles — a slipper.
  • parfleche — a rawhide that has been dried after having been soaked in a solution of lye and water to remove the hair.
  • pascal-fc — A Pascal derived from Pascal-S which provides several types of concurrency: semaphores, monitors, both occam/CSP-style and Ada-style rendezvous.
  • pass-fail — a system of grading in some educational institutions in which a student simply passes or fails instead of receiving a letter or numerical grade.
  • 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.
  • petaflops — (unit)   10^15 flops or 1000 teraflops. As with flops, the term ends in S in both the singular and plural as the S stands for seconds. The first computer to perform one petaflops was recorded in June 2008. By June 2012 there were 20.
  • pilferage — the act or practice of pilfering; petty theft.
  • plaintful — complaining or lamenting
  • plaintiff — a person who brings suit in a court (opposed to defendant).
  • 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.
  • planiform — having a flattened shape, as an anatomical joint.
  • platforms — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
  • platyfish — any of several small, yellow-gray freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, especially X. variatus, of Mexico: popular in home aquariums, in which the color varies widely.
  • play fair — games: be sporting
  • play safe — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • playfield — a field for sports or public festivities
  • playfully — full of play or fun; sportive; frolicsome.
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