15-letter words containing f, l, e, a, p, o
- nonprofessional — not a member of or trained in a specific profession.
- nonprofessorial — not professorial
- nonsaponifiable — not capable of being saponified
- nonspecifically — in a nonspecific way
- paradise flower — a prickly vine, Solanum wendlandii, of the nightshade family, native to Costa Rica, having branched clusters of showy lilac-blue flowers.
- passifloraceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Passifloraceae, a tropical and subtropical family of climbing plants including the passionflowers: the flowers have five petals and threadlike parts forming a dense mass (corona) around the central disc
- perfluorocarbon — a fluorocarbon consisting only of fluorine and carbon atoms
- personal friend — a person who is a friend, rather than a colleague or acquaintance
- phytoflagellate — any microscopic flagellate that is photosynthetic.
- platform rocker — a rocking chair supported on a stationary base
- platform scales — a weighing machine which has a platform that you put something on to be weighed
- platform tennis — a variation of tennis played on a wooden platform enclosed with chicken wire in which the players hit a rubber ball with wooden paddles following the same basic rules as tennis except that only one serve is permitted and balls can be played off the back and side fences.
- platform ticket — a pass allowing a visitor to enter upon a railroad platform from which those not traveling are ordinarily excluded.
- play favourites — to display favouritism
- please yourself — You say 'please yourself' to indicate in a rather rude way that you do not mind or care whether the person you are talking to does a particular thing or not.
- popeye catalufa — See under catalufa.
- potash feldspar — any of the feldspar minerals having the composition KAlSi 3 O 8 , as orthoclase.
- power amplifier — an amplifier for increasing the power of a signal.
- preprofessional — of or relating to the time preceding one's concentrated study or practice of a profession: preprofessional training.
- price inflation — inflation fuelled by rising prices
- primrose family — the plant family Primulaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having simple, opposite, whorled, or basal leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including cyclamen, loosestrife of the genus Lysimachia, pimpernel, primrose, and shooting star.
- prince of wales — Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall ("The Black Prince") 1330–76, English military leader (son of Edward III).
- professionalism — professional character, spirit, or methods.
- professionalist — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
- professionalize — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
- profoundly deaf — unable to hear any sound below 95 decibels in one's better ear
- propeller shaft — a shaft that transmits power from an engine to a propeller.
- pull a fast one — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- rape of lucrece — a narrative poem (1594) by Shakespeare.
- refuse disposal — the act of disposing of rubbish and waste
- sale of produce — the selling of something that is produced, esp agricultural products
- seafood platter — a plate of assorted seafood, served in a restaurant
- self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
- self-compatible — able to be fertilized by its own pollen.
- self-complacent — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
- self-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- self-proclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- shove-halfpenny — a shuffleboard game played with coins or brass disks that are pushed by the hand and thumb down a board toward a scoring pit.
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
- subprofessional — being below professional standards: subprofessional health care.
- to play footsie — If someone plays footsie with you, they touch your feet with their own feet, for example under a table, often as a playful way of expressing their romantic or sexual feelings towards you.
- trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.