9-letter words containing f, l, p
- 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.
- helpfully — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
- hip flask — small container for carrying alcohol
- holeproof — (of fabric or an article of clothing) designed or made so as to prevent holes.
- hopefully — in a hopeful manner: We worked hopefully and energetically, thinking we might finish first.
- impactful — having or manifesting a great impact or effect: After the senator's impactful speech, her bill passed.
- kiloflops — (unit) 1000 FLOPS. See prefix.
- kugelhopf — a sweetened bread, flavored with raisins and almonds, baked in a ring-shaped mold, and usually dusted with powdered sugar before serving.
- 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 peer — a peer whose title ceases at death; nonhereditary peer.
- 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.
- lift pump — a pump in which a liquid is lifted rather than forced up from below.
- low-proof — low in alcohol content
- 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.
- pelletify — to shape into pellets
- pelviform — basin-shaped
- perfectly — in a perfect manner or to a perfect degree: to sing an aria perfectly.
- 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.
- pilfering — stealing, petty theft
- pilotfish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- pitifully — evoking or deserving pity: a pitiful fate.
- plaintful — complaining or lamenting
- plaintiff — a person who brings suit in a court (opposed to defendant).