12-letter words containing f, o, t, p, a
- perfectation — the action or process of becoming or causing to become perfect or complete
- perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
- performative — (of an expression or statement) performing an act by the very fact of being uttered, as with the expression “I promise,” that performs the act of promising.
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- petrifaction — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- plastic flow — deformation of a material that remains rigid under stresses of less than a certain intensity but that behaves under severer stresses approximately as a Newtonian fluid.
- plastic foam — expanded plastic.
- platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
- platform car — a railroad freight car having no enclosing sides or top; a flatcar.
- pontificates — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- pontificator — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- port of call — a port visited briefly by a ship, usually to take on or discharge passengers and cargo or to undergo repairs.
- portal frame — a frame, usually of steel, consisting of two uprights and a cross beam at the top: the simplest structural unit in a framed building or a doorway
- post-fascist — of or relating to various right-wing political parties in Europe which espouse a modified form of fascism and which take part in constitutional politics
- postfracture — taking place after a fracture
- potato flour — a type of flour made from potatoes
- poultry farm — place where fowl are bred
- power factor — (in an electrical circuit) the ratio of the power dissipated to the product of the input volts times amps
- prefectorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.
- prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
- prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
- preformation — previous formation.
- preformative — a prefixture in Semitic languages
- preformatted — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- preformulate — to describe an active pharmaceutical ingredient chemically
- prime factor — any number in the set of prime numbers that is also a factor of a given integer
- professorate — the office or the period of service of a professor.
- protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
- purification — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- reperforator — (especially in teletype transmission) a machine for punching a duplicate perforated paper tape of incoming messages so that they may later be retransmitted: used for automatic typesetting.
- safe-deposit — providing safekeeping for valuables: a safe-deposit vault.
- scratchproof — resistant to scratches.
- shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- spanish foot — a carved pyramidal foot having fluted, concave sides usually ending in a scroll at the bottom.
- spiflication — rough treatment
- stand up for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- tamper-proof — resistant to interference, alteration
- to fall open — If something falls open, it opens accidentally.
- to play fair — If you say that someone plays fair, you mean that they behave or act in a reasonable and honest way.
- to play safe — If you play safe or play it safe, you do not take any risks.
- toffee-apple — an apple fixed on a stick and coated with a thin layer of toffee
- top grafting — grafting in the top, as of a tree, in order to replace existing branches with those of a more desired variety or form.
- typification — to serve as a typical example of; exemplify.
- unperforated — pierced with a hole or holes: Punch out along the perforated line.
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.