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

  • soil profile — a vertical succession of horizons, commonly lettered A, B, C (beginning at the surface), that have been subjected to soil-forming processes, chiefly leaching and oxidation.
  • soporiferous — bringing sleep; soporific.
  • space-filler — a short article of little or no importance written to fill space in a magazine or newspaper
  • spearfishing — any of several fishes of the genus Tetrapturus, resembling the sailfish but having the first dorsal fin much less developed: inhabiting all seas, but rare.
  • spring fever — a listless, lazy, or restless feeling commonly associated with the beginning of spring.
  • taper relief — (in Britain) a system of relief from capital gains tax under which the percentage of a chargeable gain considered taxable is reduced for each whole year (from April 1998) that the asset was held by the vendor
  • to open fire — If you open fire on someone, you start shooting at them.
  • triple fugue — a fugue with a subject and two countersubjects developed simultaneously.
  • trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
  • underspecify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
  • unperfection — imperfection
  • unperforming — not performing
  • unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
  • zip fastener — a zipper.
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