13-letter words containing f, r, i, p, e
- free-spending — spending or tending to spend freely: If you don't mend your free-spending ways, you'll go bankrupt.
- free-spirited — characterized by independence and unconventionality
- freight depot — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
- freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
- friction pile — a pile depending on the friction of surrounding earth for support.
- friction tape — a cloth or plastic adhesive tape, containing a moisture-resistant substance, used especially to insulate and protect electrical wires and conductors.
- frontier post — an official point where people or vehicles cross over a border between countries
- frontispieces — Plural form of frontispiece.
- fulani empire — a powerful W African Muslim state that flourished in the 19th century in the area of present-day Nigeria.
- group of five — France, Japan, UK, US, and Germany acting as a group to stabilize their currency exchange rates
- hyperflexible — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
- hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hypoperfusion — (medicine) Decreased perfusion of blood through an organ.
- imperfectible — that cannot be perfected.
- imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
- imperfectives — Plural form of imperfective.
- imperfectness — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
- imperforation — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- in receipt of — If you are in receipt of something, you have received it or you receive it regularly.
- in respect of — with regard, with reference
- infraspecific — of or relating to a subdivision of a species, as a subspecies, variety, or cultivar.
- interspecific — existing or occurring between species.
- intraspecific — existing or occurring within a species.
- isle of capri — Capri.
- leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- mesne profits — rents or profits accruing during the rightful owner's exclusion from his land
- microfloppies — 3.5-inch floppies, as opposed to 5.25-inch vanilla or mini-floppies and the now-obsolete 8-inch variety. This term may be headed for obsolescence as 5.25-inchers pass out of use, only to be revived if anybody floats a sub-3-inch floppy standard. See stiffy, minifloppies.
- nonperforming — not performing well or properly.
- nonproficient — Not proficient.
- nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.
- optical fiber — optical fibre
- optical fibre — (communications) (fibre optics, FO, US "fiber", light pipe) A plastic or glass (silicon dioxide) fibre no thicker than a human hair used to transmit information using infra-red or even visible light as the carrier (usually a laser). The light beam is an electromagnetic signal with a frequency in the range of 10^14 to 10^15 Hertz. Optical fibre is less susceptible to external noise than other transmission media, and is cheaper to make than copper wire, but it is much more difficult to connect. Optical fibres are difficult to tamper with (to monitor or inject data in the middle of a connection), making them appropriate for secure communications. The light beams do not escape from the medium because the material used provides total internal reflection. See also FDDI, Optical Carrier n, SONET.
- outperforming — Present participle of outperform.
- overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
- overflow pipe — a pipe which discharges excess or leaking water safely
- pacific grove — a city in W California, at S end of Monterey Bay.
- paper profits — an unrealized profit due to the appreciation of something owned but not yet sold.
- paradise fish — any small freshwater fish of the genus Macropodus, of southeastern Asia, often kept in aquariums.
- parainfluenza — an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of several paramyxoviruses.
- passionflower — any chiefly American climbing vine or shrub of the genus Passiflora, having showy flowers and a pulpy berry or fruit that in some species is edible.
- paterfamilias — the male head of a household or family, usually the father.
- peace officer — a civil officer appointed to preserve the public peace, as a sheriff or constable.
- penicilliform — in the shape of a pencil or paintbrush
- pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- pepper family — the plant family Piperaceae, characterized by tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having simple leaves, dense spikes of very small flowers, and fleshy, berrylike fruit, and including peperomia and peppers of the genus Piper.
- perfect pitch — absolute pitch (def 2).