10-letter words containing f, t, p, a
- pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- patient of — capable of bearing (fatigue, thirst, etc.)
- patrifocal — focused or centered on the father.
- perfoliate — having the stem apparently passing through the leaf, owing to congenital union of the basal edges of the leaf round the stem.
- perforated — perforated.
- perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
- permafrost — (in arctic or subarctic regions) perennially frozen subsoil.
- persulfate — a salt of persulfuric acid, as potassium persulfate, K 2 S 2 O 5 or K 2 S 2 O 8 .
- photoflash — flashbulb.
- pianoforte — a piano.
- pilot flag — the flag symbolizing the letter G in the International Code of Signals, flown by itself to request a pilot from a pilot service: a flag of three yellow and three blue vertical stripes.
- pinfeather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
- pinnatifid — (of a leaf) pinnately cleft, with clefts reaching halfway or more to the midrib.
- plant food — nourishment, as fertilizer or chemicals, for plants.
- plant life — vegetation, flora
- platterful — a heaped plate or platter
- pontefract — a city in West Yorkshire, in N central England, SE of Leeds: ruins of a 12th-century castle.
- pontifical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- poop staff — ensign staff.
- pot-au-feu — a dish of boiled meat and vegetables, the broth of which is usually served separately.
- pratfallen — having fallen upon one's buttocks
- pre-format — 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.
- prefascist — relating to fascist leanings before Fascism was founded in 1919
- prefrontal — anterior to, situated in, or pertaining to the anterior part of a frontal structure.
- profascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- profitable — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profitably — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profligate — utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.
- puff paste — a rich dough for making puff pastry.
- safety pin — pin with covered point
- safety-pin — to secure or affix with a safety pin: to safety-pin a child's mittens to his coat sleeve.
- soft paste — any of a variety of artificial porcelains, usually incorporating glass or glass ingredients.
- soft-pedal — to use the soft pedal.
- spacecraft — a vehicle designed for travel or operation in space beyond the earth's atmosphere or in orbit around the earth.
- spade foot — a square foot, tapering toward its bottom.
- spiflicate — to destroy; annihilate
- splay-feet — a broad, flat foot, especially one turned outward.
- splay-foot — a broad, flat foot, especially one turned outward.
- split flap — a flap that is located on the under surface of the trailing edge of an aircraft wing and that splits away from the wing structure when rotated downward, producing an increase in lift or drag or both. Compare landing flap.
- sports fan — sb who enjoys watching or playing sport
- stainproof — resistant to stains
- stepfamily — a family composed of a parent, a stepparent, and a child or children by a previous marriage.
- stepfather — the husband of one's mother by a later marriage.
- stop-frame — Also called stop frame. the process of filming puppets and other objects one frame at a time while incrementally moving or modifying them, giving the illusion of lifelike motion when the captured film frames are viewed in rapid sequence (often used attributively): stop-motion animation; a stop-motion film.
- strip farm — a tract of land where strip cropping is done.
- stump farm — a farm that was started on previously forested land covered with the stumps of felled trees.
- superfecta — a type of bet, especially on horse races, in which the bettor must select the first four finishers in exact order.
- taffy pull — a party at which taffy is made
- uplift bra — a brassiere for lifting and supporting the breasts
- waterproof — impervious to water.