9-letter words containing f, t, p, a
- perforate — to make a hole or holes through by boring, punching, piercing, or the like.
- perfusate — a fluid pumped or flowing through an organ or tissue.
- 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.
- pikestaff — the shaft of an infantry pike.
- plaintful — complaining or lamenting
- plaintiff — a person who brings suit in a court (opposed to defendant).
- platforms — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- platyfish — any of several small, yellow-gray freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, especially X. variatus, of Mexico: popular in home aquariums, in which the color varies widely.
- postfault — taking place after a fault
- postfixal — of or relating to a postfix, having postfixes
- pratfalls — a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.
- prefatory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a preface: prefatory explanations.
- preformat — to format in advance
- profanity — the quality of being profane; irreverence.
- puftaloon — a fried scone
- puppy fat — Puppy fat is fat that some children have on their bodies when they are young but that disappears when they grow older and taller.
- shopcraft — any of various skilled trades involving maintenance or repair work, as metalworking or boilermaking, especially in the railroad industry.
- soft-soap — Informal. to cajole; flatter.
- spadefoot — spadefoot toad.
- splayfoot — a broad, flat foot, especially one turned outward.
- superfast — very or extremely fast
- taper off — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- teacupful — as much as a teacup will hold, equal to 4 fluid ounces (113 grams).
- teraflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one trillion floating-point operations per second.
- tram flap — transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap: a piece of tissue, consisting of skin, muscle, and fat, taken from the abdomen of a woman and used in the reconstruction of her breast after mastectomy
- whipstaff — a bar attached to a ship's tiller to assist with steering