11-letter words containing f, t, p
- proof stage — the stage of publishing where trial impressions made from composed type, or print-outs (from a laser printer, etc) are read for the correction of errors
- proxy fight — a contest between factions of stockholders in a company, in which each group attempts to gain control by soliciting signed proxy statements for sufficient votes.
- puff pastry — a light, flaky, rich pastry made by rolling dough with butter and folding it to form layers: used for tarts, napoleons, etc.
- purificator — the linen cloth used by the celebrant for wiping the chalice after each communicant has drunk from it.
- pussyfooter — a person who behaves stealthily or evasively
- put forward — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- putty knife — a tool for puttying, having a broad flexible blade.
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- reptiliform — having the form or appearance of a reptile
- safety lamp — a miner's lamp in which the flame is protected by wire gauze to prevent the immediate ignition of explosive gases.
- self-profit — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
- shoplifting — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
- snap out of — to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
- soft hyphen — a hyphen that is used only in breaking a word at the end of a line of text.
- soft option — If you take the soft option, you do the thing that is easiest or least likely to cause trouble in a particular situation.
- soft palate — Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
- soft-soaper — a person who flatters or cajoles, especially for reasons of self-interest or personal advantage: a soft-soaper specializing in rich, elderly women.
- soft-spoken — (of persons) speaking with a soft or gentle voice; mild.
- spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
- sparrowfart — the very early morning
- specificate — a thing which is specified
- specificity — the quality or state of being specific.
- speechcraft — the art of rhetoric
- spendthrift — a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.
- spent force — If you refer to someone who used to be powerful as a spent force, you mean that they no longer have any power or influence.
- spite fence — a wall or fence erected solely to annoy one's neighbor or lower the value of his or her property.
- split shift — a work period divided into two parts that are separated by an interval longer than a normal rest period
- spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
- spot fixing — the act of deliberately engineering an outcome within a sporting contest without attempting to alter the outcome of the contest itself
- steppenwolf — a novel (1927) by Hermann Hesse.
- stipitiform — having the form of a stipe.
- stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
- superfatted — (of soap) containing excess fat that has not been converted into soap by saponification
- superfluity — the state of being superfluous.
- superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
- superprofit — above-average profits gained through enterprise
- supersafety — the state of being supersafe
- taffy apple — candy apple.
- tamperproof — that cannot be tampered with; impervious to tampering: a tamper-proof lock.
- teaspoonful — the amount a teaspoon can hold.
- thornproofs — garments that resist penetration by thorns
- thrift shop — a retail store that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices.
- to speak of — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- toploftical — having a superior or disdainful attitude; toplofty
- traffic cop — a police officer who directs the flow of traffic, usually at an intersection.
- trapeziform — formed like a trapezium.
- trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.