9-letter words containing f, t
- overstuff — to force too much into: If you overstuff your suitcase, the fastenings may not hold.
- packstaff — a long pole for carrying a pack
- palafitte — a prehistoric dwelling
- pantofles — a slipper.
- past life — previous incarnation
- pat. off. — Patent Office
- pedatifid — (of a plant leaf) pedately divided, with the divisions less deep than in a pedate leaf
- pelletify — to shape into pellets
- perfected — conforming absolutely to the description or definition of an ideal type: a perfect sphere; a perfect gentleman.
- perfecter — conforming absolutely to the description or definition of an ideal type: a perfect sphere; a perfect gentleman.
- perfectly — in a perfect manner or to a perfect degree: to sing an aria perfectly.
- perfector — a person who completes or makes something perfect
- perforant — perforating; esp (of blood vessels) perforating other anatomical structures
- 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.
- petit feu — a firing of ceramics at a low temperature.
- petrified — to convert into stone or a stony substance.
- pikestaff — the shaft of an infantry pike.
- pilotfish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- pinchfist — a miser
- pitch for — If someone is pitching for something, they are trying to persuade other people to give it to them.
- pitchfork — a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
- pitifully — evoking or deserving pity: a pitiful fate.
- 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.
- plentiful — existing in great plenty: Coal was plentiful, and therefore cheap, in that region.
- plightful — filled with distress
- pocketful — the amount that a pocket will hold.
- point off — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- polt-foot — having a club foot
- pontifice — a priest in ancient Rome
- portfolio — a flat, portable case for carrying loose papers, drawings, etc.
- portofino — a village in NW Italy, SE of Genoa: tourist resort.
- post-free — British. postpaid.
- 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.
- prefilter — any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- preflight — occurring or done before a flight: a preflight briefing of the plane's crew.
- preformat — to format in advance
- prenotify — to notify in advance
- press fit — a type of fit for mating parts, usually tighter than a sliding fit, used when the parts do not have to move relative to each other
- pretypify — to foreshadow or prefigure the type of: The father's personality pretypified his son's.
- profanity — the quality of being profane; irreverence.
- profilist — a person who creates a profile
- profiteer — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.