11-letter words containing p, a, n, f
- infraphylum — (taxonomy) A taxon below subphylum and above superclass.
- knife pleat — a sharply creased narrow pleat, usually one of a series folded in the same direction.
- lapidifying — Present participle of lapidify.
- leaf spring — a long, narrow, multiple spring composed of several layers of spring metal bracketed together: used in some suspension systems of carriages and automobiles.
- lifemanship — the ability to conduct one's life, career, personal relationships, etc., in a successful manner.
- naupliiform — shaped like a nauplius larva
- no-platform — to deny (a person) the opportunity to speak in a political debate or forum
- pain relief — techniques concerned with preventing or reducing pain
- pan-african — of or relating to all African nations or peoples.
- panel thief — a thief who secretly robs the customers in a panel house.
- paper knife — a small, often decorative, knifelike instrument with a blade of metal, ivory, wood, or the like, for slitting open envelopes, the leaves of books, folded papers, etc.
- paraffinize — paraffin (def 4).
- paraffinoid — resembling a paraffin.
- passo fundo — a city in S Brazil.
- pathfinding — a person who finds or makes a path, way, route, etc., especially through a previously unexplored or untraveled wilderness.
- perforation — a hole, or one of a series of holes, bored or punched through something, as those between individual postage stamps of a sheet to facilitate separation.
- performance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- pin-feather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
- pine family — the plant family Pinaceae, characterized by mostly evergreen, resinous trees having narrow, often needlelike leaves, male flowers in catkinlike clusters, and scaly female flowers that develop into fruit in the form of a woody cone, and including cedar (genus Cedrus), fir, hemlock, larch, pine, and spruce.
- pink family — the plant family Caryophyllaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having opposite leaves, usually swollen-jointed stems, flowers with petals notched at the tips, and fruit generally in the form of a many-seeded capsule, and including baby's-breath, carnation, chickweed, pink, and sweet william.
- plain flour — ground wheat with no raising agent
- plank floor — a floor made from sawed, straight-grained timber.
- planuliform — resembling a planula
- platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
- playfulness — full of play or fun; sportive; frolicsome.
- point after — a score given for a successful kick between the goalposts and above the crossbar, following a touchdown
- poke fun at — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
- polar front — Meteorology. the variable frontal zone of middle latitudes separating air masses of polar and tropical origin.
- pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- pontificate — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- prank flash — a short film or animation linked surreptitiously to an innocuous website, intended to shock unsuspecting and easily-offended users of the internet
- prefinanced — financed in advance
- prefreshman — before being a freshman
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- prison farm — a farm attached to a prison, where prisoners carry out hard labour
- pro-african — Also, Africa. of or from Africa; belonging to the black peoples of Africa.
- profanation — the act of profaning; desecration; defilement; debasement.
- profanatory — tending to desecrate; profaning.
- prone float — a prone floating position, used especially by beginning swimmers, with face downward, legs extended backward, and arms stretched forward.
- safekeeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- snap out of — to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
- spacefaring — space travel
- spanish fir — a species of fir native to S Spain and N Morocco, Abies pinsapo
- spanish fly — Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, especially the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac.
- teaspoonful — the amount a teaspoon can hold.
- tympaniform — resembling or having the form of a drum or drum head
- unamplified — not amplified, magnified, or enlarged
- unflappable — not easily upset or confused, especially in a crisis; imperturbable.