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13-letter words containing p, e, r, f, l

  • hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
  • imperfectible — that cannot be perfected.
  • isle of capri — Capri.
  • leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
  • leapfrog test — a diagnostic technique using arithmetic or logical operations in a routine to manage the capacity of storage media, transfer data, and check the results.
  • microfloppies — 3.5-inch floppies, as opposed to 5.25-inch vanilla or mini-floppies and the now-obsolete 8-inch variety. This term may be headed for obsolescence as 5.25-inchers pass out of use, only to be revived if anybody floats a sub-3-inch floppy standard. See stiffy, minifloppies.
  • nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.
  • optical fiber — optical fibre
  • optical fibre — (communications)   (fibre optics, FO, US "fiber", light pipe) A plastic or glass (silicon dioxide) fibre no thicker than a human hair used to transmit information using infra-red or even visible light as the carrier (usually a laser). The light beam is an electromagnetic signal with a frequency in the range of 10^14 to 10^15 Hertz. Optical fibre is less susceptible to external noise than other transmission media, and is cheaper to make than copper wire, but it is much more difficult to connect. Optical fibres are difficult to tamper with (to monitor or inject data in the middle of a connection), making them appropriate for secure communications. The light beams do not escape from the medium because the material used provides total internal reflection. See also FDDI, Optical Carrier n, SONET.
  • overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
  • overflow pipe — a pipe which discharges excess or leaking water safely
  • parainfluenza — an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of several paramyxoviruses.
  • parquet floor — flooring made of inlaid wood
  • passionflower — any chiefly American climbing vine or shrub of the genus Passiflora, having showy flowers and a pulpy berry or fruit that in some species is edible.
  • paterfamilias — the male head of a household or family, usually the father.
  • penicilliform — in the shape of a pencil or paintbrush
  • pepper family — the plant family Piperaceae, characterized by tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having simple leaves, dense spikes of very small flowers, and fleshy, berrylike fruit, and including peperomia and peppers of the genus Piper.
  • perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • perl profiler — (tool)   (pprof) A tool by Anthony Iano-Fletcher of Nottingham University, UK to profile, and collate data from, Perl scripts. Version: 1? Source posted on comp.lang.perl in mid-June 1993.
  • personal foul — a foul called in certain games, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play.
  • petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
  • pickerel frog — a meadow frog, Rana palustris, common in eastern North America, similar to the leopard frog but with squarish dark spots on the back.
  • pilot officer — A pilot officer is an officer of low rank in the British Royal Air Force.
  • place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
  • platform game — a type of computer game that is played by moving a figure on the screen through a series of obstacles and problems
  • platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • plunging fire — artillery or other fire that strikes the ground at a steep angle, as from high ground overlooking the target or from a weapon fired at a high angle of elevation.
  • polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
  • power failure — electricity outage
  • preferability — more desirable.
  • preferred lie — a nearby position for a ball preferable to that where it actually landed and to which repositioning is sometimes allowed without loss of a stroke or strokes to the player.
  • preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • press of sail — as much sail as the wind or other conditions will permit a ship to carry.
  • proliferation — the growth or production of cells by multiplication of parts.
  • proliferously — by proliferation
  • reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
  • relief troops — soldiers sent to an area of conflict or a disaster area in order to provide aid or assistance there
  • reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
  • reptiliferous — (of rocks, etc) yielding fossilized reptiles
  • ripple effect — a spreading effect or series of consequences caused by a single action or event.
  • scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
  • self-apparent — clear and evident without need of further evidence
  • self-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
  • self-depraved — corrupt, wicked, or perverted.
  • self-exposure — the act of exposing, laying open, or uncovering: the sudden exposure of objects that were hidden under the blanket.
  • self-improver — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • self-pampered — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
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