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12-letter words containing p, e, r, f

  • hopper frame — a window frame having one or more upper sashes hinged at the bottoms and opening inward.
  • hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
  • hyperflexion — Anatomy. the act of bending a limb. the position that a limb assumes when it is bent.
  • hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
  • hypersurface — a mathematical object that generalizes the concept of surface from three-dimensional Euclidean space to hyperspace.
  • imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
  • imperfective — noting an aspect of the verb, as in Russian, that indicates incompleteness of the action or state at a temporal point of reference.
  • imperforable — not able to be perforated
  • imperforated — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
  • imperforates — Plural form of imperforate.
  • imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
  • isapi filter — (web)   A replaceable DLL which the server calls whenever there is an HTTP request. When the filter is first loaded, it communicates to the server what sort of notifications will be accepted. After that, whenever a selected event occurs, the filter is called to process the event. Example applications of ISAPI filters include custom authentication schemes, compression, encryption, logging, traffic analysis or other request analyses.
  • jeffrey pine — a conifer, Pinus jeffreyi, of high mountains in the western U.S., having long needles, large cones, and aromatic bark.
  • kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
  • leapfroggers — Plural form of leapfrogger.
  • leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
  • leopard frog — a common North American green frog, Rana pipiens, having white-edged, dark oval spots on its back.
  • life partner — one member of a monogamous relationship.
  • life peerage — the title and rank of a life peer
  • life support — equipment to sustain a patient's life
  • life-support — of or relating to equipment or measures that sustain or artificially substitute for essential body functions, as breathing or disposal of body wastes: Without life-support equipment, the patient might die.
  • microforceps — (surgery) A very small forceps.
  • mifepristone — an antigestational drug, C 29 H 35 NO 2 , that prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterine wall by blocking the action of progesterone.
  • nonperformer — a person or thing that is not performing well or properly.
  • note-perfect — (of a singer or musician) able to sing or play without making any errors
  • office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
  • offset paper — paper used in a printing method in which the impression is made onto an intermediate surface, such as a rubber blanket, which transfers it to the paper
  • offset press — a printing press used in the offset process, whereby a printing the impression is made onto an intermediate surface, such as a rubber blanket, which transfers it to the paper
  • opera bouffe — a comic opera, especially of farcical character.
  • outperformed — Simple past tense and past participle of outperform.
  • outperformer — One who outperforms.
  • over-helpful — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
  • overflow pdl — (jargon)   The place where you put things when your pdl is full. If you don't have one and too many things get pushed, you forget something. The overflow pdl for a person's memory might be a memo pad. This usage inspired the following doggerel:
  • oversimplify — make too simple
  • pacific rose — a large variety of eating apple from New Zealand, with sweet flesh
  • paper profit — an unrealized profit due to the appreciation of something owned but not yet sold.
  • parcel shelf — flat storage panel in a vehicle
  • paring knife — a short-bladed kitchen knife for paring fruits and vegetables.
  • parking fine — penalty fee for an offence
  • parrot fever — psittacosis.
  • parsley fern — a small bright green tufted European fern, Cryptogramma crispa, that grows on acid scree and rock in uplands
  • parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
  • pasch flower — pasqueflower
  • pasqueflower — an Old World plant, Anemone pulsatilla, of the buttercup family, having purple, crocuslike flowers blooming about Easter.
  • past perfect — pluperfect.
  • patent flour — a fine grade of flour, consisting chiefly of the inner part of the endosperm.
  • peak traffic — traffic at the time it is most busy
  • pecksniffery — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
  • pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
  • pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
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