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

  • hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
  • hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
  • hypersurfaces — Plural form of hypersurface.
  • hypoperfusion — (medicine) Decreased perfusion of blood through an organ.
  • imperfectible — that cannot be perfected.
  • imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
  • imperfectives — Plural form of imperfective.
  • imperfectness — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
  • imperforation — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
  • in receipt of — If you are in receipt of something, you have received it or you receive it regularly.
  • in respect of — with regard, with reference
  • infraspecific — of or relating to a subdivision of a species, as a subspecies, variety, or cultivar.
  • interspecific — existing or occurring between species.
  • intraspecific — existing or occurring within a species.
  • isle of capri — Capri.
  • keep track of — monitor, maintain record of
  • kraft process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an alkaline liquor consisting chiefly of caustic soda together with sodium sulfate.
  • 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.
  • make sport of — to mock or ridicule; poke fun at
  • map reference — information that identifies the point on a map where a particular place is located
  • mesne profits — rents or profits accruing during the rightful owner's exclusion from his land
  • 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.
  • nonperforming — not performing well or properly.
  • nonproficient — Not proficient.
  • nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.
  • open fracture — compound fracture.
  • 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.
  • out-performed — to surpass in excellence of performance; do better than: a new engine that outperforms the competition; a stock that outperformed all others.
  • outperformers — Plural form of outperformer.
  • outperforming — Present participle of outperform.
  • overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
  • overflow pipe — a pipe which discharges excess or leaking water safely
  • pacific grove — a city in W California, at S end of Monterey Bay.
  • paper profits — an unrealized profit due to the appreciation of something owned but not yet sold.
  • paradise fish — any small freshwater fish of the genus Macropodus, of southeastern Asia, often kept in aquariums.
  • 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.
  • peace officer — a civil officer appointed to preserve the public peace, as a sheriff or constable.
  • penicilliform — in the shape of a pencil or paintbrush
  • pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
  • 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.
  • perfect pitch — absolute pitch (def 2).
  • perfect rhyme — rhyme of two words spelled or pronounced identically but differing in meaning, as rain, reign; rich rhyme.
  • perfect stage — a phase in the life cycle of certain fungi in which sexual spores are formed, as the asci in the sexual stage of the ascomycete.
  • perfect storm — a detrimental or calamitous situation or event arising from the powerful combined effect of a unique set of circumstances: a perfect storm battering corporate pension plans.
  • perfect tense — grammar: have done, etc.
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