10-letter words containing p, e, r, f
- fluorotype — an early form of photograph produced on paper treated with sodium fluoride
- flurazepam — a benzodiazepine, C 21 H 23 ClFN 3 O, used in its hydrochloride form as a sedative and hypnotic in the management of insomnia and to alleviate anxiety states.
- fly-tipper — a person who deliberately dumps rubbish in an unauthorized place
- flypitcher — a person who has a flypitch
- forage cap — (formerly) a small, low, undress cap.
- force play — a situation in which a base runner is forced to advance to a base or to home plate as a result of the batter becoming a base runner or to make room for another base runner.
- force pump — a pump that delivers a liquid under pressure, so as to eject it forcibly.
- force-ripe — (of fruit) prematurely picked and ripened by squeezing or warm storage
- forcipated — Like a pair of forceps.
- fore plane — a plane, intermediate in size between a jack plane and a jointer plane, used for preliminary smoothing.
- forepassed — already in the past; bygone.
- foreperson — a foreman or forewoman.
- foretopman — a member of a ship's crew stationed on the foretop.
- foretopmen — Plural form of foretopman.
- fort payne — a town in NE Alabama.
- fortepiano — a piano of the late 18th and early 19th centuries with greater clarity but less volume, resonance, and dynamic range than a modern grand, revived in the late 20th century for the performance of the music of its period.
- fortypenny — being 5 inches (13 cm) long: a fortypenny nail. Symbol: 40d.
- fourposter — a bed with four corner posts, as for supporting a canopy, curtains, etc.
- frangipane — a kind of pastry cake, filled with cream, almonds, and sugar.
- free press — a body of book publishers, news media, etc., not controlled or restricted by government censorship in political or ideological matters.
- free space — unused memory or storage
- french dip — a hot sandwich of roast beef, pork, or lamb, served on a crusty roll over which seasoned pan juices are poured.
- french pox — (in historical use) syphilis.
- freshen up — have a quick wash
- friendship — the state of being a friend; association as friends: to value a person's friendship.
- fripperies — Plural form of frippery.
- froghopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cercopidae, which in the immature stages live in a spittlelike secretion on plants.
- front-page — of major importance; worth putting on the first page of a newspaper.
- frumpiness — The characteristic of being frumpy.
- ftp server — (networking) A network server program or computer which responds to requests for files via FTP. A busy Internet archive site may have one or more computers dedicated to running FTP server software. These will typically have hostnames beginning with "ftp.", e.g. ftp.denet.dk.
- full-power — (of a radio station) able to broadcast up to 100 miles (166 km) under clear atmospheric conditions.
- grape fern — any of several ferns of the genus Botrychium, comprising several species having grapelike clusters of sporangia.
- grapefruit — a large, roundish, yellow-skinned, edible citrus fruit having a juicy, acid pulp.
- half-price — at a 50% reduction in cost
- hyperfocal — relating to the distance beyond which a lens can be focused to produce satisfactory image quality
- imperfects — Plural form of imperfect.
- impurified — Simple past tense and past participle of impurify.
- infosphere — electronic communication and networking as a whole
- infraposed — placed beneath
- kaempferol — (organic compound) A flavonoid, isolated from tea and other plants, that may reduce the risk of heart disease.
- kapfenberg — an industrial town in E Austria, in Styria. Pop: 22 234 (2001)
- ketoprofen — A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, derived from propionic acid, that has analgesic and antipyretic effects and acts by inhibiting the body's production of prostaglandin.
- leafhopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests.
- misperform — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- net profit — the actual profit made on a business transaction, sale, etc., or during a specific period of business activity, after deducting all costs from gross receipts.
- noiseproof — soundproof.
- off-pricer — a seller of off-price merchandise.
- open frame — a frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or a spare.
- outperform — to surpass in excellence of performance; do better than: a new engine that outperforms the competition; a stock that outperformed all others.
- page proof — a trial proof printed from type that has been made up in page form, usually after galley corrections have been made, but before plates are made. Compare proof (def 12).