14-letter words containing p, e, r, f
- first republic — the republic established in France in 1792 and replaced by the First Empire in 1804.
- fishing permit — an official document which allows you to fish in a particular area of water
- five-year plan — any plan for national economic or industrial development specifying goals to be reached within a period of five years, especially as undertaken by the Soviet Union and China.
- flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
- flanders poppy — corn poppy.
- flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
- flat-bed press — a printing press in which a flat bed holding the printing form moves against a rotating cylinder that carries the paper.
- floor polisher — an electrical appliance used for polishing floors
- fluid pressure — the pressure exerted by a fluid, directly proportional to the specific gravity at any point and to the height of the fluid above the point.
- flying trapeze — a trapeze used in performing gymnastic displays high above the ground
- follow-up care — care provided for a patient after medical or surgical treatment
- food processor — an electric appliance with interchangeable blades within a closed container into which food is inserted for slicing, shredding, mincing, chopping, puréeing, or otherwise processing at high speeds.
- fool's-parsley — an Old World fetid, poisonous plant, Aethusa cynapium, resembling parsley.
- foot passenger — sb travelling on a boat without a car
- for one's part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- force the pace — to adopt a high speed or rate of procedure
- foreign policy — a policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations, designed to achieve national objectives.
- founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
- frasch process — a method of mining sulfur by pumping superheated water down into the deposit, thereby melting it so that it can be pumped to the surface.
- fraternity pin — a pin worn on clothing that indicates membership in a fraternity
- free companion — a member of a band of mercenary soldiers during the Middle Ages.
- free expansion — the expansion of a gas into an evacuated space without the transfer of heat or the performance of work.
- freezing point — the temperature at which a liquid freezes: The freezing point of water is 32°F, 0°C.
- french pancake — a thin, light pancake, usually served with a sweet or savory filling.
- french paradox — the theory that the lower incidence of heart disease in Mediterranean countries compared to that in the US is a consequence of the larger intake of flavonoids from red wine in these countries
- friar preacher — a Dominican friar.
- friday prayers — the congregational prayers observed by Muslims every Friday
- frontoparietal — of or relating to the frontal and parietal bones of the cranium.
- frontotemporal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the frontal and temporal bones or lobes.
- frozen pudding — a frozen or chilled dessert mixture of rich custard, nuts or candied fruit, and sometimes liquor.
- full professor — professor (def 1).
- function creep — the gradual widening of the use of a technology or system beyond the purpose for which it was originally intended, esp when this leads to potential invasion of privacy
- funeral parlor — A funeral parlor is the same as a funeral home.
- future perfect — perfect with respect to a temporal point of reference in time to come; completed with respect to a time in the future, especially when incomplete with respect to the present.
- give it up for — If an audience is asked to give it up for a performer, they are being asked to applaud.
- grapefruitlike — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- group of eight — the Group of Seven nations and Russia, whose heads of government meet to discuss economic matters and international relations
- group of seven — G7.
- group of three — Japan, US, and Germany (formerly West Germany), regarded as the largest industrialized nations
- halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
- harper's ferry — a town in NE West Virginia at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers: site of John Brown's raid 1859.
- heterospecific — belonging to a different species or group
- horn of plenty — cornucopia.
- house of peers — former name of the Japanese House of Councilors.
- hyper-feminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
- hyperefficient — more efficient than normal
- hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
- indirect proof — an argument for a proposition that shows its negation to be incompatible with a previously accepted or established premise.
- infopreneurial — of or relating to the manufacture or sales of electronic office or factory equipment designed to distribute information
- letter-perfect — knowing one's part, lesson, or the like, perfectly.