13-letter words containing p, e, t, o, f
- 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
- mesne profits — rents or profits accruing during the rightful owner's exclusion from his land
- 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 of pocket — small enough or suitable for carrying in the pocket: a pocket watch.
- out-of-pocket — paid out in cash or from one's own financial resources and sometimes reimbursed: My out-of-pocket travel expenses included taking business clients to dinner.
- 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.
- pact of steel — a military alliance concluded between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on May 22, 1939, committing each to assist the other in the event of war with another power and pledging that neither would seek a separate peace or armistice.
- paper profits — an unrealized profit due to the appreciation of something owned but not yet sold.
- parquet floor — flooring made of inlaid wood
- patent office — (often initial capital letters) a governmental agency that administers and regulates patents and trademarks, in the U.S. forming a division of the Department of Commerce.
- 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.
- perfectionate — to perfect; to make perfect
- perfectionism — any of various doctrines holding that religious, moral, social, or political perfection is attainable.
- perfectionist — a person who adheres to or believes in perfectionism.
- perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- petrification — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
- petty officer — navy: non-commissioned officer
- photofinisher — a person whose profession is photofinishing
- piece of meat — the flesh of animals as used for food.
- piece of shit — despicable person
- pilot officer — A pilot officer is an officer of low rank in the British Royal Air Force.
- 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.
- play the fool — behave in a silly way
- plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
- point of sale — the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold: from manufacturer to point-of-sale.
- point of view — a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint: from the point of view of a doctor.
- point-of-sale — the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold: from manufacturer to point-of-sale.
- pommes frites — French fries
- port of entry — port1 (def 3).
- post feminist — relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
- post-feminism — a way of thinking that develops, or reacts to or against previous feminist ideology
- post-feminist — relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
- post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- postinfection — of, relating to or occurring in the period after infection
- potato famine — a severe shortage of food caused by the failure of the potato crop
- potomac fever — the determination or fervor to share in the power and prestige of the U.S. government in Washington, D.C., especially by being appointed or elected to a government position.
- power takeoff — an accessory unit or apparatus attached to an engine-powered machine and powered by the engine. Abbreviation: PTO.
- predefinition — the process or action of defining in advance; an advance definition
- prefabricator — someone who or an organization that prefabricates