11-letter words containing p, f
- flashpacker — a backpacker who has a considerable disposable income
- flashpoints — Plural form of flashpoint.
- flat-packed — (of a piece of furniture, equipment, or other construction) supplied in pieces packed into a flat box for assembly by the buyer
- flea powder — powder that is put on an animal's coat to kill or discourage fleas
- flexography — a relief printing technique similar to letterpress that employs rubber or soft plastic plates, a simple inking system, and fast-drying inks.
- flight path — the trajectory of a moving aircraft or spacecraft relative to a fixed reference.
- flight plan — an oral or written report to an air traffic control facility describing the route of a projected flight.
- flitchplate — an iron or steel plate for reinforcing a flitch beam.
- floatplanes — Plural form of floatplane.
- flock paper — a wallpaper treated with flock to emphasize a design or effect.
- flood plain — a nearly flat plain along the course of a stream or river that is naturally subject to flooding.
- floodplains — Plural form of floodplain.
- floor price — a minimum price required of an item being auctioned.
- floor space — an area on the floor of a premises where objects may be placed
- floppy disc — (spelling) It's "floppy disk", not like "compact disc".
- floppy disk — Computers. a thin plastic disk coated with magnetic material, on which computer data and programs can be stored for later retrieval.
- floral park — a city on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- flower shop — a shop where flowers and pot plants are sold
- fluorophore — (biochemistry) A molecule or functional group which is capable of fluorescence.
- fluoroscope — a tube or box fitted with a screen coated with a fluorescent substance, used for viewing objects, especially deep body structures, by means of x-ray or other radiation.
- fluoroscopy — the use of or examination by means of a fluoroscope.
- fly-tipping — the deliberate dumping of rubbish in an unauthorized place
- flying-spot — denoting an electronic system in which a rapidly moving spot of light is used to encode or decode data, for example to obtain a television signal by scanning a photographic film or slide
- flyspecking — A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
- foam piping — Foam piping is a system of tubes which delivers a mass of very small bubbles to the base of tanks for protection from fire.
- focal depth — lens: distance of sharp focus
- focal plane — a plane through a focal point and normal to the axis of a lens, mirror, or other optical system. Compare principal plane.
- focal point — Also called principal focus. Optics. either of two points on the axis of a mirror, lens, or other optical system, one point being such that rays diverging from it are deviated parallel to the axis upon refraction or reflection by the system and the other point being such that rays parallel to the axis of the system converge to the point upon refraction or reflection by the system.
- focus group — a representative group of people questioned together about their opinions on political issues, consumer products, etc.
- foetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- folding top — A folding top is a soft roof of a vehicle that can be folded down or removed.
- food parcel — parcels of food prepared and sent, esp by charitable organizations, to people in need
- food pollen — infertile pollen produced by some plants that attracts insects and thus aids pollination
- food prices — the prices that consumers are charged for food
- fools' lisp — A small Scheme interpreter by Jonathan Lee <[email protected]>. Version 1.3.2 is R4RS conformant. It runs on Sun-3, Sun-4, Decstation, VAX (Ultrix), Sequent, Apollo.
- foot patrol — an assigned or habitual round or route, as of a police officer or sentry
- footscraper — a metal bar, set in a small frame and attached to a doorstep, used in cleaning mud from the bottoms of the shoes before entering a house.
- foppishness — The characteristic or quality of being foppish.
- for example — as an example, by way of illustration
- for openers — a person or thing that opens.
- forcepslike — Resembling a forceps.
- forcipation — the state or condition of being forcipated
- foreglimpse — a revelation or glimpse of the future.
- foremanship — The position of a foreman.
- forepayment — prepayment
- forepersons — Plural form of foreperson.
- forest park — a city in NW Georgia.
- foretopmast — (nautical) The mast above the foretop.
- foretopsail — (nautical) the sail draped from the foretopmast.
- fort casper — a fort in central Wyoming, near Casper: an important post on the Oregon Trail.