17-letter words containing p, f

frequency polygon — a frequency curve consisting of connected line segments formed by joining the midpoints of the upper edges of the rectangles in a histogram whose class intervals are of uniform length.
from pole to pole — throughout the entire world
from soup to nuts — a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
from the rooftops — If you shout something from the rooftops, you say it or announce it in a very public way.
front-end payment — a payment required or incurred in advance of a project in order to get it under way
front-line player — a regular player on a sports team or one who plays in the farthest forward position
full linear group — the group of all nonsingular linear transformations mapping a finite-dimensional vector space into itself.
function complete — (programming) State of a software component or system such that each function described by the software's functional specification can be reached by at least one functional path, and attempts to operate as specified.
go-faster stripes — (jargon) chrome. Mainstream in some parts of UK.
golf ball printer — IBM 2741
grain of paradise — Usually, grains of paradise. one of the pungent, peppery seeds of an African plant, Aframomum melegueta, of the ginger family, used to strengthen cordials and in veterinary medicine.
grapefruit league — a series of training games played by major-league teams before the opening of the season (so named because they take place in the citrus-growing South, as in Florida).
greaseproof paper — Greaseproof paper is a special kind of paper which does not allow fat or oil to pass through it. It is mainly used in cooking or to wrap food.
grey-faced petrel — a dark-coloured New Zealand petrel, Pterodroma macroptera gouldi
half-breadth plan — a diagrammatic plan of one half of the hull of a vessel divided lengthwise amidships, showing water lines, stations, diagonals, and bow and buttock lines.
hardware platform — a group of compatible computers that can run the same software.
henry of portugal — ("the Navigator") 1394–1460, prince of Portugal: sponsor of geographic explorations.
hot off the press — newspaper: freshly printed
hyperinflationary — (economics) Having very high levels of inflation.
impersonification — (archaic) the act of impersonating; impersonation.
implicit function — See at implicit (def 4).
impossible figure — a picture of an object that at first sight looks three-dimensional but cannot be a two-dimensional projection of a real three-dimensional object, for example a picture of a staircase that re-enters itself while appearing to ascend continuously
improper fraction — a fraction having the numerator greater than the denominator.
in a fit of pique — If someone does something in a fit of pique, they do it suddenly because they are annoyed at being not treated properly.
in forma pauperis — as a poor person; i.e. without paying court costs
in one fell swoop — to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
in the process of — If you are in the process of doing something, you have started to do it and are still doing it.
in/out of keeping — If one thing is in keeping with another, it is suitable in relation to that thing. If one thing is out of keeping with another, it is not suitable in relation to that thing.
incomplete flower — a flower without one or more of the normal parts, as carpels, sepals, petals, pistils, or stamens.
inertial platform — self-contained navigational devices used in inertial guidance, along with their mounting.
influence peddler — a person who arranges to obtain favors, as government contracts, from high officials on behalf of others for a fee.
infralapsarianism — the doctrine, held by Augustinians and by many Calvinists, that God planned the Creation, permitted the Fall, elected a chosen number, planned their redemption, and suffered the remainder to be eternally punished (opposed to supralapsarianism).
interprofessional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
intraspecifically — Between individuals of the same species.
isthmus of panama — an isthmus linking North and South America, between the Pacific and the Caribbean. Length: 676 km (420 miles). Width (at its narrowest point): 50 km (31 miles)
job specification — a detailed description of the qualifications, skills, and experience required for a particular post of employment
judgment of paris — the decision by Paris to award Aphrodite the golden apple of discord competed for by Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera.
jump trace buffer — (JTB) A feature of some pipelined processors (e.g. Amulet, Pentium?) which stores the source and destination addresses of the last few branch instuctions executed. When a branch instruction is fetched, its source is looked for in the JTB. If found, the next instuction fetch will be from the previous destination of that branch. If it turns out that the branch shouldn't have been taken this time, then the pipeline is flushed. This means that in a tight loop it is not necessary to flush the pipeline every time you jump back to the start.
jumping-off place — a place for use as a starting point: Paris was the jumping-off place for our tour of Europe.
jumping-off point — A jumping-off point or a jumping-off place is a place, situation, or occasion which you use as the starting point for something.
laplace transform — a map of a function, as a signal, defined especially for positive real values, as time greater than zero, into another domain where the function is represented as a sum of exponentials.
least fixed point — (mathematics) A function f may have many fixed points (x such that f x = x). For example, any value is a fixed point of the identity function, (\ x . x). If f is recursive, we can represent it as f = fix F where F is some higher-order function and fix F = F (fix F). The standard denotational semantics of f is then given by the least fixed point of F. This is the least upper bound of the infinite sequence (the ascending Kleene chain) obtained by repeatedly applying F to the totally undefined value, bottom. I.e. fix F = LUB {bottom, F bottom, F (F bottom), ...}. The least fixed point is guaranteed to exist for a continuous function over a cpo.
liberty of speech — freedom of speech.
life imprisonment — long-term prison sentence
life of the party — most lively, outgoing person
matter of opinion — a point open to question; a debatable statement
mayflower compact — an agreement to establish a government, entered into by the Pilgrims in the cabin of the Mayflower on November 11, 1620.
method of payment — cash, credit card, cheque, etc.
microfilm plotter — a type of incremental plotter that has a film rather than a paper output
microsoft project — (product) A Microsoft Windows program offering various project management tools.

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