7-letter words containing p, f
- preface — a preliminary statement in a book by the book's author or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
- prefade — to play a recording before fading it for transmission
- prefect — a person appointed to any of various positions of command, authority, or superintendence, as a chief magistrate in ancient Rome or the chief administrative official of a department of France or Italy.
- prefile — relating to an investigation conducted before filing a charge
- prefire — to fire before glazing
- preform — to form beforehand.
- prefund — a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose: a fund for his education; a retirement fund.
- prelife — a life lived before one's life on earth
- presift — to sift something preliminarily
- preyful — predatory
- proface — much good may it do you!
- profane — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- profert — an exhibition of a record or paper in open court.
- profess — to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
- proffer — to put before a person for acceptance; offer.
- profile — the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- profumo — John (Dennis). 1915–2006 British Conservative politician; secretary of state for war (1960–63). He resigned after a scandal that threatened the government of Harold Macmillan
- profuse — spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in): profuse praise.
- proofer — evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
- propfan — Aeronautics. a turbojet having a turbine-driven propeller that operates completely outside the jet engine.
- prosify — to write or make into prose (esp of a dull nature)
- puff up — inflate, fill with air
- puffery — undue or exaggerated praise.
- pulpify — to reduce to pulp
- pupfish — any of several tiny, stout killifishes of the genus Cyprinodon, inhabiting marshy waters in arid areas of western North America: several species are endangered.
- purfler — someone who purfles
- pushful — self-assertive and aggressive; pushing.
- put off — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- putrefy — to render putrid; cause to rot or decay with an offensive odor.
- reflisp — (language) A small Lisp interpreter written in C++ by Bill Birch of Bull, UK. RefLisp has a built-in web server, Wiki, LISP server pages, SQL Databases, XML parser, MD5 hashing, regular expressions, reference counting and mark-sweep garbage collection. RefLisp has shallow-binding and dynamic scope with optional support for lexical scope, Common Lisp compatibility and for indefinite extent Scheme programs. RefLisp is distributed under the GPL.
- reproof — the act of reproving, censuring, or rebuking.
- rip off — a rent made by ripping; tear.
- rip-off — a rent made by ripping; tear.
- rooftop — the roof of a building, especially the outer surface.
- shipful — the amount a ship can carry or hold
- shopful — the contents of a shop.
- skepful — skep (def 2).
- soupfin — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
- specify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- spiff's — a bonus or other form of remuneration given to retail salespeople for promoting the products of a particular manufacturer.
- spiffed — to reward (a salesperson) with a spiff.
- spiffs' — a bonus or other form of remuneration given to retail salespeople for promoting the products of a particular manufacturer.
- spinoff — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- sportif — sporty
- stupefy — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- tip off — a small present of money given directly to someone for performing a service or menial task; gratuity: He gave the waiter a dollar as a tip.
- tip-off — the act of tipping off.
- tipsify — to make tipsy
- top off — the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. Synonyms: zenith, acme, peak, pinnacle, vertex. Antonyms: bottom, base, foot, lowest point.
- top-off — a person who informs on another, often as if by accident or as a joke.