8-letter words containing p, f
- off plan — (of a new building) considered with reference to its plans, before it has been built
- off-peak — of, relating to, or during a period of less than maximum frequency, demand, intensity, or use: the off-peak travel season; off-peak train fares.
- off-ramp — an exit lane for traffic from a turnpike or freeway to a street.
- offer up — present as a sacrifice
- offprint — Also called separate. a reprint of an article that originally appeared as part of a larger publication.
- oilproof — resistant to oil
- opificer — someone who makes something; a craftsman
- opsonify — to facilitate phagocytosis of (a microorganism, as a bacterium) by treatment with opsonin.
- overflap — a protective paper cover for artwork, usually of kraft paper.
- pacifica — a city in W California, S of San Francisco.
- pacifico — a peaceful person.
- pacified — to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
- pacifier — a person or thing that pacifies.
- pacifism — opposition to war or violence of any kind.
- pacifist — a person who believes in pacifism or is opposed to war or to violence of any kind.
- pack off — a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
- packfong — a Chinese cupronickel alloy
- pad foot — Furniture. any of various kinds of feet to a cabriole leg, as club, slipper, trifid, or web, having the form of a flattened extension of its lines.
- pair off — two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together: a pair of gloves; a pair of earrings.
- paleface — Slang. a white person, as distinguished from a North American Indian.
- paliform — resembling a stake
- palm off — the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- pan loaf — a loaf of bread with a light crust all the way round
- panofsky — Erwin, 1892–1968, U.S. art historian, born in Germany.
- pantofle — a slipper.
- panufnik — Sir Andrzej (ændreɪ). 1914–91, British composer and conductor, born in Poland. His works include nine symphonies, the cantata Winter Solstice (1972), Polish folk-song settings, and ballet music
- paraffin — a white or colorless, tasteless, odorless, water-insoluble, solid substance not easily acted upon by reagents, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons chiefly of the alkane series, obtained from crude petroleum: used in candles, for forming preservative coatings and seals, for waterproofing paper, etc.
- paraffle — an extravagant display
- parafoil — a structure, usually made of a strong yet light fabric, having a shape similar to that of an airplane wing, and used as a kite or a parachute.
- paraform — a white, crystalline polymer of formaldehyde, (HCOH) n , from which it is obtained by evaporation of the aqueous solution: used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- parfocal — of or relating to different eyepieces (of telescopes or microscopes) that all focus their images in the same plane, so that they can be interchanged without readjusting the instrument.
- parsifal — (italics) a music drama by Richard Wagner: composed 1877–82; première 1882.
- part-off — a screen used to divide off part of a room, such as the eating place of a parlour
- parts of — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
- pascal-f — Pascal extended to include fixed-point arithmetic. E. Nelson, "Pascal-F: Programming Language for Real-Time Automotive Control", IEEE ElectroTechnol. Rev. (USA), 2:39, 1968.
- pass for — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- pass off — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- pauseful — taking many pauses; full of pauses
- pawn off — If you pawn off something or someone that you do not want on another person, you persuade the person to accept them.
- peaceful — characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful reign; a peaceful demonstration.
- pedalfer — a soil rich in alumina and iron, with few or no carbonates.
- pediform — in the form of a foot; footlike.
- peel off — designed to be peeled off from a backing or large sheet, usually of paper, before use; readied for use by peeling off: peel-off labels.
- peel-off — designed to be peeled off from a backing or large sheet, usually of paper, before use; readied for use by peeling off: peel-off labels.
- pencraft — the art or craft of writing; skill with writing
- penfield — Wilder. 1891–1976, Canadian scientist, neurosurgeon, and writer born in the US; he developed a surgical treatment for epilepsy
- penknife — a small pocketknife, formerly one used for making and sharpening quill pens.
- pennyfee — a small payment, whether literally of the value of a penny or not
- pentroof — a roof sloping in only one direction
- perfecta — exacta.