9-letter words containing p, f
- fish pond — small lake for keeping fish
- fish shop — a shop that sells fish; a fishmonger's
- fish-pole — a long tapered flexible pole, often in jointed sections, for use with a fishing line and, usually, a reel
- fishplate — a metal or wooden plate or slab, bolted to each of two members that have been butted or lapped together.
- fishponds — Plural form of fishpond.
- fishpound — a submerged net used in commercial fishing for capturing fish.
- fissipeds — Plural form of fissiped.
- fist bump — a gesture of greeting, friendship, triumph, etc., in which two people make a fist and bump each other's knuckles.
- fist pump — a gesture of enthusiasm, victory, etc., in which one raises a fist and thrusts the forearm quickly and forcefully forward or downward.
- five-spot — a playing card or the upward face of a die bearing five pips; a domino one half of which bears five pips.
- fivepence — A monetary amount of five pence.
- fivepenny — noting a nail 1.75 inches (4.4 cm) long. Symbol: 5d.
- flag stop — a bus stop at which a bus only stops if there is someone waiting or if someone wants to get off the bus
- flagpoles — Plural form of flagpole.
- flagships — Plural form of flagship.
- flak ship — a ship heavily armed with anti-aircraft weapons, used to protect other vessels from air attack
- flap door — Also called falling door. a door hinged at the bottom so as to fall downward and outward.
- flapjacks — Plural form of flapjack; pancakes.
- flappable — easily upset or confused, especially under stress.
- flaptrack — (in an aircraft wing) a track along which the wing flap runs when it is being deployed
- flashlamp — an electric lamp, usually containing xenon or another noble gas, used to produce a brief flash or pulsed flashes of intense light, such as that used in a camera flash
- flat pack — Flat pack furniture is furniture such as shelves and cupboards which you buy as a number of separate pieces and assemble yourself.
- flat spin — an aircraft spin in which the longitudinal axis is more nearly horizontal than vertical
- flat spot — a region of poor acceleration over a narrow range of throttle openings, caused by a weak mixture in the carburettor
- flat-pick — to play (an instrument) by plucking its strings with a flat pick.
- flatpacks — Plural form of flatpack.
- fleshpots — fleshpots. places offering luxurious and unrestrained pleasure or amusement: the fleshpots of Las Vegas. luxurious and unrestrained living.
- flip over — turn upside down
- flip side — the reverse and usually less popular side of a phonograph record.
- flip-flop — Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
- flip-spur — (language) An early system on the IBM 1130.
- flipboard — a piece of office equipment consisting of a board to which a flip chart or some other pad can be attached
- flipbooks — Plural form of flipbook.
- flipchart — A flipchart is a stand with large sheets of paper which is used when presenting information at a meeting.
- flipflops — Plural form of flipflop.
- flippancy — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- floodlamp — Floodlight.
- floor pan — a solid bottom, found in some types of automobiles, that adds rigidity to the structure and serves as the base for the seats.
- floorplan — Alternative spelling of floor plan.
- flophouse — a cheap, run-down hotel or rooming house.
- flopperoo — flop (def 11).
- floptical — Denoting or relating to a type of floppy-disk drive using a laser to position the read-write head.
- flowerpot — a container in which to grow and display plants.
- flue pipe — an organ pipe having a flue.
- flue stop — a rank of flue pipes in an organ.
- fluorspar — fluorite.
- fly press — a hand-operated press in which a horizontal beam with heavy steel balls attached to the ends gives additional momentum to the descending member used to punch or compress material
- flypapers — Plural form of flypaper.
- flyperson — (theatre) Someone who operates a fly system in a theatre.
- flyposter — a poster, esp unauthorized, put up to publicize something