9-letter words containing p, f
- perforant — perforating; esp (of blood vessels) perforating other anatomical structures
- perforate — to make a hole or holes through by boring, punching, piercing, or the like.
- performed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- performer — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- perfumery — perfumes collectively.
- perfusate — a fluid pumped or flowing through an organ or tissue.
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- perfusive — to overspread with moisture, color, etc.; suffuse.
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- petaflops — (unit) 10^15 flops or 1000 teraflops. As with flops, the term ends in S in both the singular and plural as the S stands for seconds. The first computer to perform one petaflops was recorded in June 2008. By June 2012 there were 20.
- petit feu — a firing of ceramics at a low temperature.
- petrified — to convert into stone or a stony substance.
- pforzheim — a city in W Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany.
- pickproof — (of a lock) designed so that it cannot be picked.
- picofarad — one trillionth of a farad. Abbreviation: pF.
- pie-faced — having a broad, flat face and, sometimes, a vacuous or stupid expression.
- pifferaro — someone who plays the piffero
- pig's fry — the heart, liver, lights, and sweetbreads of a pig cooked, esp fried, together
- pikestaff — the shaft of an infantry pike.
- pilferage — the act or practice of pilfering; petty theft.
- pilfering — stealing, petty theft
- pilotfish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- pinchfist — a miser
- pisciform — shaped like a fish.
- pitch for — If someone is pitching for something, they are trying to persuade other people to give it to them.
- pitchfork — a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
- pitifully — evoking or deserving pity: a pitiful fate.
- plaintful — complaining or lamenting
- plaintiff — a person who brings suit in a court (opposed to defendant).
- plan file — (operating system) On Unix systems that support finger, the ".plan" file in a user's home directory is displayed when the user is fingered. This feature was originally intended to be used to keep potential fingerers apprised of one's location and near-future plans, but has been turned almost universally to humorous and self-expressive purposes (like a sig block). See also Hacking X for Y. A later innovation in plan files was the introduction of "scrolling plan files" which are one-dimensional animations made using only the printable ASCII character set, carriage return and line feed, avoiding terminal specific escape sequences, since the finger command will (for security reasons; see letterbomb) not pass the escape character. Scrolling .plan files have become art forms in miniature, and some sites have started competitions to find who can create the longest running, funniest, and most original animations. A compiler (ASP) is available on Usenet for producing them. Typical animation components include: See also twirling baton.
- planiform — having a flattened shape, as an anatomical joint.
- platforms — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- platyfish — any of several small, yellow-gray freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, especially X. variatus, of Mexico: popular in home aquariums, in which the color varies widely.
- play fair — games: be sporting
- play safe — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playfield — a field for sports or public festivities
- playfully — full of play or fun; sportive; frolicsome.
- plentiful — existing in great plenty: Coal was plentiful, and therefore cheap, in that region.
- plexiform — of, relating to, or resembling a plexus.
- plightful — filled with distress
- plum duff — a duff containing raisins.
- plump for — to drop or fall heavily or suddenly; come down abruptly or with direct impact.
- pocketful — the amount that a pocket will hold.
- point off — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- poliakoff — Stephen. born 1952, British playwright and film director; work includes the stage plays Breaking the Silence (1984) and Blinded by the Sun (1996) and the television serials The Lost Prince (2003), Friends and Crocodiles (2005), and Dancing on the Edge (2013)
- pollyfish — parrotfish.
- polt-foot — having a club foot
- pond life — the animals that live in ponds
- pontifice — a priest in ancient Rome
- poor farm — a farm maintained at public expense for the housing and support of paupers.