9-letter words containing p, f
- poriferan — any animal of the phylum Porifera, comprising the sponges.
- portfolio — a flat, portable case for carrying loose papers, drawings, etc.
- portofino — a village in NW Italy, SE of Genoa: tourist resort.
- post-free — British. postpaid.
- postfault — taking place after a fault
- postfixal — of or relating to a postfix, having postfixes
- powfagged — exhausted
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- pratfalls — a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.
- prayerful — given to, characterized by, or expressive of prayer; devout.
- pre-offer — to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
- preachify — to preach in an obtrusive or tedious way.
- predefine — to define in advance
- prefabbed — prefabricated.
- prefacial — located anterior to the face
- prefatory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a preface: prefatory explanations.
- preferred — to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better; choose rather than: to prefer beef to chicken.
- prefeudal — of the period before the feudal era
- prefigure — to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
- prefilled — filled in advance
- prefilter — any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- preflight — occurring or done before a flight: a preflight briefing of the plane's crew.
- preformat — to format in advance
- preformed — to form beforehand.
- prefreeze — to freeze beforehand
- preinform — to supply with information beforehand: He preinformed the newspapers of his decision.
- premodify — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- prenotify — to notify in advance
- prereform — of the period before reform
- press fit — a type of fit for mating parts, usually tighter than a sliding fit, used when the parts do not have to move relative to each other
- pretypify — to foreshadow or prefigure the type of: The father's personality pretypified his son's.
- prix fixe — a fixed price charged for any meal chosen from the variety listed on the menu.
- pro forma — according to form; as a matter of form; for the sake of form.
- profamily — favoring or supporting laws against abortion; antiabortion; pro-life.
- profanely — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- profaners — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- profanity — the quality of being profane; irreverence.
- professed — avowed; acknowledged.
- professor — a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
- proffered — to put before a person for acceptance; offer.
- profiling — the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- profilist — a person who creates a profile
- profiteer — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
- profiters — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- profiting — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- profluent — flowing smoothly or abundantly forth.
- proformas — according to form; as a matter of form; for the sake of form.
- profusely — spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in): profuse praise.
- profusion — abundance; abundant quantity.
- profusive — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.