13-letter words containing p, i, e, f, t
- imperfectible — that cannot be perfected.
- imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
- imperfectives — Plural form of imperfective.
- imperfectness — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
- imperforation — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- in despite of — in spite of
- in receipt of — If you are in receipt of something, you have received it or you receive it regularly.
- in respect of — with regard, with reference
- in the pay of — If you say that someone is in the pay of a certain person or group, you disapprove of the fact that they are being paid by and are working for that person or group, often secretly or illegally.
- infinite loop — (programming) (Or "endless loop") Where a piece of program is executed repeatedly with no hope of stopping. This is nearly always because of a bug, e.g. if the condition for exiting the loop is wrong, though it may be intentional if the program is controlling an embedded system which is supposed to run continuously until it is turned off. The programmer may also intend the program to run until interrupted by the user. An endless loop may also be used as a last-resort error handler when no other action is appropriate. This is used in some operating system kernels following a panic. A program executing an infinite loop is said to spin or buzz forever and goes catatonic. The program is "wound around the axle". A standard joke has been made about each generation's exemplar of the ultra-fast machine: "The Cray-3 is so fast it can execute an infinite loop in under 2 seconds!" See also black hole, recursion, infinite loop.
- interspecific — existing or occurring between species.
- intraspecific — existing or occurring within a species.
- leap of faith — to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
- mesne profits — rents or profits accruing during the rightful owner's exclusion from his land
- nonproficient — Not proficient.
- nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.
- optical fiber — optical fibre
- optical fibre — (communications) (fibre optics, FO, US "fiber", light pipe) A plastic or glass (silicon dioxide) fibre no thicker than a human hair used to transmit information using infra-red or even visible light as the carrier (usually a laser). The light beam is an electromagnetic signal with a frequency in the range of 10^14 to 10^15 Hertz. Optical fibre is less susceptible to external noise than other transmission media, and is cheaper to make than copper wire, but it is much more difficult to connect. Optical fibres are difficult to tamper with (to monitor or inject data in the middle of a connection), making them appropriate for secure communications. The light beams do not escape from the medium because the material used provides total internal reflection. See also FDDI, Optical Carrier n, SONET.
- outperforming — Present participle of outperform.
- pacific plate — Geology. one of the major tectonic divisions of the earth's crust, comprising four sea-floor basins; separated from the Nazca, Cocos, and North and South American plates by the East Pacific Rise and San Andreas fault and bounded in the western Pacific Ocean by a series of major ocean deeps, including the Kuril, Japan, Mariana, Kermadec, and Tonga trenches.
- palette knife — a thin blade of varying flexibility set in a handle and used for mixing colors or applying them to a canvas.
- paper profits — an unrealized profit due to the appreciation of something owned but not yet sold.
- patent office — (often initial capital letters) a governmental agency that administers and regulates patents and trademarks, in the U.S. forming a division of the Department of Commerce.
- paterfamilias — the male head of a household or family, usually the father.
- pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- perfect pitch — absolute pitch (def 2).
- perfectionate — to perfect; to make perfect
- perfectionism — any of various doctrines holding that religious, moral, social, or political perfection is attainable.
- perfectionist — a person who adheres to or believes in perfectionism.
- perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- petrification — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
- petty officer — navy: non-commissioned officer
- photofinisher — a person whose profession is photofinishing
- picture frame — mount for a picture
- piece of meat — the flesh of animals as used for food.
- piece of shit — despicable person
- pilot officer — A pilot officer is an officer of low rank in the British Royal Air Force.
- pitch surface — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
- point of sale — the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold: from manufacturer to point-of-sale.
- point of view — a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint: from the point of view of a doctor.
- point-of-sale — the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold: from manufacturer to point-of-sale.
- pommes frites — French fries
- post feminist — relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
- post-feminism — a way of thinking that develops, or reacts to or against previous feminist ideology
- post-feminist — relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
- post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.