11-letter words containing p, i, f
- fingerpicks — Plural form of fingerpick.
- fingerplate — a metal plate fixed to a door next to the handle or keyhole to protect the surface
- fingerprint — an impression of the markings of the inner surface of the last joint of the thumb or other finger.
- fire escape — an apparatus or structure used to escape from a burning building, as a metal stairway down an outside wall.
- fire temple — a place of worship for Zoroastrians.
- fire-polish — to smooth (glass) by reheating to remove tool marks or other imperfections in the surface.
- fireproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of fireproof.
- fissiparism — (biology) reproduction by spontaneous fission.
- fissiparity — (biology) The quality of being fissiparous.
- fissiparous — reproducing by fission.
- fitzpatrick — Sean (ʃɔːn). born 1963, New Zealand Rugby Union footballer; played in 92 test matches (1986–97), 51 as captain
- fixed point — (mathematics) The fixed point of a function, f is any value, x for which f x = x. A function may have any number of fixed points from none (e.g. f x = x+1) to infinitely many (e.g. f x = x). The fixed point combinator, written as either "fix" or "Y" will return the fixed point of a function. See also least fixed point.
- fixed price — a price established by a seller, by agreement or by authority, as the price to be charged invariably.
- fixed-point — (programming) A number representation scheme where a number, F is represented by an integer I such that F=I*R^-P, where R is the (assumed) radix of the representation and P is the (fixed) number of digits after the radix point. On computers with no floating-point unit, fixed-point calculations are significantly faster than floating-point as all the operations are basically integer operations. Fixed-point representation also has the advantage of having uniform density, i.e., the smallest resolvable difference of the representation is R^-P throughout the representable range, in contrast to floating-point representations. For example, in PL/I, FIXED data has both a precision and a scale-factor (P above). So a number declared as 'FIXED DECIMAL(7,2)' has a precision of seven and a scale-factor of two, indicating five integer and two fractional decimal digits. The smallest difference between numbers will be 0.01.
- fixed-price — option: with set cost
- fixer-upper — a person who is handy at making repairs.
- flash point — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
- flashpoints — Plural form of flashpoint.
- flight path — the trajectory of a moving aircraft or spacecraft relative to a fixed reference.
- flight plan — an oral or written report to an air traffic control facility describing the route of a projected flight.
- flitchplate — an iron or steel plate for reinforcing a flitch beam.
- flood plain — a nearly flat plain along the course of a stream or river that is naturally subject to flooding.
- floodplains — Plural form of floodplain.
- floor price — a minimum price required of an item being auctioned.
- floppy disc — (spelling) It's "floppy disk", not like "compact disc".
- floppy disk — Computers. a thin plastic disk coated with magnetic material, on which computer data and programs can be stored for later retrieval.
- fly-tipping — the deliberate dumping of rubbish in an unauthorized place
- flying-spot — denoting an electronic system in which a rapidly moving spot of light is used to encode or decode data, for example to obtain a television signal by scanning a photographic film or slide
- flyspecking — A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
- foam piping — Foam piping is a system of tubes which delivers a mass of very small bubbles to the base of tanks for protection from fire.
- focal point — Also called principal focus. Optics. either of two points on the axis of a mirror, lens, or other optical system, one point being such that rays diverging from it are deviated parallel to the axis upon refraction or reflection by the system and the other point being such that rays parallel to the axis of the system converge to the point upon refraction or reflection by the system.
- foetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- folding top — A folding top is a soft roof of a vehicle that can be folded down or removed.
- food prices — the prices that consumers are charged for food
- fools' lisp — A small Scheme interpreter by Jonathan Lee <[email protected]>. Version 1.3.2 is R4RS conformant. It runs on Sun-3, Sun-4, Decstation, VAX (Ultrix), Sequent, Apollo.
- foppishness — The characteristic or quality of being foppish.
- forcepslike — Resembling a forceps.
- forcipation — the state or condition of being forcipated
- foreglimpse — a revelation or glimpse of the future.
- foremanship — The position of a foreman.
- foretopsail — (nautical) the sail draped from the foretopmast.
- fort pierce — a city on the E coast of Florida.
- forte-piano — loud and then immediately soft
- fortepianos — Plural form of fortepiano.
- foundership — The condition of having founded something.
- francophile — friendly to or having a strong liking for France or the French.
- frangipanis — Plural form of frangipani.
- frangipanni — Archaic form of frangipani.
- frappuccino — Iced cappuccino.
- free period — a portion of time during which there is little or no activity