11-letter words containing p, i, f
- post office — an office or station of a government postal system at which mail is received and sorted, from which it is dispatched and distributed, and at which stamps are sold or other services rendered.
- pre-confirm — to make valid or binding by some formal or legal act; sanction; ratify: to confirm a treaty; to confirm her appointment to the Supreme Court.
- pre-funding — a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose: a fund for his education; a retirement fund.
- prefectship — the position of, or period served as, a prefect
- prefinanced — financed in advance
- prefinished — coated or treated before use or sale: prefinished wood.
- prefunction — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- premodified — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- priestcraft — the training, knowledge, and abilities necessary to a priest.
- prima facie — at first appearance; at first view, before investigation.
- prime field — a field that contains no proper subset that is itself a field.
- prime focus — the focal point of the objective lens or primary mirror of a telescope
- prison farm — a farm attached to a prison, where prisoners carry out hard labour
- prize fight — A prize fight is a boxing match where the boxers are paid to fight, especially one that is not official.
- pro-african — Also, Africa. of or from Africa; belonging to the black peoples of Africa.
- pro-fascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- profanation — the act of profaning; desecration; defilement; debasement.
- profeminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
- proficiency — the state of being proficient; skill; expertness: proficiency in music.
- profiterole — a small cream puff with a sweet or savory filling, as of cream and chocolate sauce.
- profits tax — tax charged on the profits made by a company, individual, etc
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- proliferate — spread
- proliferous — proliferating.
- prolificacy — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- prolificity — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- provide for — support financially
- proxy fight — a contest between factions of stockholders in a company, in which each group attempts to gain control by soliciting signed proxy statements for sufficient votes.
- public life — public service as an elected or appointed government official.
- puddingwife — a bluish and bronze wrasse, Halichoeres radiatus, of the Atlantic coast from the Florida Keys to Brazil.
- puffed rice — a type of puffed rice grain that is commonly used in breakfast cereals and snacks
- purificator — the linen cloth used by the celebrant for wiping the chalice after each communicant has drunk from it.
- putty knife — a tool for puttying, having a broad flexible blade.
- raffia palm — any of various palms of the genus Raphia, as R. farinifera of tropical Africa, having pinnate leaves that yield a strong, flexible fiber.
- reptiliform — having the form or appearance of a reptile
- safari park — a parklike zoo in which wild animals are allowed to roam free in an environment designed to resemble their natural habitat and are observed by visitors riding through the park in cars or buses; animal park.
- safe period — an interval of the menstrual cycle when fertilization is considered to be least likely, usually a number of days prior and subsequent to the onset of menstruation.
- safekeeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- scalpriform — chisel-shaped, as the incisors of certain rodents.
- scorpionfly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- self-poised — acting with poise.
- self-praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- self-profit — 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.
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
- ship of war — warship.
- shoofly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
- shoplifting — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
- soft option — If you take the soft option, you do the thing that is easiest or least likely to cause trouble in a particular situation.