11-letter words containing p, i, f
- soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
- spacefaring — space travel
- spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
- spanish fir — a species of fir native to S Spain and N Morocco, Abies pinsapo
- spanish fly — Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, especially the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac.
- specifiable — that can be specified.
- specificate — a thing which is specified
- specificity — the quality or state of being specific.
- speechifier — to make a speech or speeches; harangue.
- spendthrift — a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.
- spiniferous — (esp of plants) bearing spines or thorns
- spiraliform — having or resembling spiral lines
- spiriferous — having a spire or spiral parts.
- spite fence — a wall or fence erected solely to annoy one's neighbor or lower the value of his or her property.
- split shift — a work period divided into two parts that are separated by an interval longer than a normal rest period
- spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
- sporiferous — bearing spores.
- spot fixing — the act of deliberately engineering an outcome within a sporting contest without attempting to alter the outcome of the contest itself
- springfield — a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,400 sq. mi. (146,075 sq. km). Capital: Springfield. Abbreviation: IL (for use with zip code), Ill.
- stipitiform — having the form of a stipe.
- stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
- subspecific — of, relating to, or of the nature of a subspecies.
- superfamily — a category of related families within an order or suborder.
- superficial — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superficies — the surface, outer face, or outside of a thing.
- superfluity — the state of being superfluous.
- superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
- superprofit — above-average profits gained through enterprise
- superrefine — to refine to an advanced degree
- syrphid fly — any of numerous beelike or wasplike flies of the family Syrphidae that feed on the nectar and pollen of flowers and have larvae that feed on decaying vegetation or prey on aphids.
- thrift shop — a retail store that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices.
- toploftical — having a superior or disdainful attitude; toplofty
- traffic cop — a police officer who directs the flow of traffic, usually at an intersection.
- trapeziform — formed like a trapezium.
- trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
- trumpetfish — any of several fishes of the family Aulostomidae, having a long, tubular snout, as the slender, brown-flecked Aulostomus maculatus, inhabiting waters on both sides of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, having the habit of orienting vertically in the water and capturing its prey from that position.
- tympaniform — resembling or having the form of a drum or drum head
- unamplified — not amplified, magnified, or enlarged
- unpetrified — to convert into stone or a stony substance.
- unpitifully — pitilessly
- unprofiting — the lack of profit or gain
- unspecified — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- upliftingly — in an uplifting manner
- wolf spider — any of numerous ground spiders of the family Lycosidae, including the southern European tarantula, Lycosa taretula, that hunt their prey instead of using a web.