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12-letter words containing p, i, f

  • firing party — a military detachment detailed to fire a salute at a funeral
  • first empire — the empire (1804–14) established in France by Napoleon Bonaparte.
  • first person — the grammatical person used by a speaker in statements referring to himself or herself (first person singular) or to a group including himself or herself (first person plural)
  • fisherpeople — Plural form of fisherperson.
  • fisherperson — A fisherman or fisherwoman.
  • fishing pole — a long, slender rod of wood or other material with a line and hook fastened to one end for use in catching fish.
  • fishing port — a town which has a lot of fishing boats
  • fissipalmate — (of birds) having the toes lobed or partially webbed.
  • flag captain — the captain of a flagship
  • flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
  • fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
  • flight strip — Aeronautics. a strip of cleared land used as an emergency runway for aircraft. runway.
  • flip-flopped — shod in flip-flops; wearing flip-flops
  • flip-flopper — a person who makes a complete change of policy, opinion, etc
  • floor polish — a substance used to polish floors
  • flop forging — forging of both sides of a piece from the same die, the sides being identical.
  • floppy drive — disk drive
  • fluorapatite — a crystalline mineral, Ca 5 (PO 4) 3 F, formed from hydroxyapatite in the presence of fluoride, that has a hardening effect on bones and teeth.
  • fluoroscopic — of or relating to the fluoroscope or fluoroscopy.
  • fluphenazine — a potent tranquilizer, C 22 H 26 F 3 N 3 OS, derived from phenothiazine and used in various forms for the management of certain neurological or psychotic disorders and for short-term treatment of acute anxiety.
  • foam plastic — a kind of light cellular plastic made by creating bubbles of gas in the liquid material and solidifying it: often used as an insulator
  • foetoprotein — Alternative spelling of fetoprotein.
  • followership — the ability or willingness to follow a leader.
  • folsom point — a flint point characteristic of the Folsom tradition, typically leaf-shaped and fluted, with small basal extensions, and used on a projectile, as a spear, for hunting game.
  • food pyramid — successive levels of predation in a food chain represented schematically as a pyramid because upper levels normally consist of decreasing numbers of larger predators.
  • fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
  • foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
  • foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
  • former pupil — someone who used to attend a particular school or be a student of a particular teacher
  • fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
  • fort pulaski — Count Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1748–79, Polish patriot; general in the American Revolutionary army.
  • fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
  • fortified pa — a Māori hilltop dwelling with trenches and palisades for defensive occupation
  • fosphenytoin — a prodrug that produces phenytoin and is taken to prevent or treat seizures.
  • fountain pen — a pen with a refillable reservoir that provides a continuous supply of usually fluid ink to its point.
  • four-striper — a captain in the U.S. Navy.
  • fowl typhoid — a septicemic disease of fowl, especially chickens, caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum and marked by fever, loss of appetite, thirst, anemic pallor of the skin of the head, and prostration.
  • francophilia — Alternative capitalization of Francophilia.
  • francophobia — the phenomenon of hating French speakers, culture, or people
  • freeing port — an opening in the bottom of a bulwark, for rapid drainage of a weather deck in heavy seas; scupper.
  • freshmanship — the state of being a freshman; the period during which a student is considered to be a freshman
  • fried potato — Fried potatoes are pieces of potato cooked in oil or fat.
  • fringe group — a group that is on the periphery of a larger organization because its views are more extreme than the majority
  • frontispiece — an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
  • fruit-picker — a person or a tool that picks fruit from trees
  • fuddling cup — an English earthenware drinking vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries, having the form of a cluster of three or more cups communicating at their bottoms in such a way that the entire vessel can be drained from any of them.
  • gaff topsail — Also called fore-and-aft topsail. a jib-headed fore-and-aft sail set above a gaff.
  • gaff-topsail — Also called fore-and-aft topsail. a jib-headed fore-and-aft sail set above a gaff.
  • gift receipt — A gift receipt shows proof of purchase but leaves out the amount spent. It can be used to return goods given as a gift.
  • gift-wrapped — A gift-wrapped present is wrapped in pretty paper.
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