13-letter words containing p, i, f
- space fiction — a book, film, TV series, etc, set in outer space
- spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
- special offer — bargain
- special staff — all staff officers assigned to headquarters of a division or higher unit who are not members of the general staff or personal staff.
- specific heat — the number of calories required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance 1°C, or the number of BTU's per pound per degree F.
- specific name — the second part in the name of a species, such as norvegicus in Rattus norvegicus
- specification — the act of specifying.
- specificities — the quality or state of being specific.
- speeding fine — a fine for breaking the speed limit while driving a vehicle
- spider flower — cleome
- spinuliferous — relating to a spine or spines
- spiny dogfish — any of several dogfish sharks of the genus Squalus, having a spine in front of each of the two dorsal fins, especially S. acanthias, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters.
- splatter film — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
- splendiferous — splendid; magnificent; fine.
- sponge finger — sweet finger-shaped biscuit
- sprint finish — the end of a long race in which competitors speed up as they approach the finish line
- spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
- staff captain — a person who assists the master of a large ocean passenger vessel, being especially responsible for safety apparatus, fire and lifeboat drills, etc.
- step function — a function that is constant on each of a finite set of subintervals of its domain, the union of the subintervals being the domain.
- stepford wife — a married woman who submits to her husband's will and is preoccupied by domestic concerns and her own personal appearance
- sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
- sulfite paper — paper made from sulfite pulp.
- sulfur spring — a spring the water of which contains naturally occurring sulfur compounds.
- superfetation — the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant.
- superficially — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superfluidity — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
- superterrific — more than terrific
- telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
- the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
- to perfection — impeccably, perfectly
- triple figure — a number made up of three digits.
- tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
- typhoid fever — Also called typhoid fever. an infectious, often fatal, febrile disease, usually of the summer months, characterized by intestinal inflammation and ulceration, caused by the typhoid bacillus, which is usually introduced with food or drink.
- under pain of — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- unexemplified — not exemplified; not clarified by example
- unpersonified — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- unpitifulness — a lack or absence of pity
- unspecifiable — not able to be specified
- unsuperficial — external or outward: a superficial resemblance.
- visual foxpro — (database) A Microsoft database derived from Fox Software's FoxPRO.
- warping frame — a wooden frame containing evenly spaced pegs on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
- waterproofing — Chiefly British. a raincoat or other outer coat impervious to water.
- when pigs fly — If you say 'when pigs fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
- wife swapping — sexual activity in which two or more married couples exchange partners.
- wildlife park — animal reserve
- yuppification — The act or process of yuppifying.
- zf expression — (programming) (After Zermelo Fränkel set theory). David Turner's name for list comprehension.
- zip fastening — a fastener in the form of a zip