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17-letter words containing p, i, g, f, e

  • anti-profiteering — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
  • cut a poor figure — to appear or behave badly
  • explosive forming — a rapid method of forming a metal object in which components are made by subjecting the metal to very high pressures generated by a controlled explosion
  • fee-paying school — a school which charges fees to parents of pupils
  • fingerling potato — a finger-shaped potato
  • fingertip control — control exercised through your fingertips, e.g. by touching a touchscreen
  • fitness programme — a plan to help someone improve their health and physical condition
  • flight supplement — an additional charge payable on the price of an air ticket
  • full linear group — the group of all nonsingular linear transformations mapping a finite-dimensional vector space into itself.
  • go-faster stripes — (jargon)   chrome. Mainstream in some parts of UK.
  • golf ball printer — IBM 2741
  • grain of paradise — Usually, grains of paradise. one of the pungent, peppery seeds of an African plant, Aframomum melegueta, of the ginger family, used to strengthen cordials and in veterinary medicine.
  • grapefruit league — a series of training games played by major-league teams before the opening of the season (so named because they take place in the citrus-growing South, as in Florida).
  • impossible figure — a picture of an object that at first sight looks three-dimensional but cannot be a two-dimensional projection of a real three-dimensional object, for example a picture of a staircase that re-enters itself while appearing to ascend continuously
  • in/out of keeping — If one thing is in keeping with another, it is suitable in relation to that thing. If one thing is out of keeping with another, it is not suitable in relation to that thing.
  • judgment of paris — the decision by Paris to award Aphrodite the golden apple of discord competed for by Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera.
  • jumping-off place — a place for use as a starting point: Paris was the jumping-off place for our tour of Europe.
  • native frangipani — an Australian evergreen tree, Hymenosporum flavum, with large fragrant yellow flowers: family Pittosporaceae
  • origin of species — (On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life) a treatise (1859) by Charles Darwin setting forth his theory of evolution.
  • pacific tree frog — a common terrestrial frog, Hyla regilla, of western North America, having a dark stripe along each side of the head.
  • passenger traffic — number of passengers
  • pate de foie gras — See under foie gras.
  • perforation gauge — a marked ruler used to measure the number of perforations per unit length along the borders of a stamp.
  • pink-footed goose — a Eurasian goose, Anser brachyrhynchus, having a reddish-brown head, pink legs, and a pink band on its black beak
  • plumbing fixtures — things such as pipes, sinks, toilets that are fixed in position in a building
  • polarizing filter — a camera lens filter used to control the plane of polarization of light entering the lens.
  • political refugee — a person who has fled from a homeland because of political persecution.
  • portfolio manager — a person employed by others to make investments for them
  • pre-configuration — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
  • prelingually deaf — deaf from birth or having acquired deafness before learning to speak
  • presiding officer — the person who presides over the Scottish Parliament or Welsh Assembly
  • proficiency badge — an insignia or device granted by the Girl Scouts and worn especially on a uniform to indicate special achievement.
  • put the finger on — to inform on or identify, esp for the police
  • queen of puddings — a pudding made of moist but firm breadcrumb and custard mixture topped with jam and meringue
  • reformed spelling — a revised orthography intended to simplify the spelling of English words, especially to eliminate unpronounced letters, as by substituting thru for through, tho for though, slo for slow, etc.
  • repeating firearm — a firearm capable of discharging a number of shots without reloading.
  • self-depreciating — self-deprecating.
  • self-impregnating — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
  • self-interpreting — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
  • self-perpetuating — continuing oneself in office, rank, etc., beyond the normal limit.
  • self-priming pump — A self-priming pump is a pump that will clear its passages of air and start pumping.
  • separating funnel — a large funnel having a tap in its output tube, used to separate immiscible liquids
  • spaghettification — the theoretical stretching of an object as it encounters extreme differences in gravitational forces, especially those associated with a black hole.
  • springfield rifle — a single-shot, breechloading .45-caliber rifle used by the U.S. Army from 1867 to 1893.

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