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14-letter words containing p, i, n, f

  • pontifications — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
  • porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
  • postfix syntax — postfix notation
  • potential flow — Potential flow is a way of describing flow in a fluid using streamlines.
  • prairie falcon — a North American falcon, Falco mexicanus, grayish-brown above and white barred with brown below.
  • prefabrication — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
  • preferentially — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
  • preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • press briefing — a meeting called by an organization, government, etc, to inform the press of something
  • prettification — to make pretty, especially in a small, petty way: to prettify a natural beauty.
  • preunification — of the period before unification
  • pride of china — the chinaberry, Melia azedarach.
  • pride-of-india — chinaberry (sense 1)
  • printing frame — a shallow, boxlike device with a glass plate on one side and an opaque, removable back, for holding a negative firmly against printing paper in contact printing.
  • prison officer — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
  • professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • profit sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
  • profit warning — a public announcement made by a company to shareholders and others warning that profits for a stated period will be much lower than had been expected
  • profit-seeking — attempting to make a profit or financial gains
  • profit-sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
  • proxy conflict — a conflict between third parties, through whom enemies attack each other
  • purkinje fiber — any of the specialized cardiac muscle fibers forming a network in the ventricular walls that conduct electric impulses responsible for the contractions of the ventricles.
  • recessionproof — not susceptible to an economic recession: a recessionproof economy; He wants a long-term contract to make his job recessionproof.
  • rite of spring — French Le Sacre du Printemps. a ballet suite (1913) for orchestra by Igor Stravinsky.
  • route flapping — flapping router
  • runoff primary — (especially in the southern U.S.) a second primary between the two leading candidates of the first primary to provide nomination by majority rather than by plurality.
  • saponification — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
  • self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
  • self-deception — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
  • self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
  • self-impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • self-ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-poisoning — illness due to the taking of poison
  • self-promotion — advancement in rank or position.
  • self-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • shipping fever — a respiratory disease of cattle, caused by Pasteurella haemolytica, often spread during the shipment of livestock.
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • simplification — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
  • snap out of it — return quickly to normal
  • spearfisherman — a person who engages in spearfishing.
  • spinning frame — a machine for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn.
  • sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
  • sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
  • springform pan — a metal cake pan with sides that can be unfastened to facilitate releasing the cake when done.
  • stop-and-frisk — a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
  • sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
  • sulfinyl group — the bivalent group >SO.
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