9-letter words containing p, i
- flagships — Plural form of flagship.
- flak ship — a ship heavily armed with anti-aircraft weapons, used to protect other vessels from air attack
- flat spin — an aircraft spin in which the longitudinal axis is more nearly horizontal than vertical
- flat-pick — to play (an instrument) by plucking its strings with a flat pick.
- flip over — turn upside down
- flip side — the reverse and usually less popular side of a phonograph record.
- flip-flop — Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
- flip-spur — (language) An early system on the IBM 1130.
- flipboard — a piece of office equipment consisting of a board to which a flip chart or some other pad can be attached
- flipbooks — Plural form of flipbook.
- flipchart — A flipchart is a stand with large sheets of paper which is used when presenting information at a meeting.
- flipflops — Plural form of flipflop.
- flippancy — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- floptical — Denoting or relating to a type of floppy-disk drive using a laser to position the read-write head.
- flue pipe — an organ pipe having a flue.
- footpoint — (astronomy) The region at which tubes of magnetic field liness reach the surface of the photosphere to form coronal loops.
- footprint — a mark left by the shod or unshod foot, as in earth or sand.
- fopperies — the clothes, manners, actions, etc., of a fop.
- foppishly — In a foppish way.
- forcipate — having the shape of or resembling a forceps.
- forepoint — to predetermine or indicate in advance
- fps units — an Imperial system of units based on the foot, pound, and second as the units of length, mass, and time. For scientific and most technical purposes these units have been replaced by SI units
- frog spit — Also, frog spittle. any of several filamentous freshwater green algae forming floating masses.
- fruit cup — an assortment of fruits cut into sections or pieces and served in a cup or a glass as an appetizer or dessert.
- frumpiest — frumpish.
- gallipoli — a peninsula in NW European Turkey, extending between the Aegean Sea and the Dardanelles. 50 miles (80 km) long.
- gallipots — Plural form of gallipot.
- galliwasp — any of numerous scaly marsh lizards of the genus Diploglossus, inhabiting Central America and the West Indies.
- galloping — at a gallop; running or moving quickly.
- gaspiness — the quality or state of being gaspy
- gaziantep — a city in S Turkey in Asia.
- gazumping — Present participle of gazump.
- genotypic — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- geocarpic — pertaining to geocarpy
- geophagia — Consumption of clay, chalk or dirt.
- geophilic — soil-loving
- geophytic — Relating to geophytes.
- geoponics — the art or science of agriculture.
- geotropic — of, relating to, or exhibiting geotropism.
- get it up — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- giantship — the character, condition, or personality of a giant
- gift-wrap — to wrap (something), as a package, with decorative paper, ribbon, etc., for presentation as a gift.
- gigaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.
- gillespie — John Birks [burks] /bɜrks/ (Show IPA), ("Dizzy") 1917–93, U.S. jazz trumpeter and composer.
- gimme cap — a visored cap decorated with the symbol or name of a product, company, etc.
- ginger up — a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine. Compare ginger family.
- gippsland — a fertile region of SE Australia, in SE Victoria, extending east along the coast from Melbourne to the New South Wales border. Area: 35 200 sq km (13 600 sq miles)
- gipsywort — a hairy Eurasian plant, Lycopus europaeus, having two-lipped white flowers with purple dots on the lower lip: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- glidepath — the course followed by an aircraft or spacecraft when descending for a landing.
- glimpsing — Present participle of glimpse.