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11-letter words containing p, o, f

  • pigeon loft — a raised shelter or building where pigeons are kept
  • plain flour — ground wheat with no raising agent
  • plank floor — a floor made from sawed, straight-grained timber.
  • planuliform — resembling a planula
  • plate proof — proof taken from a plate ready for printing.
  • platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
  • ploughstaff — one of the handles of a plough
  • pocketknife — a knife with one or more blades that fold into the handle, suitable for carrying in the pocket.
  • podetiiform — shaped like a podetium.
  • point after — a score given for a successful kick between the goalposts and above the crossbar, following a touchdown
  • poke fun at — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
  • poker-faced — an expressionless face: He can tell a funny story with a poker face.
  • polar front — Meteorology. the variable frontal zone of middle latitudes separating air masses of polar and tropical origin.
  • polysulfide — a sulfide whose molecules contain two or more atoms of sulfur.
  • pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
  • pontificate — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
  • pore fungus — any fungus of the families Boletacea and Polyporaceae, bearing spores in tubes or pores.
  • post office — an office or station of a government postal system at which mail is received and sorted, from which it is dispatched and distributed, and at which stamps are sold or other services rendered.
  • pot of gold — the realization of all one's hopes and dreams; ultimate success, fulfillment, or happiness: to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
  • pound-force — a foot-pound-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity when acting on a mass of one pound. Abbreviation: lbf.
  • pousse-cafe — an after-dinner drink of liqueurs of various colors and specific gravities, carefully poured into a glass so as to remain floating in separate layers.
  • powder flag — red flag (def 4).
  • powder puff — fluffy pad for applying powder
  • powder-puff — limited to participation by women or girls: She plays on the powder-puff touch football team.
  • pre-confirm — to make valid or binding by some formal or legal act; sanction; ratify: to confirm a treaty; to confirm her appointment to the Supreme Court.
  • prefunction — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
  • premodified — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
  • press proof — the last proof examined before matter goes to press.
  • prime focus — the focal point of the objective lens or primary mirror of a telescope
  • prison farm — a farm attached to a prison, where prisoners carry out hard labour
  • pro-african — Also, Africa. of or from Africa; belonging to the black peoples of Africa.
  • pro-fascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
  • profanation — the act of profaning; desecration; defilement; debasement.
  • profanatory — tending to desecrate; profaning.
  • profeminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
  • professedly — allegedly; pretendedly: He is only professedly poor.
  • proficiency — the state of being proficient; skill; expertness: proficiency in music.
  • profiterole — a small cream puff with a sweet or savory filling, as of cream and chocolate sauce.
  • profits tax — tax charged on the profits made by a company, individual, etc
  • profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
  • proliferate — spread
  • proliferous — proliferating.
  • prolificacy — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
  • prolificity — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
  • prone float — a prone floating position, used especially by beginning swimmers, with face downward, legs extended backward, and arms stretched forward.
  • proof sheet — a printer's proof.
  • proof stage — the stage of publishing where trial impressions made from composed type, or print-outs (from a laser printer, etc) are read for the correction of errors
  • proofreader — to read (printers' proofs, copy, etc.) in order to detect and mark errors to be corrected.
  • proud flesh — granulation tissue.
  • provide for — support financially
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