9-letter words containing p, o, f
- pelviform — basin-shaped
- penniform — shaped like a feather; (esp of muscles) having fibres attached to the tendon in a feather-like fashion
- perciform — a perch-like fish
- perfboard — hardboard with perforations into which pegs or hooks can be inserted for hanging or displaying objects.
- perfector — a person who completes or makes something perfect
- perforans — (of nerves, muscles, or blood vessels) perforating or penetrating other anatomical structures
- perforant — perforating; esp (of blood vessels) perforating other anatomical structures
- perforate — to make a hole or holes through by boring, punching, piercing, or the like.
- performed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- performer — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- petaflops — (unit) 10^15 flops or 1000 teraflops. As with flops, the term ends in S in both the singular and plural as the S stands for seconds. The first computer to perform one petaflops was recorded in June 2008. By June 2012 there were 20.
- pforzheim — a city in W Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany.
- pickproof — (of a lock) designed so that it cannot be picked.
- picofarad — one trillionth of a farad. Abbreviation: pF.
- pifferaro — someone who plays the piffero
- pilotfish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- pisciform — shaped like a fish.
- pitch for — If someone is pitching for something, they are trying to persuade other people to give it to them.
- pitchfork — a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
- planiform — having a flattened shape, as an anatomical joint.
- platforms — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- plexiform — of, relating to, or resembling a plexus.
- plump for — to drop or fall heavily or suddenly; come down abruptly or with direct impact.
- pocketful — the amount that a pocket will hold.
- point off — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- poliakoff — Stephen. born 1952, British playwright and film director; work includes the stage plays Breaking the Silence (1984) and Blinded by the Sun (1996) and the television serials The Lost Prince (2003), Friends and Crocodiles (2005), and Dancing on the Edge (2013)
- pollyfish — parrotfish.
- polt-foot — having a club foot
- pond life — the animals that live in ponds
- pontifice — a priest in ancient Rome
- poor farm — a farm maintained at public expense for the housing and support of paupers.
- poriferan — any animal of the phylum Porifera, comprising the sponges.
- portfolio — a flat, portable case for carrying loose papers, drawings, etc.
- portofino — a village in NW Italy, SE of Genoa: tourist resort.
- post-free — British. postpaid.
- postfault — taking place after a fault
- postfixal — of or relating to a postfix, having postfixes
- powfagged — exhausted
- pre-offer — to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
- prefatory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a preface: prefatory explanations.
- preformat — to format in advance
- preformed — to form beforehand.
- preinform — to supply with information beforehand: He preinformed the newspapers of his decision.
- premodify — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- prenotify — to notify in advance
- prereform — of the period before reform
- pro forma — according to form; as a matter of form; for the sake of form.
- profamily — favoring or supporting laws against abortion; antiabortion; pro-life.