12-letter words containing p, r, a, e, f
- preamplifier — a device in the amplifier circuit of a radio or phonograph that increases the strength of a weak signal for detection and further amplification.
- prebreakfast — occurring before breakfast, of or pertaining to the period before breakfast
- prefabricate — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- prefectorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.
- preferential — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
- prefinancing — financing arranged in advance
- prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
- prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
- preformation — previous formation.
- preformative — a prefixture in Semitic languages
- preformatted — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- preformulate — to describe an active pharmaceutical ingredient chemically
- prime factor — any number in the set of prime numbers that is also a factor of a given integer
- private life — the social or family life or personal relationships of an individual, esp of a person in the public eye, such as a politician or celebrity
- pro-suffrage — the right to vote, especially in a political election.
- professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- professorate — the office or the period of service of a professor.
- professorial — a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
- profile drag — the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
- profile plan — a diagrammatic fore-and-aft elevation of the hull of a vessel, showing bow and buttock lines, stations, water lines, diagonals, decks, bulwarks, etc.
- proofreading — correction of text
- protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
- putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- putrefactive — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- refugee camp — a camp for sheltering and protecting people who have fled from some danger or problem, esp political persecution
- reperforator — (especially in teletype transmission) a machine for punching a duplicate perforated paper tape of incoming messages so that they may later be retransmitted: used for automatic typesetting.
- run-of-paper — R.O.P.
- sharp-freeze — quick-freeze.
- shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
- sheep farmer — sb who raises sheep
- soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
- space-filler — a short article of little or no importance written to fill space in a magazine or newspaper
- spearfishing — any of several fishes of the genus Tetrapturus, resembling the sailfish but having the first dorsal fin much less developed: inhabiting all seas, but rare.
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- tamper-proof — resistant to interference, alteration
- taper relief — (in Britain) a system of relief from capital gains tax under which the percentage of a chargeable gain considered taxable is reduced for each whole year (from April 1998) that the asset was held by the vendor
- trumpet-leaf — trumpets.
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- unperforated — pierced with a hole or holes: Punch out along the perforated line.
- unpreferable — more desirable.
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
- waterproofed — Having been made waterproof.
- waterproofer — One who, or that which, makes waterproof.
- weatherproof — able to withstand exposure to all kinds of weather.
- zip fastener — a zipper.