12-letter words containing p, r, e, f
- simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
- slipper foot — an elongated pad foot.
- soil profile — a vertical succession of horizons, commonly lettered A, B, C (beginning at the surface), that have been subjected to soil-forming processes, chiefly leaching and oxidation.
- soporiferous — bringing sleep; soporific.
- 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.
- spencer gulf — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in S Australia, between the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas. Length: about 320 km (200 miles). Greatest width: about 145 km (90 miles)
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- spring fever — a listless, lazy, or restless feeling commonly associated with the beginning of spring.
- 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
- to open fire — If you open fire on someone, you start shooting at them.
- triple fugue — a fugue with a subject and two countersubjects developed simultaneously.
- troubleproof — not easily disturbed, disabled, injured, or put out of working order.
- trumpet-leaf — trumpets.
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- type founder — a person engaged in the making of metallic types for printers.
- typhus-fever — an acute, infectious disease caused by several species of Rickettsia, transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body.
- underperform — If someone underperforms in something such as a sports contest, or if one thing underperforms another thing, they do not perform as well as they could, or they perform less well than the other thing.
- underspecify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- unperfection — imperfection
- unperforated — pierced with a hole or holes: Punch out along the perforated line.
- unperforming — not performing
- unpreferable — more desirable.
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
- unrespectful — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- waterproofed — Having been made waterproof.
- waterproofer — One who, or that which, makes waterproof.
- weatherproof — able to withstand exposure to all kinds of weather.
- word-perfect — correct in every detail
- zip fastener — a zipper.