10-letter words containing p, r, e, t, f
- pitcherful — the amount held by a pitcher.
- platterful — a heaped plate or platter
- pluperfect — Grammar. perfect with respect to a point of reference in past time, as had done in He had done it when I came. designating a tense or other verb formation or construction with such meaning, as Latin portāveram “I had carried.”.
- pontefract — a city in West Yorkshire, in N central England, SE of Leeds: ruins of a 12th-century castle.
- postfreeze — taking place after a freeze
- pratfallen — having fallen upon one's buttocks
- pre-format — 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.
- pre-notify — to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
- prefascist — relating to fascist leanings before Fascism was founded in 1919
- prefecture — the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
- preferment — the act of preferring.
- prefixture — something used or added as a prefix
- prefrontal — anterior to, situated in, or pertaining to the anterior part of a frontal structure.
- prefulgent — more radiant than others
- prettified — made pretty
- priestfish — blue rockfish.
- prizefight — a contest between boxers for a prize, a sum of money, etc.; a professional boxing match.
- proficient — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- profitable — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profitless — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- profitwise — from the point of view of profit
- profligate — utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.
- profulgent — radiant
- proteiform — changeable in form; multiform
- reef point — one of several short lengths of line stitched through a sail for tying a reef
- respectful — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- shipfitter — a person who forms plates, shapes, etc., of ship according to plans, patterns, or molds.
- shopfitter — a worker who makes and installs fittings for commercial premises
- shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
- soft power — the ability to achieve one's goals without force, esp by diplomacy, persuasion, etc
- spacecraft — a vehicle designed for travel or operation in space beyond the earth's atmosphere or in orbit around the earth.
- stepfather — the husband of one's mother by a later marriage.
- stop-frame — Also called stop frame. the process of filming puppets and other objects one frame at a time while incrementally moving or modifying them, giving the illusion of lifelike motion when the captured film frames are viewed in rapid sequence (often used attributively): stop-motion animation; a stop-motion film.
- subprefect — an administrator junior to a prefect or chief official
- superfecta — a type of bet, especially on horse races, in which the bettor must select the first four finishers in exact order.
- theftproof — safe from theft.
- unprofited — lacking profit or gain
- waterproof — impervious to water.