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12-letter words containing p, r, o, f, l, e

  • pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
  • pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
  • pelvic floor — muscles beneath the pelvis
  • penny loafer — a loafer with a slot on the vamp that can hold a coin, usually a penny.
  • perfidiously — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
  • petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
  • photo relief — a method of showing the configuration of the relief of an area by photographing a model of it that is illuminated by a lamp in the northwest corner
  • pilfer-proof — (of a supply, stock, container, etc) protected from or not susceptible to pilfering
  • placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
  • platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
  • plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
  • police force — police (def 1).
  • poodle-faker — a young man or newly commissioned officer who makes a point of socializing with women; ladies' man
  • portal frame — a frame, usually of steel, consisting of two uprights and a cross beam at the top: the simplest structural unit in a framed building or a doorway
  • powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
  • powerfulness — having or exerting great power or force.
  • powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
  • prairie fowl — prairie chicken.
  • prairie wolf — coyote (def 1).
  • prefectorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.
  • prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
  • prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
  • preformulate — to describe an active pharmaceutical ingredient chemically
  • problem-free — without problems
  • professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • 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.
  • proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
  • 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.
  • profitlessly — in such a way as to not yield profit, as in financial gains or general benefits or advantages
  • prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
  • protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
  • purposefully — having a purpose.
  • self-powered — (of a machine, vehicle, etc.) having a specified fuel or prime mover: a gasoline-powered engine; an engine-powered pump.
  • self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
  • self-support — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
  • self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
  • 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.
  • soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
  • superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
  • troubleproof — not easily disturbed, disabled, injured, or put out of working order.
  • unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
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