10-letter words containing p, r, o, f
- fore plane — a plane, intermediate in size between a jack plane and a jointer plane, used for preliminary smoothing.
- forepassed — already in the past; bygone.
- foreperson — a foreman or forewoman.
- foretopman — a member of a ship's crew stationed on the foretop.
- foretopmen — Plural form of foretopman.
- fort payne — a town in NE Alabama.
- fortepiano — a piano of the late 18th and early 19th centuries with greater clarity but less volume, resonance, and dynamic range than a modern grand, revived in the late 20th century for the performance of the music of its period.
- fortypenny — being 5 inches (13 cm) long: a fortypenny nail. Symbol: 40d.
- fourposter — a bed with four corner posts, as for supporting a canopy, curtains, etc.
- frappucino — Any of several forms of partially frozen cappuccino coffee.
- french pox — (in historical use) syphilis.
- froghopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cercopidae, which in the immature stages live in a spittlelike secretion on plants.
- front-page — of major importance; worth putting on the first page of a newspaper.
- frown upon — If something is frowned upon or is frowned on people disapprove of it.
- fruit drop — the premature shedding of fruit from a tree before fully ripe
- fruit shop — a shop that sells a variety of edible fruits
- full-power — (of a radio station) able to broadcast up to 100 miles (166 km) under clear atmospheric conditions.
- high-proof — containing a high percentage of alcohol: high-proof spirits.
- hippogriff — a fabulous creature resembling a griffin but having the body and hind parts of a horse.
- hoofprints — Plural form of hoofprint.
- hyperfocal — relating to the distance beyond which a lens can be focused to produce satisfactory image quality
- infosphere — electronic communication and networking as a whole
- infraposed — placed beneath
- kaempferol — (organic compound) A flavonoid, isolated from tea and other plants, that may reduce the risk of heart disease.
- ketoprofen — A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, derived from propionic acid, that has analgesic and antipyretic effects and acts by inhibiting the body's production of prostaglandin.
- leafhopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests.
- lightproof — impervious to light: a lightproof film cartridge.
- misperform — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- mothproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mothproof.
- net profit — the actual profit made on a business transaction, sale, etc., or during a specific period of business activity, after deducting all costs from gross receipts.
- noiseproof — soundproof.
- non-profit — A non-profit organization is one which is not run with the aim of making a profit.
- nonprofits — Plural form of nonprofit.
- obpyriform — inversely pear-shaped; pear-shaped with the narrow end at the base.
- off-pricer — a seller of off-price merchandise.
- offsprings — children or young of a particular parent or progenitor.
- open frame — a frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or a spare.
- outperform — to surpass in excellence of performance; do better than: a new engine that outperforms the competition; a stock that outperformed all others.
- page proof — a trial proof printed from type that has been made up in page form, usually after galley corrections have been made, but before plates are made. Compare proof (def 12).
- parrotfish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
- party food — food that is served at parties; snacks
- passiflora — a plant of the genus Passiflora
- patrifocal — focused or centered on the father.
- paul flory — Paul John, 1910–85, U.S. chemist: pioneer in research on polymers; Nobel Prize 1974.
- perfection — the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
- perfidious — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- perfoliate — having the stem apparently passing through the leaf, owing to congenital union of the basal edges of the leaf round the stem.
- perforated — perforated.
- perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
- performing — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.