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

  • hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
  • hyperflexion — Anatomy. the act of bending a limb. the position that a limb assumes when it is bent.
  • imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
  • imperforable — not able to be perforated
  • imperforated — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
  • imperforates — Plural form of imperforate.
  • infographics — Plural form of infographic.
  • leapfroggers — Plural form of leapfrogger.
  • leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
  • leopard frog — a common North American green frog, Rana pipiens, having white-edged, dark oval spots on its back.
  • life support — equipment to sustain a patient's life
  • life-support — of or relating to equipment or measures that sustain or artificially substitute for essential body functions, as breathing or disposal of body wastes: Without life-support equipment, the patient might die.
  • living proof — sb whose existence is evidence of sth
  • microforceps — (surgery) A very small forceps.
  • mifepristone — an antigestational drug, C 29 H 35 NO 2 , that prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterine wall by blocking the action of progesterone.
  • mothproofing — Present participle of mothproof.
  • nonperformer — a person or thing that is not performing well or properly.
  • note-perfect — (of a singer or musician) able to sing or play without making any errors
  • office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
  • offset paper — paper used in a printing method in which the impression is made onto an intermediate surface, such as a rubber blanket, which transfers it to the paper
  • offset press — a printing press used in the offset process, whereby a printing the impression is made onto an intermediate surface, such as a rubber blanket, which transfers it to the paper
  • oil platform — An oil platform is a structure that is used when getting oil from the ground under the sea.
  • opera bouffe — a comic opera, especially of farcical character.
  • out of print — of, for, or comprising newspapers and magazines: print media.
  • out-of-print — being no longer published; no longer printed or reprinted: a bookstore specializing in out-of-print books.
  • outperformed — Simple past tense and past participle of outperform.
  • outperformer — One who outperforms.
  • over-helpful — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
  • overflow pdl — (jargon)   The place where you put things when your pdl is full. If you don't have one and too many things get pushed, you forget something. The overflow pdl for a person's memory might be a memo pad. This usage inspired the following doggerel:
  • oversimplify — make too simple
  • oxford group — an organization founded at Oxford University in 1921 by Frank Buchman, advocating absolute morality in public and private life.
  • pacific rose — a large variety of eating apple from New Zealand, with sweet flesh
  • paper profit — an unrealized profit due to the appreciation of something owned but not yet sold.
  • paraffin-oil — a white or colorless, tasteless, odorless, water-insoluble, solid substance not easily acted upon by reagents, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons chiefly of the alkane series, obtained from crude petroleum: used in candles, for forming preservative coatings and seals, for waterproofing paper, etc.
  • parrot fever — psittacosis.
  • parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
  • pasch flower — pasqueflower
  • pasqueflower — an Old World plant, Anemone pulsatilla, of the buttercup family, having purple, crocuslike flowers blooming about Easter.
  • passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
  • patent flour — a fine grade of flour, consisting chiefly of the inner part of the endosperm.
  • 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.
  • perfectation — the action or process of becoming or causing to become perfect or complete
  • perfidiously — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
  • perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
  • performative — (of an expression or statement) performing an act by the very fact of being uttered, as with the expression “I promise,” that performs the act of promising.
  • perfusionist — a medical technician or nurse who monitors and operates equipment that oxygenates the blood, as during open-heart surgery
  • personifying — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
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