15-letter words containing p, u, f, t
- point of honour — a circumstance, event, etc, that involves the defence of one's principles, social honour, etc
- popeye catalufa — See under catalufa.
- posttransfusion — occurring after or as a result of a transfusion
- pott's fracture — a fracture of the lower fibula and of the malleolus of the tibia, resulting in outward displacement of the foot.
- poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
- premanufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- proper function — eigenfunction.
- public footpath — a footpath along which the public has right of way
- pull a fast one — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- purified cotton — bleached and sterilized cotton from which the gross impurities, such as the seeds and waxy matter, have been removed: used for surgical dressings, tampons, etc
- put into effect — law, rule: enforce
- put oneself out — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
- refugee capital — money from abroad invested, esp for a short term, in the country offering the highest interest rate
- ruby grapefruit — a grapefruit with red flesh
- sb's cup of tea — If you say that someone or something is not your cup of tea, you mean that they are not the kind of person or thing that you like.
- self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
- self-punishment — the act of punishing.
- self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
- simple fracture — a fracture in which the bone does not pierce the skin.
- slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
- special feature — an article differing from the normal format and focusing on a particular topic
- spotted sunfish — a sunfish, Lepomis punctatus, inhabiting streams from South Carolina to Florida, having the body marked with longitudinal rows of spots.
- stiff upper lip — stoicism
- sub-post office — (in Britain) a post office run by a sub-postmaster or sub-postmistress as a self-employed agent for the Post Office
- sulfite process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an acid liquor consisting of sulfurous acid and a salt, usually calcium bisulfite.
- super-efficient — performing or functioning in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort; having and using requisite knowledge, skill, and industry; competent; capable: a reliable, efficient assistant.
- supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
- to jump for joy — If you say that someone is jumping for joy, you mean that they are very pleased or happy about something.
- trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
- unfair practice — unfair competition.
- upright freezer — a freezer that is tall rather than wide
- venus's-flytrap — a carnivorous plant, Dionaea muscipula, native to bogs of North and South Carolina, having roundish leaves with two lobes that close like a trap when certain delicate hairs on them are irritated, as by a fly: the range is now reduced, though the plants are still locally abundant.