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15-letter words containing t, i, p, o, f

  • hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • in dependent of — not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself: an independent thinker.
  • in spite of sth — You use in spite of to introduce a fact which makes the rest of the statement you are making seem surprising.
  • in the shape of — You can use in the shape of to state exactly who or what you are referring to, immediately after referring to them in a general way.
  • inferior planet — either of the two planets whose orbits are inside the orbit of the earth: Venus and Mercury.
  • inflation-proof — not affected by inflation
  • irrespective of — regardless of sth
  • low pass filter — (electronics, graphics)   A filter that attenuates high frequency components of a signal. In image processing, a low pass filter might be used to remove noise from an image.
  • low-pass filter — a filter that transmits all frequencies below a specified value, substantially attenuating frequencies above this value
  • make a point of — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
  • make capital of — to get advantage from
  • monospecificity — the condition of being specific for a sole antigen
  • multiphase flow — Multiphase flow is a type of flow that involves more than one fluid, for example a liquid and a gas, or two liquids that do not mix.
  • multiple factor — polygene.
  • negative profit — a financial loss
  • non-specificity — the quality or state of being specific.
  • office politics — power play in the workplace
  • offset printing — offset (def 6).
  • on the point of — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
  • out of practice — If you are out of practice at doing something, you have not had much experience of it recently, although you used to do it a lot or be quite good at it.
  • passport office — an office which issues passports
  • patio furniture — furniture in an area adjoining a house, esp one that is paved and used for outdoor activities
  • perfectionistic — a person who adheres to or believes in perfectionism.
  • perforating gun — A perforating gun is a device used to make holes in oil and gas wells in preparation for production.
  • performing arts — dance, drama, music
  • perfunctoriness — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • personification — the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.
  • peter of amiens — c1050–1115, French monk: preacher of the first Crusade 1095–99.
  • photorefractive — of or relating to a change in the index of refraction by spatial variations of the light intensity, as in a laser.
  • pinkster flower — a wild azalea, Rhododendron periclymenoides, of the U.S., having pink or purplish flowers.
  • platform tennis — a variation of tennis played on a wooden platform enclosed with chicken wire in which the players hit a rubber ball with wooden paddles following the same basic rules as tennis except that only one serve is permitted and balls can be played off the back and side fences.
  • platform ticket — a pass allowing a visitor to enter upon a railroad platform from which those not traveling are ordinarily excluded.
  • play favourites — to display favouritism
  • point of honour — a circumstance, event, etc, that involves the defence of one's principles, social honour, etc
  • pontifical mass — (sometimes lowercase) Roman Catholic Church. a High Mass celebrated by a bishop or other prelate.
  • position effect — the alteration in the expression of a gene or genetic region due to its relocation within the genome as a result of inversion or translocation.
  • post office box — (in a post office) a locked compartment into which the mail of a box renter is put to be called for. Abbreviation: POB, P.O.B.
  • post-office box — (in a post office) a locked compartment into which the mail of a box renter is put to be called for. Abbreviation: POB, P.O.B.
  • posttransfusion — occurring after or as a result of a transfusion
  • poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
  • pre-reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
  • prefix notation — (language)   (Or "prefix syntax") One of the possible orderings of functions and operands: in prefix notation the function precedes all its operands. For example, what may normally be written as "1+2" becomes "(+ 1 2)". A few languages (e.g., lisp) have strictly prefix syntax, many more employ prefix notation in combination with infix notation. The opposite, postfix notation, is somewhat rarer.
  • preformationism — the belief in the theory of preformation
  • preformationist — someone who advocates the theory of preformation
  • premodification — an act or instance of modifying.
  • prenotification — notice that is given or served prior to a specific date; advance notice.
  • preverification — the state of being verified.
  • price inflation — inflation fuelled by rising prices
  • printing office — a shop or factory in which printing is done.
  • professionalist — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
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