(dated, Scotland) A quarter (fourth part) used especially as a unit of mass or capacity.
fraple
frappe
frappe
noun
(New England) A thick milkshake containing ice cream.
A liqueur or cocktail served on shaved ice.
An iced, sweetened, beaten coffee drink, associated with Greek cuisine.
freesp
imperf
imperf
adj
(grammar) Abbreviation of imperfect.
(philately) Clipping of imperforate or imperforated.
noun
(philately) An imperforated stamp.
parfey
perfay
perfin
perfin
noun
(philately) A stamp marked with perforated initials.
(philately) Perforated initial; a series of small holes punched into a stamp and forming a letter, series of letters or other design for the purpose of preventing the unauthorized use of the stamps.
perfix
perfix
verb
(obsolete) To fix surely; to appoint.
pfizer
piefer
pifero
pilfer
pilfer
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
pilfre
prefab
prefab
adj
prefabricated
noun
(Britain) A single-storey prefabricated home built in many British cities immediately after World War II, intended to have a short life, but in a few cases still in use.
(programming) A reusable object in a video game world.
A prefabricated building.
A prefabricated section of a building.
verb
To prefabricate.
prefer
prefer
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend (to).
(transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better.
(transitive) To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges").
(transitive, now dated) To advance, promote (someone or something).
prefet
prefix
prefix
noun
(computing) An initial segment of a string of characters.
(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.
(telecommunications) A set of digits placed before a telephone number, to indicate where the number is based, what type of phone number it is (landline, mobile, toll-free, premium rate etc.)
A title added to a person's name, such as Mr. or Dr.
verb
(transitive) To determine beforehand; to set in advance.
(transitive) To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start.
profer
profer
verb
To deliver.
To utter; to pronounce.
profre
profre
verb
Obsolete form of profer.
puffer
puffer
noun
(cellular automata) A finite pattern that moves like a spaceship but leaves a trail of debris.
(dated) A person who gives exaggerated praise to a product, literary work, etc.
(dated, childish) A train; a locomotive, usually one that is steam-powered.
(dated, slang) One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price; a by-bidder.
(derogatory) An alchemist; so named from their constant attendance to the bellows of their furnaces.
(fashion) An insulated puffy jacket, such as a down jacket.
(glassblowing) A soffietta.
(slang) A car left idling to warm up, emitting steam from the rear.
A Clyde puffer, a kind of small ship.
A kier used in dyeing.
A manually-operated inhaler.
Any of several poisonous fish, of the family Tetraodontidae, which have the ability to inflate their bodies when in danger.
Someone or something that puffs.
The common, or harbour, porpoise.
purfle
purfle
noun
(heraldry) An ornament consisting of a bordure of ermines, furs, etc. or gold studs or mountings.
An ornamental border on clothing, furniture or a violin; beading, stringing.
verb
(heraldry, transitive) To ornament with a bordure of ermines, furs, etc. or with gold studs or mountings.
(transitive, archaic) To decorate (wood, cloth etc.) with a purfle or ornamental border; to border.