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9-letter words containing a, f, g

  • figurants — Plural form of figurant.
  • filaggrin — a protein found in skin cells
  • filagreed — Simple past tense and past participle of filagree.
  • filagrees — Plural form of filagree.
  • filigrain — filigree.
  • fillagree — filigree.
  • film gate — (in motion-picture cameras and projectors) a mechanism that holds the film flat in the focal plane of the lens during exposure or projection.
  • finagling — to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
  • financing — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
  • fine gael — one of the major political parties in the Republic of Ireland, formed in 1933
  • fireguard — a person trained in fire prevention and safety: We're looking for volunteer fireguards for Sunday's performance.
  • firewagon — (US) A fire engine.
  • fishguard — a port and resort in SW Wales, in Pembrokeshire: ferry connections to Cork and Rosslare. Pop: 3193 (2001)
  • flabagast — (archaic) Alternative form of flabbergast.
  • flag down — a piece of cloth, varying in size, shape, color, and design, usually attached at one edge to a staff or cord, and used as the symbol of a nation, state, or organization, as a means of signaling, etc.; ensign; standard; banner; pennant.
  • flag fall — the minimum charge for hiring a taxi, to which the rate per kilometre is added
  • flag rank — naval rank above that of captain.
  • flag seat — a seat woven from reeds, rushes, or iris leaves.
  • flag smut — a disease of cereals and other grasses, characterized by stripes of black spores on the affected leaves and stems, which later dry up and become shredded, caused by several smut fungi of the genus Urocystis.
  • flag stop — a bus stop at which a bus only stops if there is someone waiting or if someone wants to get off the bus
  • flagellar — of or relating to a flagellum.
  • flagellin — the structural protein of bacterial flagella
  • flagellum — A slender threadlike structure, especially a microscopic whiplike appendage that enables many protozoa, bacteria, spermatozoa, etc., to swim.
  • flageolet — a small end-blown flute with four finger holes in front and two in the rear.
  • flagitate — to importune (someone), to demand of or entreat (someone) with passion and earnestness
  • flagitous — (archaic) wicked, reprehensible.
  • flagpoles — Plural form of flagpole.
  • flagrance — shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error.
  • flagrancy — shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error.
  • flagships — Plural form of flagship.
  • flagstaff — flagpole.
  • flagstick — pin (def 13).
  • flagstone — Also called flag. a flat stone slab used especially for paving.
  • flame gun — a type of flame-thrower for destroying garden weeds
  • flamingly — With, or as if with, fire or flames.
  • flamingos — Plural form of flamingo.
  • flan ring — See under flan (def 2).
  • flangeway — an opening, parallel to a rail, made through platforms, pavements, track structures, etc., to permit passage of wheel flanges.
  • flaringly — In a flaring manner.
  • flash gun — a device that simultaneously discharges a flashbulb and operates a camera shutter.
  • flashbang — Alternative form of flash-bang.
  • flashguns — Plural form of flashgun.
  • flatlings — with the flat side, as of a sword
  • flaughter — a fluttering
  • flaunting — Present participle of flaunt.
  • flavoring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
  • floggable — that ought to be flogged; deserving of flogging
  • floodgate — Civil Engineering. a gate designed to regulate the flow of water.
  • flowerage — the process or state of flowering.
  • flugelman — fugleman.
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