9-letter words containing a, f, g
- homograft — allograft.
- infalling — (astronomy) Moving towards a massive astronomical body under the influence of gravity.
- inflaming — Present participle of inflame.
- inflating — Present participle of inflate.
- infra dig — beneath one's dignity.
- ingrafted — engraft.
- isografts — Plural form of isograft.
- jiffy bag — a thickly padded but light envelope in which articles such as books are placed for protection in the post
- kingcraft — the art of ruling as king; royal statesmanship.
- lagerfeld — Karl (Otto). born 1938, German fashion designer working mainly in Paris
- largeleaf — Applied to various kinds of plant characterized by large leaves.
- laugh off — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- leapfrogs — Plural form of leapfrog.
- lifeguard — an expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers.
- lift cage — the box of a lift, in the form of an open framework
- liftgates — Plural form of liftgate.
- lightface — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- lightfast — not affected or faded by light, especially sunlight; colorfast when exposed to light.
- long face — an unhappy or gloomy expression: He's been walking around with a long face ever since he failed the examination.
- magnaflux — to test (iron or steel) for defects using the Magnaflux method.
- magnifico — a Venetian nobleman.
- magnified — Having been visually enlarged by the process of magnification.
- magnifier — a person or thing that magnifies.
- magnifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of magnify.
- mail flag — a flag of the International Code of Signals symbolizing the letter Y, flown alone by a ship to indicate that it is carrying mail: a square flag with red and yellow diagonal stripes.
- megafarad — a unit of electric capacitance equal to one million farads
- megafauna — land animals of a given area that can be seen with the unaided eye.
- megafirms — Plural form of megafirm.
- megaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one million floating-point operations per second.
- megaflora — plants large enough to be seen by the naked eye
- newfangle — (obsolete) Eager for novelties; desirous of changing.
- nightfall — the coming of night; the end of daylight; dusk.
- nonfading — not fading
- off guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- off-guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- ossifraga — a large fulmar
- ossifrage — the lammergeier.
- pilferage — the act or practice of pilfering; petty theft.
- powfagged — exhausted
- rain frog — a tree frog, especially a spring peeper.
- regardful — observant; attentive; heedful (often followed by of): a man regardful of the feelings of others.
- safariing — a journey or expedition, for hunting, exploration, or investigation, especially in eastern Africa.
- safeguard — something that serves as a protection or defense or that ensures safety.
- safelight — a darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
- sangfroid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- saxifrage — any plant of the genus Saxifraga, certain species of which grow wild in the clefts of rocks, other species of which are cultivated for their flowers.
- sea fight — a fight between ships at sea.
- seafaring — traveling by sea.
- sfd-algol — System Function Description-ALGOL. Extension of ALGOL for synchronous systems. Sammet 1969, p.625.
- sgraffito — a technique of ornamentation in which a surface layer of paint, plaster, slip, etc., is incised to reveal a ground of contrasting color.