12-letter words containing a, f, r, o, g
- floating rib — one member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs.
- floor-manage — to act as or in the manner of a floor manager.
- flooring saw — a saw having a curved edge.
- flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluorinating — Present participle of fluorinate.
- fluorography — photofluorography.
- food allergy — an allergy to a specific type of food
- footdragging — the act or practice of acting with deliberate slowness
- for a change — contrary to the norm
- for a giggle — as a joke or prank; not seriously
- foraging ant — any of several ants, as army ants, that forage as part of a large group.
- forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
- forecarriage — the front part of a carriage
- foregathered — Simple past tense and past participle of foregather.
- foreign-flag — (of a vessel or aircraft) having a registry under a nationality other than one's own: rivalry between U.S.-flag freighters and foreign-flag ships.
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- formal logic — the branch of logic concerned exclusively with the principles of deductive reasoning and with the form rather than the content of propositions.
- forward gear — a gear in a vehicle that is used when the vehicle is moving forward
- fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
- four-walling — a form of distribution and exhibition, esp. of films, in which a distributor or producer rents a theater for a fixed amount, pays all advertising and operating costs, and collects all box-office receipts
- fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
- fractography — the study of fractures or cracks in a material, esp metal, in order to predict or identify the cause of a failure in a structure
- frankalmoign — a form of tenure by which religious bodies held lands, esp on condition of praying for the soul of the donor
- free coinage — the unrestricted coinage of bullion or of a specified metal, as silver, into money for any person bringing it to the mint, either with or without charge for minting.
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- galley proof — a proof, originally one set from type in a galley, taken before the material has been made up into pages and usually printed as a single column of type with wide margins for marking corrections.
- gambrel roof — a gable roof, each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one. Compare mansard (def 1).
- gang of four — a group of four radical members of the Chinese Communist Party who were leaders of the Cultural Revolution and who were purged and imprisoned after the death of Mao Zedong: Jiang Qing (widow of Mao), Wang Hongwen, Yao Wenyuan, and Zhang Chunqiao.
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- gold farming — the practice of selling virtual assets gained in a computer game for real money
- goliath frog — the largest living frog, Rana goliath, which occurs in the Congo region of Africa and can grow to a length of 30 centimetres
- gonfaloniers — Plural form of gonfalonier.
- gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- graham flour — unbolted wheat flour, containing all of the wheat grain; whole-wheat flour.
- ground fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
- ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
- gulf of riga — a large deep bay on the Baltic Sea
- hangtown fry — a type of omelet to which fried oysters, bacon, and sometimes onions are added.
- heterografts — Plural form of heterograft.
- in charge of — having responsibility for
- in danger of — liable to
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
- jaffa orange — a sweet, almost seedless variety of orange grown principally in Israel.