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12-letter words containing a, g, r, n

  • finger paint — paint children apply with fingers
  • finger-paint — a jellylike paint, used chiefly by children in painting, usually with their fingers.
  • fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
  • finno-ugrian — pertaining to the Finns and the Ugrians.
  • fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
  • firing glass — a drinking glass of the 18th century having a conical, rounded body on a thick stem and a heavy spreading foot.
  • firing party — a military detachment detailed to fire a salute at a funeral
  • firing range — range (def 5).
  • firing squad — a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
  • fish farming — the job of rearing fish for commercial purposes
  • flash drying — Flash drying is a stage in a process to make something bigger, in which a paste-like feed is broken up and dried at the same time.
  • flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
  • flatteringly — In a flattering manner.
  • 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.
  • flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
  • flying start — a start, as in sailboat racing, in which the entrants begin moving before reaching the starting line.
  • footdragging — the act or practice of acting with deliberate slowness
  • for a change — contrary to the norm
  • foraging ant — any of several ants, as army ants, that forage as part of a large group.
  • forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
  • 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
  • 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
  • fragmentally — fragmentary.
  • fragmentized — fragmented.
  • fragrantness — the quality of being fragrant
  • frangibility — The state or quality of being frangible.
  • frankalmoign — a form of tenure by which religious bodies held lands, esp on condition of praying for the soul of the donor
  • fraternising — to associate in a fraternal or friendly way.
  • fraternizing — Present participle of fraternize.
  • 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.
  • free skating — a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.
  • freestanding — (of sculpture or architectural elements) unattached to a supporting unit or background; standing alone.
  • fricasseeing — Present participle of fricassee.
  • frying steak — a steak that is cooked by frying
  • fund manager — A fund manager is someone whose job involves investing the money contained in a fund, for example, a mutual fund, on behalf of another person or organization.
  • fund-raising — the act or process of raising funds, as for nonprofit organizations or for a political cause.
  • gaboon viper — a large, venomous snake, Bitis gabonica, of tropical African forests, having large retractable fangs and geometrically patterned scales of yellow, brown, and sometimes purple.
  • gainsboroughThomas, 1727–88, English painter.
  • gale warning — U.S. Meteorology. a National Weather Service warning of sustained winds at sea having speeds in the range 34–47 knots (39–54 mph, 17–24 m/sec). Compare warning (def 3).
  • galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
  • gallinippers — Plural form of gallinipper.
  • gallivanters — Plural form of gallivanter.
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