11-letter words containing a, l, n, i, g
- flag-waving — an ostentatiously emotional display of patriotism or factionalism.
- flagitation — the act of flagitating
- flannelling — a soft, slightly napped fabric of wool or wool and another fiber, used for trousers, jackets, shirts, etc.
- flat racing — a race run on a level track having no hurdles, water jumps, hedges, or the like to hinder the speed of the entrants.
- flat tuning — the condition of a radio receiver that does not discriminate sharply between signals on different frequencies
- flatulating — to expel intestinal gas through the anus.
- flauntingly — In a flaunting manner.
- flavourings — Plural form of flavouring.
- flight plan — an oral or written report to an air traffic control facility describing the route of a projected flight.
- flint glass — an optical glass of high dispersion and a relatively high index of refraction, composed of alkalis, lead oxide, and silica, with or without other bases, sometimes used as the diverging lens component of an achromatic lens.
- fluctuating — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
- flying boat — a seaplane whose main body is a hull adapted for floating.
- flying head — a read/write head supported on a thin cushion of air over a rotating magnetic disk.
- flying mare — Wrestling. a method of attack in which a wrestler grasps the wrist of the opponent, turns in the opposite direction, and throws the opponent over the shoulder and down.
- footballing — a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent's goal line and by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent's goal posts. Compare conversion (def 13), field goal (def 1), safety (def 6), touchdown.
- formalising — Present participle of formalise.
- formalizing — Present participle of formalize.
- formulating — Present participle of formulate.
- forstalling — Present participle of forstall.
- fragileness — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- freefalling — Present participle of freefall.
- freelancing — Present participle of freelance.
- freeloading — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- fuel-saving — (of a vehicle) using less fuel for a further distance
- fulgurating — (of pains) sharp and piercing.
- fulguration — to flash or dart like lightning.
- full gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward somersault, entering the water feet first and facing away from the springboard.
- fulminating — Present participle of fulminate.
- gaberlunzie — a wandering beggar
- gainesville — a city in N Florida.
- gainfulness — The state or quality of being gainful; profitableness.
- galantamine — (organic compound) An alkaloid, obtained synthetically or from various plants, used for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease and various memory impairments.
- galavanting — to wander about, seeking pleasure or diversion; gad.
- gallantries — dashing courage; heroic bravery; noble-minded behavior.
- gallicanism — the movement or body of doctrines, chiefly associated with the Gallican church, advocating the restriction of papal authority in certain matters.
- gallicizing — Present participle of gallicize.
- gallinacean — a gallinaceous bird.
- gallinipper — any of various insects that sting or bite, especially a large American mosquito, Psorophora ciliata.
- gallivanted — Simple past tense and past participle of gallivant.
- gallivanter — to wander about, seeking pleasure or diversion; gad.
- gallovidian — a native or inhabitant of Galloway
- galvanising — Present participle of galvanise.
- galvanizing — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- gaming laws — laws relating to gambling and playing games for money
- gangliocyte — (biology) A ganglion cell.
- ganglioside — any of a class of glycolipids, found chiefly in nerve ganglia, that upon hydrolysis yield sphingosine, neuraminic acid, a fatty acid, and a monosaccharide.
- gas welding — a method of welding in which a combination of gases, usually oxyacetylene, is used to provide a hot flame
- gaslighting — Present participle of gaslight.
- gatling gun — an early type of machine gun consisting of a revolving cluster of barrels around a central axis, each barrel being automatically loaded and fired every revolution of the cluster.
- gazillionth — (informal) The ordinal form of the number 'gazillion'.