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11-letter words containing a, r, g, i, l, f

  • infrangible — that cannot be broken or separated; unbreakable: infrangible moral strength.
  • infrangibly — In an infrangible manner.
  • inlay graft — a graft in which the scion is matched into a place in the stock from which a piece of corresponding bark has been removed.
  • jargon file — (jargon, publication, humour)   The on-line hacker Jargon File maintained by Eric S. Raymond. A large collection of definitions of computing terms, including much wit, wisdom, and history. See also Yellow Book, Jargon.
  • ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
  • leaf spring — a long, narrow, multiple spring composed of several layers of spring metal bracketed together: used in some suspension systems of carriages and automobiles.
  • ley farming — the alternation at intervals of several years of crop growing and grassland pasture
  • life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
  • light draft — the draft of a vessel at its light displacement.
  • non-fragile — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
  • platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
  • racing flag — a distinguishing flag flown by a yacht during the period of its participation in a race.
  • refrangible — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
  • rifle range — a firing range for practice with rifles.
  • septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
  • tragic flaw — the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia.
  • unfaltering — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
  • vinegar fly — any fly of the family Drosophilidae, the larvae of which feed on decaying fruit and vegetation.
  • wallingford — a town in S Connecticut.
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