12-letter words containing a, r, g
- firing range — range (def 5).
- firing squad — a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
- first-grader — a child in the first grade
- fish farming — the job of rearing fish for commercial purposes
- fixed charge — an expense that cannot be modified.
- flabbergasts — Plural form of flabbergast.
- flabberghast — (archaic) Alternative form of flabbergast.
- flabergasted — Simple past tense and past participle of flabergast.
- flag carrier — an airline that is locally registered in a particular country
- flag officer — a naval officer above the rank of captain, as a fleet admiral, admiral, vice-admiral, rear admiral, or commodore, who is entitled to display a flag indicating his or her rank.
- flagellators — Plural form of flagellator.
- flagellatory — relating to flagellation
- flagelliform — long, slender, and flexible, like the lash of a whip.
- 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.
- flight arrow — an arrow having a conical or pyramidal head without barbs.
- float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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