13-letter words containing f, a, g
- show the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence
- siege warfare — the use of offensive operations carried out to capture a fortified place by surrounding it, severing its communications and supply lines, and deploying weapons against it
- sign of peace — the liturgical practice of giving a sign of peace, union, or friendship, as a handshake or embrace, at some point in a Christian service, esp. in a Mass or Communion service
- significances — importance; consequence: the significance of the new treaty.
- significantly — important; of consequence.
- signification — meaning; import; sense.
- significative — serving to signify.
- significatory — serving to signify
- single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- single-family — designed or suitable for one family of average size: single-family homes.
- skin grafting — the transplanting of healthy skin from the patient's or another's body to a wound or burn, to form new skin.
- spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
- staff college — a training centre for executive military personnel
- staff meeting — company gathering of employees
- staghorn fern — any of several epiphytic Old World ferns of the genus Platycerium, having broad, often antlerlike leaves and cultivated as a houseplant.
- stock footage — film containing stock shots.
- straight face — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- straightforth — straight or directly forward
- strategic fit — (in business) the degree to which the activities of different sections of a business or businesses working together complement one another to achieve competitive advantage and business success
- strong safety — the defensive back assigned to cover the area across from the strong side of the opponent's offensive line and primarily responsible for defending against pass plays.
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- sugar factory — a factory which refines sugar from organic sources into a form that can be used in cooking etc
- sugar of lead — lead acetate.
- sugar of milk — lactose.
- tale of genji — a novel (1001–20?) by Lady Murasaki, dealing with Japanese court life.
- talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
- the far right — the more extreme supporters or advocates of social, political, or economic conservatism or reaction, based generally on a belief that things are better left unchanged
- the-godfather — a novel (1969) by Mario Puzo.
- tiffany glass — Favrile Glass.
- tight forward — one of a number of forwards who are bound wholly into the scrum
- to go off air — to stop broadcasting
- toasting fork — a long-handled fork used for cooking or toasting frankfurters, marshmallows, bread, etc., usually over an open fire.
- trade figures — a record of how much a country has paid for goods which it has bought from other countries, compared with how much it has been paid for goods which it has sold to other countries
- trading floor — stock exchange: room where trading is done
- traffic light — a set of electrically operated signal lights used to direct or control traffic at intersections.
- trash farming — cultivation by leaving stubble, etc, on the surface of the soil to serve as a mulch
- tseng kuo-fan — 1811–72, Chinese general and statesman.
- twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
- uncamouflaged — the act, means, or result of obscuring things to deceive an enemy, as by painting or screening objects so that they are lost to view in the background, or by making up objects that from a distance have the appearance of fortifications, guns, roads, etc.: Was camouflage used extensively on fighter aircraft during World War I?
- understaffing — the condition of being understaffed or of lacking a number of employees
- unfalteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- unfascinating — of great interest or attraction; enchanting; charming; captivating: a fascinating story; fascinating jewelry.
- unforgettable — impossible to forget; indelibly impressed on the memory: scenes of unforgettable beauty.
- unforgettably — impossible to forget; indelibly impressed on the memory: scenes of unforgettable beauty.
- uniflagellate — having only one flagellum.
- unsignificant — important; of consequence.
- vegetable fat — oil from plant source
- warping frame — a wooden frame containing evenly spaced pegs on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
- waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
- waterproofing — Chiefly British. a raincoat or other outer coat impervious to water.