17-letter words containing f, a, n, g, i, o
- hydrogasification — a high-temperature, high-pressure process for producing liquid or gaseous fuels from fine particles of coal and hydrogen gas
- integral function — an entire function.
- isherwood framing — a system for framing steel vessels in which light, closely spaced, longitudinal frames are connected by heavy, widely spaced transverse frames with deep webs.
- judgment of paris — the decision by Paris to award Aphrodite the golden apple of discord competed for by Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera.
- jumping-off place — a place for use as a starting point: Paris was the jumping-off place for our tour of Europe.
- lady of the night — a tropical American shrub, Brunfelsia americana, of the nightshade family, having berrylike yellow fruit and fragrant white flowers.
- lady-of-the-night — a tropical American shrub, Brunfelsia americana, of the nightshade family, having berrylike yellow fruit and fragrant white flowers.
- league of nations — an international organization to promote world peace and cooperation that was created by the Treaty of Versailles (1919): dissolved April 1946.
- lifelong learning — the provision or use of both formal and informal learning opportunities throughout people's lives in order to foster the continuous development and improvement of the knowledge and skills needed for employment and personal fulfilment
- line of scrimmage — an imaginary line parallel to the goal lines that passes from one sideline to the other through the point of the football closest to the goal line of each team.
- litigation friend — a person acting on behalf of an infant or other person under legal disability
- low-hanging fruit — the fruit that grows low on a tree and is therefore easy to reach
- lyon king of arms — the chief herald of Scotland
- magnetizing force — that part of the magnetic induction that is determined at any point in space by the current density and displacement current at that point independently of the magnetic or other physical properties of the surrounding medium. Symbol: H.
- make something of — to find a use for
- mother of vinegar — mother2 .
- niger-kordofanian — a language family comprising Niger-Congo and Kordofanian.
- nitrogen fixation — any process of combining atmospheric nitrogen with other elements, either by chemical means or by bacterial action: used chiefly in the preparation of fertilizers, industrial products, etc.
- non-profit-making — A non-profit-making organization or charity is not run with the intention of making a profit.
- nonteaching staff — employees within an academic or vocational environment whose jobs do not involve teaching
- not lift a finger — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
- orange flower oil — neroli oil.
- organized ferment — ferment (def 1).
- perforation gauge — a marked ruler used to measure the number of perforations per unit length along the borders of a stamp.
- poison-arrow frog — a small, bright-colored terrestrial frog of the family Dendrobatidae, of Central and South American rain forests, that secretes a virulent poison from its skin, once used on the tips of Indian hunting arrows.
- polarizing filter — a camera lens filter used to control the plane of polarization of light entering the lens.
- portfolio manager — a person employed by others to make investments for them
- pre-configuration — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- proficiency badge — an insignia or device granted by the Girl Scouts and worn especially on a uniform to indicate special achievement.
- programming fluid — (jargon) (Or "wirewater") Coffee, unleaded coffee (decaffeinated), Cola, or any caffeinacious stimulant. Many hackers consider these essential for those all-night hacking runs.
- receding forehead — a forehead which slopes backwards
- self-flagellation — the act or process of flagellating.
- significant other — Sociology. a person, as a parent or peer, who has great influence on one's behavior and self-esteem.
- software engineer — a person who writes computer programs
- south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- spaghettification — the theoretical stretching of an object as it encounters extreme differences in gravitational forces, especially those associated with a black hole.
- teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
- the morning after — the aftereffects of excess, esp a hangover
- thuringian forest — a forested mountain region in central Germany: a resort area.
- to say nothing of — You use to say nothing of when you mention an additional thing which gives even more strength to the point you are making.
- transignification — (in the Eucharist) a change in the significance of the bread and wine to symbolize the body and blood of Christ.
- trifoliate orange — a spiny, Chinese orange tree, Poncirus trifoliata, used as a stock in grafting and for hedges.
- unlawful wounding — an offence committed when a person maliciously wounds another person
- waiting for godot — a play (1952) by Samuel Beckett.