13-letter words containing f, a, n, g, i, r
- floating rate — fluctuating exchange rate
- floating ribs — the eleventh and twelfth pairs of ribs, not attached to the breastbone or to other ribs but only to the vertebrae
- floating roof — A floating roof is an internal roof of a fuel storage tank.
- floor trading — trading by personal contact on the floor of a market or exchange
- flooring brad — a brad having a very small head, made in lengths from 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm).
- flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
- flying boxcar — a large airplane designed to carry cargo.
- flying dragon — any of several arboreal lizards of the genus Draco, having an extensible membrane between the limbs along each side by means of which it makes long, gliding leaps.
- flying lizard — flying dragon.
- flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
- folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
- foot-dragging — reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly.
- foreign agent — a spy for a foreign country
- foreordaining — Present participle of foreordain.
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- formularising — Present participle of formularise.
- formularizing — Present participle of formularize.
- fractionating — Present participle of fractionate.
- fragmentarily — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
- fragmentation — the act or process of fragmenting; state of being fragmented.
- free reaching — sailing on a free reach.
- free-floating — (of an emotional state) lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized: free-floating hostility.
- free-standing — A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.
- freezing rain — rain that falls as a liquid but freezes into glaze upon contact with the ground.
- freight agent — a representative of a common carrier who manages the freight business in a local district.
- freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
- freight train — a train of freight cars.
- french guiana — an overseas department of France, on the NE coast of South America: formerly a French colony. 35,135 sq. mi. (91,000 sq. km). Capital: Cayenne.
- french guinea — former name of Guinea.
- fridge magnet — a small flat decorative object with a magnet on its back which is used to attach it to the front door of a fridge or other domestic appliance
- frighten away — cause sb/sth to run away
- front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- fruit farming — the practice of growing or farming fruit
- frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
- garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
- german africa — the former German colonies in Africa, comprising German East Africa, German Southwest Africa, Cameroons, and Togoland.
- ginger family — the plant family Zingiberaceae, characterized by tropical, often aromatic herbaceous plants having rhizomes, long sheathing leaves, and clusters of tubular flowers, and including cardamon, ginger, and turmeric.
- glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
- grain of salt — salt crystal
- grain refiner — any chemical added to a molten metal or alloy to check grain growth.
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- gratification — the state of being gratified; great satisfaction.
- habit-forming — tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.
- half mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
- half-integral — noting or pertaining to a fractional number obtained by dividing an odd integer by two, as 1/2.
- half-mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
- hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- inframarginal — below the margin; submarginal.