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12-letter words containing f, a, n, i, g

  • gradeflation — grade inflation.
  • grand finale — the concluding portion of a performance or entertainment, as a musical show, rodeo, etc., usually spectacular and involving most or all of the prior participants.
  • gratifyingly — In a manner that gratifies.
  • half binding — a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
  • half landing — a landing halfway up a flight of stairs
  • half-binding — a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
  • half-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
  • half-turning — split spindle.
  • handcrafting — Present participle of handcraft.
  • hard feeling — resentment; ill will
  • high fashion — haute couture.
  • high finance — large-scale financial transactions or institutions.
  • highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
  • hill farming — the activity and business of having a hill farm
  • ignis fatuus — Also called friar's lantern, will-o'-the-wisp. a flitting phosphorescent light seen at night, chiefly over marshy ground, and believed to be due to spontaneous combustion of gas from decomposed organic matter.
  • in charge of — having responsibility for
  • in danger of — liable to
  • infiltrating — Present participle of infiltrate.
  • infographics — Plural form of infographic.
  • infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
  • interleafing — Present participle of interleaf.
  • king-of-arms — a title of certain of the principal heralds of England and certain other kingdoms empowered by their sovereigns to grant armorial bearings.
  • krafft-ebing — Richard [rich-erd;; German rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪtʃ ərd;; German ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), Baron von, 1840–1902, German neurologist and author of works on sexual pathology.
  • landing flap — a flap in the undersurface of the trailing edge of an aircraft wing, capable of being moved downward to increase either lift or drag or both, as for landing. Compare split flap (def 1).
  • leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
  • let floating — (programming)   A program transformation used in functional programming to implement full laziness. E.g. the function f x = x + sqrt 4 can be expressed as f x = let t = sqrt 4 in x + t but note that t does not depend on the argument x so we can automatically transform this to t = sqrt 4 f x = x + t Making t into a global constant which need only be evaluated at most once, rather than every time f is called. The general idea is to float each subexpression as far out (toward the top level) as possible to maximise sharing.
  • life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
  • life savings — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
  • lifting sail — a sail that when filled tends to raise the hull of a ship or boat (opposed to driving sail).
  • ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
  • magnificence — the quality or state of being magnificent; splendor; grandeur; sublimity: the magnificence of snow-covered mountains; the magnificence of his achievements.
  • match-fixing — the act of arranging the outcome of a sports match prior to its being played
  • meaningfully — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
  • misfeaturing — distorting the features
  • nonfattening — Not fattening; not causing one to become fat.
  • north-facing — facing towards the north
  • olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
  • organic farm — a farm where organic methods are used for agriculture and animal husbandry
  • outfangthief — the right of a lord to try a thief captured within his jurisdiction, regardless of where the thief is from
  • overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
  • overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
  • paling-fence — Also called paling fence. picket fence.
  • paring knife — a short-bladed kitchen knife for paring fruits and vegetables.
  • parking fine — penalty fee for an offence
  • persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
  • prefinancing — financing arranged in advance
  • proofreading — correction of text
  • pudding-face — a human face that is big and fat and resembles a pudding
  • rainbow flag — a multicoloured flag used as a symbol of peace; often used to represent gay and lesbian pride
  • range finder — any of various instruments for determining the distance from the observer to a particular object, as for sighting a gun or adjusting the focus of a camera.
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