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

  • farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
  • farthingland — a unit of land area, sometimes described as being equivalent to thirty acres
  • farthingless — without a farthing, having no money
  • fast-growing — growing very quickly
  • father image — a person substituted in one's mind for one's father and often the object of emotions felt toward the father
  • featherlight — extremely light; light as a feather.
  • federalizing — Present participle of federalize.
  • festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
  • fibrillating — Present participle of fibrillate.
  • fibromyalgia — a syndrome characterized by fatigue and chronic pain in the muscles and in tissues surrounding the joints.
  • fifth-grader — a student in the fifth grade of the American education system
  • fig marigold — any of various plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, having showy flowers of white, yellow, or pink.
  • figurability — the quality of being figurable
  • figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • figure skate — a shoe skate used in figure skating, especially one having a blade shorter than that of a racing skate, usually not extending beyond the toe or heel, and with notches or sawteeth on the curved forward edge.
  • figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
  • figured bass — a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played.
  • file manager — a program that organizes and arranges files in a computer
  • file-sharing — File-sharing is a method of distributing computer files, for example files containing music, among a large number of users.
  • fine-grained — being of fine grain or texture, as certain types of wood, leather, etc.
  • finger grass — any of various grasses of the genus Chloris, having several narrow spikes in a terminal cluster.
  • finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
  • finger paint — paint children apply with fingers
  • finger-paint — a jellylike paint, used chiefly by children in painting, usually with their fingers.
  • fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
  • finno-ugrian — pertaining to the Finns and the Ugrians.
  • fire brigade — a group of firefighters, especially as formed temporarily or called upon to assist a fire department in an emergency.
  • fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
  • fire-damaged — damaged by fire or in a fire
  • firing glass — a drinking glass of the 18th century having a conical, rounded body on a thick stem and a heavy spreading foot.
  • firing party — a military detachment detailed to fire a salute at a funeral
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
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