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12-letter words containing f, e, a, g

  • self-antigen — autoantigen.
  • self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
  • self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
  • self-dealing — financial transaction conducted on a personal, nonbusinesslike basis, as lending or borrowing of corporate money by a director.
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • self-healing — curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
  • self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
  • self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
  • self-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • self-raising — a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
  • self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
  • self-sealing — capable of sealing itself automatically or without the application of adhesive, glue, or moisture: a self-sealing automobile tire; self-sealing envelopes.
  • self-storage — noting or pertaining to a warehouse or other facility that rents units to people for storing personal possessions.
  • self-tanning — cosmetic substance applied to the skin to simulate a suntan
  • self-tapping — (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet
  • semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
  • sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
  • significance — importance; consequence: the significance of the new treaty.
  • sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
  • sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
  • space flight — journey into outer space
  • spearfishing — any of several fishes of the genus Tetrapturus, resembling the sailfish but having the first dorsal fin much less developed: inhabiting all seas, but rare.
  • sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
  • stage effect — a highly spectacular or artificial device or means, especially for attracting attention.
  • stage fright — nervousness felt by a performer or speaker when appearing before an audience.
  • stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
  • tank fighter — a boxer known for false shows of being knocked down or out in bouts the results of which have been prearranged.
  • target rifle — a rifle designed especially for shooting at targets.
  • terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
  • the red flag — a socialist song, written by James Connell (1852–1929), Irish political activist, in 1889
  • thoroughfare — a road, street, or the like, that leads at each end into another street.
  • tongue graft — whip graft.
  • transferring — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • unaffrighted — to frighten.
  • unfadingness — the quality or state of being unfading
  • unflattering — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
  • unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
  • unfragmented — existing or functioning as though broken into separate parts; disorganized; disunified: a fragmented personality; a fragmented society.
  • ungracefully — in an ungraceful manner
  • unmeaningful — not meaningful; without significance.
  • valley forge — a village in SE Pennsylvania: winter quarters of Washington's army 1777–78.
  • wager of law — a form of trial in which the accused offered to make oath of his innocence, supported by the oaths of 11 of his neighbours declaring their belief in his statements
  • walking fern — a fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having simple, triangular fronds tapering into a prolongation that bends at the top and often takes root at the apex.
  • walking leaf — leaf insect.
  • waterfalling — Present participle of waterfall.
  • waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
  • wineglassful — the capacity of a wineglass, typically containing four to six fluid ounces.
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