14-letter words containing f, e, i, g, n, r
- fringed orchis — any of several American orchids of the genus Habenaria, having a cut, fringed lip.
- frozen pudding — a frozen or chilled dessert mixture of rich custard, nuts or candied fruit, and sometimes liquor.
- gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
- gentrification — the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- getting on for — Getting on for means the same as nearly.
- give free rein — to allow considerable freedom; remove restraints
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- grandfathering — Present participle of grandfather.
- grid reference — geographical co-ordinates
- grief-stricken — overwhelmed by grief; deeply afflicted or sorrowful.
- half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
- hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
- high frequency — the range of frequencies in the radio spectrum between 3 and 30 megahertz.
- interfingering — (of sedimentary rocks) to change laterally from one type to another in a zone where the two types form interpenetrating wedges.
- left-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position preceding the head, as the phrase my brother's friend's house; having most of the constituents on the left in a tree diagram (opposed to right-branching).
- life-affirming — A life-affirming activity or attitude emphasizes the positive aspects of life.
- light-fingered — skillful at or given to pilfering, especially by picking pockets; thievish.
- long-suffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- lunatic fringe — members on the periphery of any group, especially political, social, or religious, who hold extreme or fanatical views.
- magnetic force — the repelling or attracting force between a magnet and a ferromagnetic material, between a magnet and a current-carrying conductor, etc.
- miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
- morgain le fay — Morgan le Fay.
- morning coffee — a mid-morning snack with a cup of coffee drunk during a short break at work, or in your house, when you might invite someone in
- mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- nitrogen fixer — any of various microorganisms in the soil involved in the process of nitrogen fixation.
- noninterfering — Not interfering.
- not forgetting — You say not forgetting a particular thing or person when you want to include them in something that you have already talked about.
- offering price — the price quoted when something is offered for sale, especially the price per share, as of an investment security or mutual fund being sold to the public.
- office manager — employee in charge of office personnel
- openoffice.org — (project) (OOo) The group that produces a free (GPL) cross-platform office suite that provides much of the same functionality as Microsoft Office including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and graphics. Each program can read and write both its own and Microsoft formats.
- over-dignified — to confer honor or dignity upon; honor; ennoble.
- oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
- oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
- peace offering — any offering made to procure peace.
- penny-farthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- pigeon fancier — sb who breeds pigeons
- press briefing — a meeting called by an organization, government, etc, to inform the press of something
- printing frame — a shallow, boxlike device with a glass plate on one side and an opaque, removable back, for holding a negative firmly against printing paper in contact printing.
- profit-seeking — attempting to make a profit or financial gains
- reefing jacket — a man's short double-breasted jacket of sturdy wool
- refrangibility — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
- regasification — Regasification is the process of returning LNG to its gaseous state.
- revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
- right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- rite of spring — French Le Sacre du Printemps. a ballet suite (1913) for orchestra by Igor Stravinsky.
- rooting reflex — a reflex in infants in which the head is turned towards any stimulus; used to find the nipple
- route flapping — flapping router
- schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- self-deserving — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
- self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.