11-letter words containing f, e, i, n, g
- frigid zone — either of two regions, one between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole, or one between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.
- fringe area — an area just beyond the outer limits of satisfactory reception, characterized by a weak and possibly unstable signal.
- fringe tree — a shrub or small tree, Chionanthus virginicus, of the olive family, native to the southern U.S., bearing open clusters of white flowers with long, narrow petals.
- fringilline — Also, fringilline [frin-jil-ahyn, -in] /frɪnˈdʒɪl aɪn, -ɪn/ (Show IPA). belonging or pertaining to the family Fringillidae, comprising the finches and related birds.
- fuel-saving — (of a vehicle) using less fuel for a further distance
- full gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward somersault, entering the water feet first and facing away from the springboard.
- furbelowing — Present participle of furbelow.
- gainfulness — The state or quality of being gainful; profitableness.
- gamma knife — a machine that uses radiation with extreme accuracy to destroy abnormal tissue, esp in the brain
- genderfluid — Not conforming to fixed gender roles.
- gentrifiers — to alter (a deteriorated urban neighborhood) through the buying and renovation of houses and stores by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- gentrifying — Present participle of gentrify.
- genuflexion — Alternative spelling of genuflection.
- get wind of — hear rumours of
- girlfriends — Plural form of girlfriend.
- go flatline — [Cyberpunk SF, refers to flattening of EEG traces upon brain-death] also "flatlined". 1. To die, terminate, or fail, especially irreversibly. In hacker parlance, this is used of machines only, human death being considered somewhat too serious a matter to employ jargon-jokes about. 2. To go completely quiescent; said of machines undergoing controlled shutdown. "You can suffer file damage if you shut down Unix but power off before the system has gone flatline." 3. Of a video tube, to fail by losing vertical scan, so all one sees is a bright horizontal line bisecting the screen.
- god-fearing — deeply respectful or fearful of God.
- golden fizz — a drink containing egg yolk, gin or vodka, lemon juice, sugar, and soda water.
- goldfinches — Plural form of goldfinch.
- gonfalonier — the bearer of a gonfalon.
- graniferous — bearing grain
- guaifenesin — An expectorant used in cough syrups and sometimes for pain relief from fibromyalgia.
- guaniferous — yielding guano
- guinea fowl — any of several African, gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Numidinae, especially a common species, Numida meleagris, that has a bony casque on the head and dark gray plumage spotted with white and that is now domesticated and raised for its flesh and eggs.
- gut feeling — an instinctive feeling, as opposed to an opinion based on facts
- half gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward half-somersault, entering the water headfirst and facing the springboard.
- hidden flag — (scientific computation) An extra option added to a routine without changing the calling sequence. For example, instead of adding an explicit input variable to instruct a routine to give extra diagnostic output, the programmer might just add a test for some otherwise meaningless feature of the existing inputs, such as a negative mass. The use of hidden flags can make a program very hard to debug and understand, but is all too common wherever programs are hacked in a hurry.
- ice fishing — the act or practice of fishing through a hole cut in the ice.
- identifying — Present participle of identify.
- ill feeling — animosity or resentment felt toward another.
- infangthief — (in Old English law) the right of a lord of the manor to have jurisdiction over a thief caught within the bounds of his property
- infatigable — (obsolete) indefatigable.
- inferencing — The process of making inferences; inferring.
- influencing — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- infrangible — that cannot be broken or separated; unbreakable: infrangible moral strength.
- infrigidate — (obsolete) To chill; to make cold.
- infringe on — to break in on; encroach or trespass on
- insectifuge — a substance or preparation for driving off insects.
- interfacing — a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- interfering — to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
- interfinger — (of sedimentary rocks) to change laterally from one type to another in a zone where the two types form interpenetrating wedges.
- jargon file — (jargon, publication, humour) The on-line hacker Jargon File maintained by Eric S. Raymond. A large collection of definitions of computing terms, including much wit, wisdom, and history. See also Yellow Book, Jargon.
- joining fee — a sum of money that you pay in order to become a member of a club, organization, etc, or in order to start receiving a service, such as a phone line
- kingfishers — Plural form of kingfisher.
- kite flying — an act or instance of flying a kite.
- kitesurfing — The sport or pastime of riding on a modified surfboard while holding on to a specially designed kite, using the wind for propulsion.
- knife-edged — having a thin, sharp edge.
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- leaf spring — a long, narrow, multiple spring composed of several layers of spring metal bracketed together: used in some suspension systems of carriages and automobiles.
- left-winger — A left-winger is a person whose political beliefs are close to socialism, or closer to them than most of the other people in the same group or party.