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

  • gender-fluid — noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression is not fixed and shifts over time or depending on the situation.
  • genuflecting — Present participle of genuflect.
  • genuflection — an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
  • giant fennel — a plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, having feathery leaves and umbels of small, yellow flowers.
  • give offence — to cause annoyance or displeasure to someone
  • give offense — to offend; anger, insult, etc.
  • glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
  • gonfaloniers — Plural form of gonfalonier.
  • 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.
  • greenfinches — Plural form of greenfinch.
  • griseofulvin — an antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , obtained from a species of Penicillium, used in the treatment of ringworm and other fungous infections of the skin.
  • guilefulness — The quality of being guileful; cunning or deceit.
  • half-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
  • hard feeling — resentment; ill will
  • heffelfinger — William Walter ("Pudge") 1867–1954, U.S. football player.
  • high finance — large-scale financial transactions or institutions.
  • in charge of — having responsibility for
  • in danger of — liable to
  • indemnifying — Present participle of indemnify.
  • index finger — forefinger.
  • infringement — a breach or infraction, as of a law, right, or obligation; violation; transgression.
  • intensifying — Present participle of intensify.
  • interfilling — a filling of materials, as brickwork between studs.
  • interleafing — Present participle of interleaf.
  • 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.
  • 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 goes on — You can say 'Life goes on' after mentioning something very sad to indicate that, although people are very upset or affected by it, they have to carry on living normally.
  • life savings — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
  • line fishing — the activity and sport of fishing using a line
  • loosefitting — fitting loosely
  • 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.
  • meaningfully — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
  • misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
  • misfeaturing — distorting the features
  • night office — the office for matins.
  • non-fungible — (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.
  • nondeforming — not causing deformity
  • nonfattening — Not fattening; not causing one to become fat.
  • nonflowering — (biology) Of a plant, not flowering; reproducing by means other than pollination from flowers.
  • objectifying — Present participle of objectify.
  • olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
  • 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.
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