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14-letter words containing f, e, n, g

  • fortunetelling — the act or practice of predicting the future.
  • fortysomething — A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.
  • fragmentations — Plural form of fragmentation.
  • fragmentedness — The quality of being fragmented.
  • fragrance-free — (of a product) without added scent or perfume
  • framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
  • framing square — a steel square usually having on its faces various tables and scales useful to the carpenter.
  • francois guise — François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
  • free-machining — (of certain metals) readily machinable at high speeds with low force.
  • free-range egg — an egg produced by a bird kept in natural nonintensive conditions
  • freewheelingly — In a freewheeling manner; without constraint.
  • freezing point — the temperature at which a liquid freezes: The freezing point of water is 32°F, 0°C.
  • freezing works — a slaughterhouse at which animal carcasses are frozen for export
  • freight engine — a locomotive for pulling freight trains, designed for high drawbar pull rather than high speed.
  • french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
  • fringe benefit — any of various benefits, as free life or health insurance, paid holidays, a pension, etc., received by an employee in addition to regular pay.
  • fringe meeting — a meeting that takes place during a convention and is attended only by people whose views are not central to the majority
  • fringe theatre — theatrical performance that is unconventional or otherwise distinct from the mainstream
  • 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.
  • frozen yoghurt — a dessert made from sweetened yoghurt that has been frozen
  • fungible issue — a bond issued by a company on the same terms as a bond previously issued by that company, although the redemption yield will probably be different
  • funnily enough — You use funnily enough to indicate that, although something is surprising, it is true or really happened.
  • game of chance — a game in which the outcome is determined by chance rather than by the skill of its players, as roulette.
  • garden of eden — Eden1
  • gelatification — the process of gelatinizing.
  • gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
  • gene frequency — the frequency of occurrence of a particular allele in a population
  • gentian family — the plant family Gentianaceae, typified by herbaceous plants having simple opposite leaves, usually blue flowers with five united petals, and fruit in the form of a capsule, and including the closed gentian, fringed gentian, centaury, exacum, and marsh pink.
  • 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.
  • get funny with — to be impudent to
  • getting on for — Getting on for means the same as nearly.
  • ginseng family — the plant family Araliaceae, characterized by often prickly herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having alternate leaves and dense clusters of small, whitish or greenish flowers, and including the devil's-club, ginseng, ivy, schefflera, and wild sarsaparilla.
  • give free rein — to allow considerable freedom; remove restraints
  • glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
  • good afternoon — greeting
  • grandfathering — Present participle of grandfather.
  • grid reference — geographical co-ordinates
  • grief-stricken — overwhelmed by grief; deeply afflicted or sorrowful.
  • group of seven — G7.
  • guarantee form — a document that spells out the terms of a legally binding guarantee
  • guest of honor — a person in whose honor a dinner, party, etc., is given.
  • gulf of guinea — a large inlet of the S Atlantic on the W coast of Africa, extending from Cape Palmas, Liberia, to Cape Lopez, Gabon: contains two large bays, the Bight of Bonny and the Bight of Benin, separated by the Niger delta
  • half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
  • half-evergreen — having leaves which may or may not remain green throughout the year
  • half-forgotten — a past participle of forget.
  • half-pedalling — a technique of piano playing in which the sustaining pedal is raised and immediately depressed thus allowing the lower strings to continue sounding
  • hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
  • height of land — a watershed
  • high frequency — the range of frequencies in the radio spectrum between 3 and 30 megahertz.
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