17-letter words containing f, e, r, g, u
- plug and feathers — an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.
- plumbing fixtures — things such as pipes, sinks, toilets that are fixed in position in a building
- political refugee — a person who has fled from a homeland because of political persecution.
- pre-configuration — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- prelingually deaf — deaf from birth or having acquired deafness before learning to speak
- put the finger on — to inform on or identify, esp for the police
- recruiting office — an office where staff are recruited, esp by the military
- returning officer — a public official appointed to conduct and preside at an election.
- self-perpetuating — continuing oneself in office, rank, etc., beyond the normal limit.
- self-priming pump — A self-priming pump is a pump that will clear its passages of air and start pumping.
- self-rising flour — Self-rising flour is flour that makes cakes rise when they are cooked because it has chemicals added to it.
- separating funnel — a large funnel having a tap in its output tube, used to separate immiscible liquids
- south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- south frigid zone — the part of the earth's surface between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.
- through the floor — If you say that prices or sales have fallen through the floor, you mean that they have suddenly decreased.
- thuringian forest — a forested mountain region in central Germany: a resort area.
- to drag your feet — If you drag your feet or drag your heels, you delay doing something or do it very slowly because you do not want to do it.
- under the sign of — during that portion of the year when the sun is passing through and thus subject to the influence of (a specified sign of the zodiac)