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12-letter words containing f, g, l

  • figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • file footage — film footage already on file; stock footage of crowds, cityscapes, football games, etc.
  • file manager — a program that organizes and arranges files in a computer
  • file-sharing — File-sharing is a method of distributing computer files, for example files containing music, among a large number of users.
  • filet mignon — a small, tender round of steak cut from the thick end of a beef tenderloin.
  • filing clerk — an employee who maintains office files
  • film-coating — Film-coating is a process in which a tablet, capsule, or pellet is covered by a thin layer of film to protect it or make it easier to swallow.
  • finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
  • fingerflower — purple foxglove.
  • fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
  • firelighters — Plural form of firelighter.
  • firing glass — a drinking glass of the 18th century having a conical, rounded body on a thick stem and a heavy spreading foot.
  • fiscal agent — a person or organization serving as another's financial agent.
  • fishing line — cord used to catch fish
  • fishing pole — a long, slender rod of wood or other material with a line and hook fastened to one end for use in catching fish.
  • fissilingual — having a forked tongue
  • fixed-length — referring to a field, record, computer word, or other entity whose length does not vary.
  • flabagasting — Present participle of flabagast.
  • flabbergasts — Plural form of flabbergast.
  • flabberghast — (archaic) Alternative form of flabbergast.
  • flabergasted — Simple past tense and past participle of flabergast.
  • flag captain — the captain of a flagship
  • flag carrier — an airline that is locally registered in a particular country
  • flag officer — a naval officer above the rank of captain, as a fleet admiral, admiral, vice-admiral, rear admiral, or commodore, who is entitled to display a flag indicating his or her rank.
  • flag station — a railroad station where trains stop only when a flag or other signal is displayed or when passengers are to be discharged.
  • flagellating — Present participle of flagellate.
  • flagellation — the act or process of flagellating.
  • flagellators — Plural form of flagellator.
  • flagellatory — relating to flagellation
  • flagelliform — long, slender, and flexible, like the lash of a whip.
  • flageoletist — Someone who plays the flageolet.
  • flagitiously — In a flagitious manner.
  • flash drying — Flash drying is a stage in a process to make something bigger, in which a paste-like feed is broken up and dried at the same time.
  • flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
  • flat-hunting — the activity of looking for a flat in which to live
  • flatteringly — In a flattering manner.
  • fleetingness — passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory: fleeting beauty; a fleeting glance.
  • flegenheimer — Arthur ("Dutch Schultz") 1902–35, U.S. gangster.
  • flesh-eating — habitually eating flesh; carnivorous
  • flickeringly — In a flickering manner.
  • flight arrow — an arrow having a conical or pyramidal head without barbs.
  • flight level — a specified height at which an aircraft is allowed to fly
  • flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
  • flight strip — Aeronautics. a strip of cleared land used as an emergency runway for aircraft. runway.
  • flightworthy — being in proper physical or mechanical condition for safe flight; airworthy: a flightworthy spacecraft.
  • flimflamming — Present participle of flimflam.
  • float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.
  • floating rib — one member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs.
  • flocculating — Present participle of flocculate.
  • flood damage — damage to property caused by floodwater
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