16-letter words containing f, g, l

flowering quince — any shrub belonging to the genus Chaenomeles, of the rose family, native to eastern Asia, having showy, waxy flowers and a quincelike fruit, grown widely as an ornamental.
flutter tonguing — a method of sounding a wind instrument, esp the flute, with a rolling movement of the tongue
flying ambulance — an aircraft used to take sick or injured people to hospital
flying phalanger — any of various small phalangers of Australia and New Guinea, having a parachutelike fold of skin on each side of the body to give gliding assistance in leaping.
folk linguistics — speculation and popular views about language.
foot fault judge — on official on the baseline who is responsible for calling foot faults
foot reflexology — reflexology (def 1).
foreign language — language not one's mother tongue
foreign national — citizen of another country
forked lightning — Forked lightning is lightning that divides into two or more parts near the ground.
formation flying — a formal arrangement of flying aircraft acting as a unit
forward planning — business: making future provisions
four-deal bridge — a version of bridge in which four hands only are played, the players then cutting for new partners
freeboard length — the length of a vessel, measured on the summer load line from the fore side of the stem to some part of the stern, usually the after side of the rudderpost.
freezing drizzle — drizzle that falls as a liquid but freezes into glaze or rime upon contact with the ground.
freight terminal — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
friction welding — a method of welding thermoplastics or metals by the heat generated by rubbing the members to be joined against each other under pressure.
friedrich engels — Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1820–95, German socialist in England: collaborated with Karl Marx in systematizing Marxism.
frigate mackerel — a small, blue-green, black-striped fish, Auxis thazard, abundant in tropical seas, having dark, oily flesh that is sometimes used as food.
fringed polygala — a North American milkwort, Polygala paucifolia, having flowers with purplish-pink, winglike petals and a fringed tube.
functional group — a group of atoms responsible for the characteristic behavior of the class of compounds in which the group occurs, as the hydroxyl group in alcohols.
garfield heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
gas blowoff line — A gas blowoff line is a safety device to control sudden increases in pressure.
gas liquefaction — Gas liquefaction is the process of refrigerating a gas to a temperature that is below its critical temperature in order to form a liquid.
gender-profiling — the use of personal characteristics or behavior patterns to make generalizations about a person, as in gender profiling.
general factotum — a person who does all sorts of jobs; general assistant
gentleman friend — a man with whom a woman is romantically involved; suitor.
gentleman-farmer — a man whose wealth or income from other sources permits him to farm for pleasure rather than for basic income.
glory-of-the-sun — a bulbous, Chilean plant, Leucocoryne ixioides, of the amaryllis family, having fragrant, white or blue flowers.
go for your life — an expression of encouragement
go off the rails — If someone goes off the rails, they start to behave in a way that other people think is unacceptable or very strange, for example they start taking drugs or breaking the law.
go with the flow — take a relaxed approach
gold certificate — a former U.S. paper currency issued by the federal government for circulation from 1865 to 1933, equal to and redeemable for gold to a stated value.
gold-of-pleasure — a yellow-flowered Eurasian plant, Camelina sativa, widespread as a weed, esp in flax fields, and formerly cultivated for its oil-rich seeds: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
golden handcuffs — payments deferred over a number of years that induce a person to stay with a particular company or in a particular job
goosefoot family — formerly, the plant family Chenopodiaceae, characterized by often weedy herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually alternate leaves, small and inconspicuous flowers, and tiny, dry fruit, and including the beet, glasswort, goosefoot, Russian thistle, saltbush, and spinach; now part of the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae.
gravity platform — (in the oil industry) a drilling platform that rests directly on the sea bed and is kept in position by its own weight; it is usually made of reinforced concrete
grim file reaper — (storage, operating system) (GFR) An ITS and LISP Machine utility to remove files according to some program-automated or semi-automatic manual procedure, especially one designed to reclaim mass storage space or reduce name-space clutter (the original GFR actually moved files to tape). See also prowler, reaper. Compare GC, which discards only provably worthless stuff.
gulf of honduras — an inlet of the Caribbean, on the coasts of Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize
gulf of liaodong — the N part of the Gulf of Chihli, west of the Liaodong Peninsula
gulf of martaban — an inlet of the Bay of Bengal in Myanmar
gulf of san blas — an inlet of the Caribbean on the N coast of Panama
gulf of thailand — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
high-pass filter — a filter that allows high-frequency electromagnetic signals to pass while rejecting or attenuating others below a specific value.
hourglass figure — the shape of a woman who is well-proportioned and has a small waist
hydrogen sulfide — a colorless, flammable, water-soluble, cumulatively poisonous gas, H 2 S, having the odor of rotten eggs: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals, in metallurgy, and as a reagent in laboratory analysis.
indefatigability — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
inflationary gap — the excess of total spending in an economy over the value, at current prices, of the output it can produce
irrefragableness — The quality or degree of being irrefragable.
isoplastic graft — syngraft.

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