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14-letter words containing f, g, l

  • drifting cloud — Japanese Uki Gumo. a novel (1887–89) by Shimei Futabatei.
  • drilling fluid — a fluid used in the process of drilling bore holes and oil wells, for instance drilling mud, water, and compressed air amongst others
  • dumbfoundingly — In a dumbfounding manner.
  • electrifyingly — In an electrifying manner.
  • electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
  • electroforming — a process used to create a metallic object by electrolytic deposition on a mould or matrix
  • engine failure — failure to operate by the engine of an aircraft, car, or other vehicle
  • english muffin — crumpet
  • ergocalciferol — Constituent of vitamin D1 and vitamin D2.
  • faculty lounge — a staffroom
  • falling action — the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.
  • falling market — a stock market in which share prices are falling
  • false beginner — a language student who has some knowledge of a language, but who needs to start again from the beginning
  • false negative — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test failed to recognize an existing condition or finding. a person who receives this test result.
  • false-negative — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test failed to recognize an existing condition or finding. a person who receives this test result.
  • family viewing — television programmes that are suitable for both adults and children
  • farm-gate sale — the sale of produce direct from the producer
  • farmer-general — (in France, under the old monarchy) a member of a company of capitalists that farmed certain taxes.
  • feather-legged — cowardly.
  • feature-length — long enough to be made a feature; of full length: a feature-length story; a feature-length film.
  • feeding bottle — infant's feeding receptacle
  • fellow feeling — sympathetic feeling; sympathy: to have fellow feeling for the unfortunate.
  • fellow-feeling — sympathetic feeling; sympathy: to have fellow feeling for the unfortunate.
  • fellowshipping — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
  • fencing school — an academy or school where fencing was taught by fencing masters
  • fertility drug — a substance that enhances the ability to produce young.
  • fibrocartilage — a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
  • fichtelgebirge — a mountain range in E central Germany, near the Czech border. Highest peak, Schneeberg, 3447 feet (1051 meters).
  • fictionalizing — Present participle of fictionalize.
  • field guidance — a method of guiding a missile to a point within a gravitational or radio field by means of the properties of the field
  • field strength — the intensity of an electromagnetic wave at any point in the area covered by a radio or television transmitter
  • figwort family — the plant family Scrophulariaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having alternate or opposite leaves, often showy two-lipped or irregular flowers, fruit in the form of a capsule or berry, and including the figwort, foxglove, Indian paintbrush, mullein, speedwell, and snapdragon.
  • file signature — A magic number.
  • filing cabinet — office: tall set of drawers
  • filter feeding — a method of feeding occurring in some aquatic animals, such as planktonic invertebrates and whalebone whales, in which minute food particles are filtered from the surrounding water
  • final judgment — judgment (def 8).
  • finger trouble — trouble caused by operator error, such as striking the wrong key
  • fingerlessness — Absence of fingers.
  • fingerspelling — the communication in sign language of a word or other expression by rendering its written form letter by letter in a manual alphabet.
  • finishing line — In a race, the finishing line is the place on the track or course where the race officially ends.
  • finishing nail — a slender nail with a small globular head, used for finish work, being driven to slightly beneath the surface and covered with putty or the like.
  • first language — mother tongue
  • fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
  • flabbergasting — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
  • flabberghasted — Simple past tense and past participle of flabberghast.
  • flagelliferous — bearing a flagellum
  • flagellomaniac — a person who is enthusiastic about or derives (sexual) pleasure from whipping or being whipped
  • flagitiousness — The state or quality of being flagitious.
  • flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
  • flash smelting — a smelting process for sulphur-containing ores in which the dried and powdered ore, mixed with oxygen, is ignited on discharge from a nozzle, melts, and drops to the bottom of a settling chamber. Sulphur is released mainly in its solid form, thus reducing atmospheric pollution
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