13-letter words containing f, i, g, e, a
- festivalgoers — Plural form of festivalgoer.
- field glasses — Usually, field glasses. binoculars for use out of doors.
- field-glasses — Field-glasses are the same as binoculars.
- figured glass — plate or sheet glass having a pattern rolled onto one side of the surface.
- filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
- finagle's law — (humour) The generalised or "folk" version of Murphy's Law, fully named "Finagle's Law of Dynamic Negatives" and usually rendered "Anything that can go wrong, will". One variant favoured among hackers is "The perversity of the Universe tends toward a maximum". The label "Finagle's Law" was popularised by SF author Larry Niven in several stories depicting a frontier culture of asteroid miners; this "Belter" culture professed a religion and/or running joke involving the worship of the dread god Finagle and his mad prophet Murphy.
- fingal's cave — a cave on the island of Staffa, in the Hebrides, Scotland. 227 feet (69 meters) long; 42 feet (13 meters) wide.
- fingerbreadth — the breadth of a finger: approximately 3/4 inch (2 cm).
- fingerpainted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerpaint.
- fire watching — the job of watching for fires, especially those caused by aerial bombardment
- firing hammer — the part of the firing mechanism of a firearm that ignites the charge by striking the primer
- first reading — the reading of a bill when it is first introduced in a legislative body.
- fish geranium — zonal geranium.
- flabergasting — Present participle of flabergast.
- flagellomania — enthusiasm for whipping or being whipped
- flame cutting — a method of cutting ferrous metals in which the metal is heated by a torch to about 800°C and is oxidized by a stream of oxygen from the torch
- flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.
- fleming valve — (formerly) a diode.
- flemish giant — one of a breed of large domestic rabbits of Belgian origin, having a solid gray, white, or black coat, and raised for its meat and fur.
- flight leader — a pilot who commands a flight of military airplanes.
- floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
- floating rate — fluctuating exchange rate
- floating vote — those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.
- flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
- flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
- flying tackle — a tackle made by hurling one's body through the air at the player carrying the ball.
- foliage plant — any plant grown chiefly for its attractive leaves.
- foreign agent — a spy for a foreign country
- foreordaining — Present participle of foreordain.
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- foxtail wedge — a wedge in the split end of a tenon, bolt, or the like, for spreading and securing it when driven into a blind mortise or hole.
- fragmentarily — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
- fragmentation — the act or process of fragmenting; state of being fragmented.
- free reaching — sailing on a free reach.
- free-floating — (of an emotional state) lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized: free-floating hostility.
- free-standing — A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.
- freezing rain — rain that falls as a liquid but freezes into glaze upon contact with the ground.
- freight agent — a representative of a common carrier who manages the freight business in a local district.
- freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
- freight train — a train of freight cars.
- french guiana — an overseas department of France, on the NE coast of South America: formerly a French colony. 35,135 sq. mi. (91,000 sq. km). Capital: Cayenne.
- french guinea — former name of Guinea.
- fridge magnet — a small flat decorative object with a magnet on its back which is used to attach it to the front door of a fridge or other domestic appliance
- frighten away — cause sb/sth to run away
- fromage frais — Fromage frais is a thick, creamy dessert that is made from milk and often flavoured with fruit. A fromage frais is a small pot of fromage frais.
- fugaciousness — (obsolete) fugacity.
- gabriel fauré — Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- gallimaufries — Plural form of gallimaufry.
- game of skill — a game in which the outcome is determined by skill rather than by chance, as chess.
- garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.