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12-letter words containing f, i, g, l, e

  • olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
  • paling-fence — Also called paling fence. picket fence.
  • persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
  • powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
  • profile drag — the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
  • refreshingly — having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.
  • relief angle — The relief angle is the angle between a cutting tool and the workpiece it has just cut.
  • roofing felt — a type of tar paper made from glass fibre or polyester fleece impregnated with bituminous material, produced in roll form, and used in roof construction
  • sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
  • self-antigen — autoantigen.
  • self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
  • self-closing — the end or conclusion, as of a speech.
  • self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
  • self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
  • self-dealing — financial transaction conducted on a personal, nonbusinesslike basis, as lending or borrowing of corporate money by a director.
  • self-denying — the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
  • self-feeding — automatically supplying itself with what is needed, as a machine
  • self-filling — that fills or replenishes itself automatically
  • self-healing — curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
  • self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
  • self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
  • self-locking — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
  • self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
  • self-pitying — Someone who is self-pitying is full of self-pity.
  • self-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • self-priming — the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
  • self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
  • self-raising — a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
  • self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
  • self-sealing — capable of sealing itself automatically or without the application of adhesive, glue, or moisture: a self-sealing automobile tire; self-sealing envelopes.
  • self-seeking — the seeking of one's own interest or selfish ends.
  • self-serving — preoccupied with one's own interests, often disregarding the truth or the interests, well-being, etc., of others.
  • self-tanning — cosmetic substance applied to the skin to simulate a suntan
  • self-tapping — (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet
  • self-winding — kept wound or wound periodically by a mechanism, as an electric motor or a system of weighted levers, so that winding by hand is not necessary.
  • semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
  • shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
  • solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
  • space flight — journey into outer space
  • stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
  • target rifle — a rifle designed especially for shooting at targets.
  • terrifyingly — to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
  • triple fugue — a fugue with a subject and two countersubjects developed simultaneously.
  • undelightful — giving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing: a delightful surprise.
  • unflattering — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
  • unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
  • unmeaningful — not meaningful; without significance.
  • unreflecting — not reflecting; unthinking: an unreflecting, self-satisfied man.
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