13-letter words containing f, i, g, u
- fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
- fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
- flying circus — a squadron of airplanes operating together, especially any of several squadrons of famous World War I aviators.
- flying column — (formerly) a force of troops equipped and organized to move swiftly and independently of a principal unit to which it is attached.
- 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.
- fn tunnelling — Fowler-Nordheim tunnelling
- fooling about — the act of speaking or acting in a playful, teasing, or jesting manner
- forcing house — a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened
- foregrounding — Present participle of foreground.
- formularising — Present participle of formularise.
- formularizing — Present participle of formularize.
- foul-smelling — having a very unpleasant smell
- four-wheeling — traveling in a vehicle using four-wheel drive.
- frederiksburg — borough on Zealand island, Denmark: suburb of Copenhagen: pop. 88,000
- freight house — a depot or storage place for freight.
- frelinghuysen — Frederick Theodore, 1817–85, U.S. statesman.
- 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.
- frightfulness — The quality of being frightful.
- fruit farming — the practice of growing or farming fruit
- fruiting body — an organ that produces spores; fructification.
- frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- fugaciousness — (obsolete) fugacity.
- fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.
- furring strip — a strip of wood or metal fixed to a wall, floor, or ceiling to provide a surface for the fixing of plasterboard, floorboards, etc
- furshlugginer — crazy; foolish
- futurological — Pertaining to futurology.
- gabriel fauré — Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- gallimaufries — Plural form of gallimaufry.
- garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
- gefullte fish — dish of fish stuffed with various ingredients
- geminiflorous — having flowers arranged in pairs.
- gemmuliferous — producing or reproducing by gemmules.
- genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
- globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
- glue sniffing — the inhaling of the fumes of certain kinds of glue for the hallucinogenic or euphoric effect.
- glue-sniffing — the inhaling of the fumes of certain kinds of glue for the hallucinogenic or euphoric effect.
- golfe du lion — French name of the Gulf of Lions.
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- gravity fault — a fault along an inclined plane in which the upper side or hanging wall appears to have moved downward with respect to the lower side or footwall (opposed to reverse fault).
- group of five — France, Japan, UK, US, and Germany acting as a group to stabilize their currency exchange rates
- gulf of lions — a wide bay of the Mediterranean off the S coast of France, between the Spanish border and Toulon
- gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
- half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
- half mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
- half-mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
- hunting knife — a large, sharp knife, usually with a handle shaped to fit a firm grip and a blade with a slight curve toward the tip, that is used to skin and cut up game, or sometimes to dispatch it.
- hunting rifle — shotgun used to kill game
- iguassu falls — a waterfall on the Iguassú River, on the boundary between Brazil and Argentina. 210 feet (64 meters) high.
- in full swing — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.