11-letter words containing f, i, g
- grandiflora — any of several plant varieties or hybrids characterized by large showy flowers, as certain kinds of petunias, baby's breath, or roses.
- graniferous — bearing grain
- granitiform — resembling granite
- granuliform — having a granular structure
- grapefruits — Plural form of grapefruit.
- grapefruity — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- grass finch — any of several Australian weaverbirds, especially of the genus Poephila.
- gratifiable — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- gravity-fed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- ground-fish — bottom-fish.
- guaifenesin — An expectorant used in cough syrups and sometimes for pain relief from fibromyalgia.
- guaniferous — yielding guano
- guinea fowl — any of several African, gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Numidinae, especially a common species, Numida meleagris, that has a bony casque on the head and dark gray plumage spotted with white and that is now domesticated and raised for its flesh and eggs.
- gulf crisis — the unstable period prior to the war of 1991 between US-led UN forces and Iraq
- gummiferous — producing gum
- gunfighting — Combat with guns.
- gut feeling — an instinctive feeling, as opposed to an opinion based on facts
- guttiferous — relating to plants that produce gum or gum-like fluids
- gypsiferous — containing gypsum.
- half gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward half-somersault, entering the water headfirst and facing the springboard.
- half-hoping — having or expressing some hope
- half-joking — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- handcuffing — Present participle of handcuff.
- handfasting — Present participle of handfast.
- hidden flag — (scientific computation) An extra option added to a routine without changing the calling sequence. For example, instead of adding an explicit input variable to instruct a routine to give extra diagnostic output, the programmer might just add a test for some otherwise meaningless feature of the existing inputs, such as a negative mass. The use of hidden flags can make a program very hard to debug and understand, but is all too common wherever programs are hacked in a hurry.
- high fulham — a die loaded at one corner either to favor a throw of 4, 5, or 6 (high fulham) or to favor a throw of 1, 2, or 3 (low fulham)
- high relief — sculptured relief in which volumes are strongly projected from the background.
- high-flying — moving upward to or along at a considerable height: highflying planes.
- higher self — a person's spiritual self, as the focus of many meditation techniques, as opposed to the physical body
- highfalutin — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- highprofile — (rare) alternative spelling of high-profile.
- hippogriffs — Plural form of hippogriff.
- hiring-fair — (formerly, in rural areas) a fair or market at which agricultural labourers were hired
- humidifying — Present participle of humidify.
- ice fishing — the act or practice of fishing through a hole cut in the ice.
- identifying — Present participle of identify.
- if anything — on the contrary
- ill feeling — animosity or resentment felt toward another.
- ill-fitting — (of a garment) not fitting well.
- in full fig — completely dressed or outfitted, esp. in a showy manner
- in light of — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- in-fighting — fighting at close range.
- infangthief — (in Old English law) the right of a lord of the manor to have jurisdiction over a thief caught within the bounds of his property
- infatigable — (obsolete) indefatigable.
- infatuating — to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
- inferencing — The process of making inferences; inferring.
- inflatingly — in an inflating manner; in a way such as to inflate
- influencing — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- infographic — Often, infographics. a visual presentation of information in the form of a chart, graph, or other image accompanied by minimal text, intended to give an easily understood overview, often of a complex subject: a mass-transit infographic that uses different colors to represent different modes of transportation.
- informingly — In an informing manner.