12-letter words containing f, l, a, g, i, n
- interleafing — Present participle of interleaf.
- landing flap — a flap in the undersurface of the trailing edge of an aircraft wing, capable of being moved downward to increase either lift or drag or both, as for landing. Compare split flap (def 1).
- leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
- let floating — (programming) A program transformation used in functional programming to implement full laziness. E.g. the function f x = x + sqrt 4 can be expressed as f x = let t = sqrt 4 in x + t but note that t does not depend on the argument x so we can automatically transform this to t = sqrt 4 f x = x + t Making t into a global constant which need only be evaluated at most once, rather than every time f is called. The general idea is to float each subexpression as far out (toward the top level) as possible to maximise sharing.
- life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
- life savings — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifting sail — a sail that when filled tends to raise the hull of a ship or boat (opposed to driving sail).
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- meaningfully — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
- paling-fence — Also called paling fence. picket fence.
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- rainbow flag — a multicoloured flag used as a symbol of peace; often used to represent gay and lesbian pride
- relief angle — The relief angle is the angle between a cutting tool and the workpiece it has just cut.
- roofing nail — a short nail for nailing asphalt shingles or the like, having a broad head.
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- self-antigen — autoantigen.
- self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
- 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-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- 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-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- 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-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
- 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.
- soft landing — space vehicle
- spongillafly — spongefly.
- unflaggingly — in a consistently strong or tireless manner
- unflattering — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
- unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- unforgivably — in an unforgivable manner
- unmeaningful — not meaningful; without significance.
- walking fern — a fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having simple, triangular fronds tapering into a prolongation that bends at the top and often takes root at the apex.
- walking fish — any of various fishes able to survive and move about for short periods of time on land, as the mudskipper or climbing perch.
- walking leaf — leaf insect.
- waterfalling — Present participle of waterfall.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- wineglassful — the capacity of a wineglass, typically containing four to six fluid ounces.
- wing formula — a numerical representation of the relative lengths of the primary feathers of a bird's wing, used in identifying similar species, as flycatchers.