12-letter words containing f, l, a, g
- falling door — flap door (def 1).
- falling star — an incandescent meteor; a shooting star.
- false gavial — a SE Asian crocodile, Tomistoma schlegeli, similar to but smaller than the gavial
- false indigo — any of several North American shrubs belonging to the genus Amorpha, of the legume family, especially A. fruticosa, having compound leaves with pinnate leaflets and long, dense clusters of purplish flowers.
- fan vaulting — a system of fan vaults.
- fanning mill — a machine for winnowing grain by the action of riddles and sieves and an air blast.
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- farthingales — Plural form of farthingale.
- farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
- farthingland — a unit of land area, sometimes described as being equivalent to thirty acres
- farthingless — without a farthing, having no money
- fast-flowing — water: rapid
- fast-selling — selling quickly and in large quantities
- fatigability — susceptible to fatigue.
- fatigue life — the number of applications of a given stress to which a sample of metal can be subjected before failing.
- faultfinding — the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
- featherlight — extremely light; light as a feather.
- federalizing — Present participle of federalize.
- feeler gauge — a person or thing that feels.
- felicitating — to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
- fell-walking — the sport of hiking over fells
- fergus falls — a city in W central Minnesota.
- festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
- fete galante — fête champêtre.
- fibrillating — Present participle of fibrillate.
- fibromyalgia — a syndrome characterized by fatigue and chronic pain in the muscles and in tissues surrounding the joints.
- field magnet — a magnet for producing a magnetic field, as in a particle accelerator or an electric motor.
- fig marigold — any of various plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, having showy flowers of white, yellow, or pink.
- figurability — the quality of being figurable
- figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- file footage — film footage already on file; stock footage of crowds, cityscapes, football games, etc.
- file manager — a program that organizes and arranges files in a computer
- file-sharing — File-sharing is a method of distributing computer files, for example files containing music, among a large number of users.
- film-coating — Film-coating is a process in which a tablet, capsule, or pellet is covered by a thin layer of film to protect it or make it easier to swallow.
- finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
- fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
- firing glass — a drinking glass of the 18th century having a conical, rounded body on a thick stem and a heavy spreading foot.
- fiscal agent — a person or organization serving as another's financial agent.
- fissilingual — having a forked tongue
- flabagasting — Present participle of flabagast.
- flabbergasts — Plural form of flabbergast.
- flabberghast — (archaic) Alternative form of flabbergast.
- flabergasted — Simple past tense and past participle of flabergast.
- flag captain — the captain of a flagship
- flag carrier — an airline that is locally registered in a particular country
- flag officer — a naval officer above the rank of captain, as a fleet admiral, admiral, vice-admiral, rear admiral, or commodore, who is entitled to display a flag indicating his or her rank.
- flag station — a railroad station where trains stop only when a flag or other signal is displayed or when passengers are to be discharged.
- flagellating — Present participle of flagellate.
- flagellation — the act or process of flagellating.
- flagellators — Plural form of flagellator.