12-letter words containing f, l, i, n, g
- fell-walking — the sport of hiking over fells
- fellow being — if you refer to someone as a fellow being, you are emphasizing that you and they are human beings and have things in common
- ferlinghetti — Lawrence, born 1920? U.S. poet associated with the Beat Generation.
- fibrillating — Present participle of fibrillate.
- field magnet — a magnet for producing a magnetic field, as in a particle accelerator or an electric motor.
- 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.
- filet mignon — a small, tender round of steak cut from the thick end of a beef tenderloin.
- filing clerk — an employee who maintains office files
- 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.
- fingerflower — purple foxglove.
- 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.
- fishing line — cord used to catch fish
- fishing pole — a long, slender rod of wood or other material with a line and hook fastened to one end for use in catching fish.
- fissilingual — having a forked tongue
- fixed-length — referring to a field, record, computer word, or other entity whose length does not vary.
- flabagasting — Present participle of flabagast.
- flag captain — the captain of a flagship
- 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.
- flash drying — Flash drying is a stage in a process to make something bigger, in which a paste-like feed is broken up and dried at the same time.
- flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
- flat-hunting — the activity of looking for a flat in which to live
- flatteringly — In a flattering manner.
- fleetingness — passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory: fleeting beauty; a fleeting glance.
- flegenheimer — Arthur ("Dutch Schultz") 1902–35, U.S. gangster.
- flesh-eating — habitually eating flesh; carnivorous
- flickeringly — In a flickering manner.
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- flimflamming — Present participle of flimflam.
- floating rib — one member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs.
- flocculating — Present participle of flocculate.
- flooring saw — a saw having a curved edge.
- flop forging — forging of both sides of a piece from the same die, the sides being identical.
- flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
- flowing well — A flowing well is a well which can produce oil or gas without the use of a mechanical pump.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluorinating — Present participle of fluorinate.
- flux linkage — the product of the magnetic flux and the number of turns in a given coil.
- fly-by-night — not reliable or responsible, especially in business; untrustworthy: a fly-by-night operation.
- flying field — a small landing field with short runways and facilities for servicing airplanes on a lesser scale than an airport.
- flying jenny — Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a merry-go-round, especially a relatively small or unadorned one.
- flying lemur — either of two lemurlike mammals, Cynocephalus variegatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, or C. volans, of the Philippines, having broad folds of skin on both sides of the body to aid in gliding from tree to tree: now rare.
- flying mouse — pygmy glider.
- flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
- flying squad — a trained, mobile group of police officers, business executives, labor officials, or the like, capable of performing specialized tasks whenever or wherever sent, often for use in emergencies.