13-letter words containing f, l, i, n, g
- front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- 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.
- furshlugginer — crazy; foolish
- garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
- geminiflorous — having flowers arranged in pairs.
- genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
- gill filament — one of the threadlike processes forming the respiratory surface of a gill.
- ginger family — the plant family Zingiberaceae, characterized by tropical, often aromatic herbaceous plants having rhizomes, long sheathing leaves, and clusters of tubular flowers, and including cardamon, ginger, and turmeric.
- glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
- 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.
- goldie's fern — a wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana, of northeastern North America, having large, golden-green, leathery fronds with blades that tilt backward.
- golfe du lion — French name of the Gulf of Lions.
- grain of salt — salt crystal
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- gulf of lions — a wide bay of the Mediterranean off the S coast of France, between the Spanish border and Toulon
- 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-integral — noting or pertaining to a fractional number obtained by dividing an odd integer by two, as 1/2.
- half-mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
- hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- heavy lifting — hard work: A team of researchers did the heavy lifting for the author.
- hunting rifle — shotgun used to kill game
- 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.
- in mid-flight — during a flight; whilst airborne
- indefatigable — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
- indefatigably — In an extremely persistent and untiring manner; in an indefatigable manner.
- infantilizing — Present participle of infantilize.
- inframarginal — below the margin; submarginal.
- infuriatingly — causing or tending to cause anger or outrage; maddening: His delay is infuriating.
- interferingly — So as to interfere.
- irrefrangible — not to be broken or violated; inviolable: an irrefrangible rule of etiquette.
- killing frost — the occurrence of temperatures cold enough to kill all but the hardiest vegetation, especially the last such occurrence in spring and the first in fall, events that limit the agricultural growing season.
- kolding fjord — an inlet of the Little Belt at the head of which is Kolding
- landing craft — any of various flat-bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore.
- landing field — an area of land large and smooth enough for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- leaf gelatine — gelatine in the form of thin sheets
- leafleteering — The printing and distribution of leaflets, especially as propaganda.
- leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- legal fiction — an acceptance of something as true, for the sake of convenience; legal pretence
- life-changing — having major impact on sb
- lift a finger — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- light fitting — fixture for attaching a lamp
- lighter flint — the small piece of flint in a lighter pressure on which creates a spark that ignites the fuel
- lightfastness — The quality of being lightfast.
- lignification — Turning to wood; the process of becoming ligneous.
- line of sight — Also called line of sighting. an imaginary straight line running through the aligned sights of a firearm, surveying equipment, etc.
- lingayen gulf — a gulf in the Philippines, on the NW coast of Luzon.
- lingua franca — any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages.