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13-letter words containing f, o, g, a

  • fashionmonger — (derogatory) One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.
  • fatigue ratio — the ratio between the fatigue limit and the tensile strength of a material.
  • fearmongering — The action of deliberately arousing public fear or alarm about a particular issue.
  • ferricyanogen — (chemistry) A hexavalent radical, Fe2(CN)12, a compound of cyanogen and iron in the ferric state.
  • ferrocyanogen — a ferrocyanide radical
  • ferromagnetic — noting or pertaining to a substance, as iron, that below a certain temperature, the Curie point, can possess magnetization in the absence of an external magnetic field; noting or pertaining to a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned.
  • festivalgoers — Plural form of festivalgoer.
  • filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
  • flag football — a form of touch football in which the ball-carrier's progress is stopped when an opponent pulls a flag from the ball-carrier's pocket or belt.
  • flag of truce — a white flag displayed as an invitation to the enemy to confer, or carried as a sign of peaceful intention by one sent to deal with the enemy.
  • flagellomania — enthusiasm for whipping or being whipped
  • flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.
  • flaming sword — a cultivated bromeliad, Vriesea splendens, native to French Guiana, having long, red bracts and yellow flowers.
  • floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
  • floating dock — a submersible, floating structure used as a dry dock, having a floor that is submerged, slipped under a floating vessel, and then raised so as to raise the vessel entirely out of the water.
  • floating gang — a group of railroad workers who service or repair the track but are not assigned to a particular section.
  • floating rate — fluctuating exchange rate
  • floating ribs — the eleventh and twelfth pairs of ribs, not attached to the breastbone or to other ribs but only to the vertebrae
  • floating roof — A floating roof is an internal roof of a fuel storage tank.
  • floating vote — those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.
  • flog to death — to persuade a person so persistently of the value of (an idea or venture) that he or she loses interest in it
  • floor manager — a person assigned to direct the proceedings on the floor of an assembly, as at a political convention.
  • floor trading — trading by personal contact on the floor of a market or exchange
  • flooring brad — a brad having a very small head, made in lengths from 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm).
  • flow cleavage — cleavage resulting from the parallel alignment of the mineral constituents of a rock when in a plastic condition.
  • flower garden — plot for flowers
  • flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
  • fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
  • flying boxcar — a large airplane designed to carry cargo.
  • flying dragon — any of several arboreal lizards of the genus Draco, having an extensible membrane between the limbs along each side by means of which it makes long, gliding leaps.
  • folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
  • foliage plant — any plant grown chiefly for its attractive leaves.
  • fondant icing — icing made from fondant
  • fooling about — the act of speaking or acting in a playful, teasing, or jesting manner
  • foot-dragging — reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly.
  • football game — soccer match
  • foreign agent — a spy for a foreign country
  • foreordaining — Present participle of foreordain.
  • foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
  • forest ranger — any of the officers employed by the government to supervise the care and preservation of forests, especially public forests.
  • forgotten man — a person no longer in the mind of the general public.
  • formula algol — An ALGOL extension for symbolic mathematics, strings and lists, developed by A.J. Perlis and R. Iturriaga at Carnegie for the CDC G-20 in 1962.
  • formularising — Present participle of formularise.
  • formularizing — Present participle of formularize.
  • fourth-grader — a child in the fourth grade
  • foxtail wedge — a wedge in the split end of a tenon, bolt, or the like, for spreading and securing it when driven into a blind mortise or hole.
  • fractionating — Present participle of fractionate.
  • fragmentation — the act or process of fragmenting; state of being fragmented.
  • free-floating — (of an emotional state) lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized: free-floating hostility.
  • fromage frais — Fromage frais is a thick, creamy dessert that is made from milk and often flavoured with fruit. A fromage frais is a small pot of fromage frais.
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