11-letter words containing f, o, g, l, e
- get hold of — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- gilliflower — any of several plants of various families with clove-scented flowers, as the carnation
- gillyflower — Archaic. any of several fragrant flowers of the genus Dianthus, as the carnation or clove pink.
- globefishes — Plural form of globefish.
- globeflower — any of several plants belonging to the genus Trollius, of the buttercup family, as T. laxus, of North America, having rounded, yellowish flowers.
- glumiferous — having glumes
- go flatline — [Cyberpunk SF, refers to flattening of EEG traces upon brain-death] also "flatlined". 1. To die, terminate, or fail, especially irreversibly. In hacker parlance, this is used of machines only, human death being considered somewhat too serious a matter to employ jargon-jokes about. 2. To go completely quiescent; said of machines undergoing controlled shutdown. "You can suffer file damage if you shut down Unix but power off before the system has gone flatline." 3. Of a video tube, to fail by losing vertical scan, so all one sees is a bright horizontal line bisecting the screen.
- gold-filled — composed of a layer of gold backed with a base metal.
- golden calf — a golden idol set up by Aaron and worshiped by the Israelites. Ex. 32.
- golden fizz — a drink containing egg yolk, gin or vodka, lemon juice, sugar, and soda water.
- golden orfe — one of the two varieties of orfe, an aquarium fish
- goldfinches — Plural form of goldfinch.
- golf course — the ground or course over which golf is played. A standard full-scale golf course has 125 to 175 acres (51 to 71 hectares), usually with 18 holes varying from 100 to 650 yards (91 to 594 meters) in length from tee to cup.
- gonfalonier — the bearer of a gonfalon.
- good fellow — a friendly and pleasant person.
- goose flesh — goose bumps.
- guinea fowl — any of several African, gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Numidinae, especially a common species, Numida meleagris, that has a bony casque on the head and dark gray plumage spotted with white and that is now domesticated and raised for its flesh and eggs.
- highprofile — (rare) alternative spelling of high-profile.
- jargon file — (jargon, publication, humour) The on-line hacker Jargon File maintained by Eric S. Raymond. A large collection of definitions of computing terms, including much wit, wisdom, and history. See also Yellow Book, Jargon.
- jungle fowl — any of several East Indian, gallinaceous birds of the genus Gallus, as G. gallus (red jungle fowl) believed to be the ancestor of the domestic fowl.
- leapfrogged — Simple past tense and past participle of leapfrog.
- leapfrogger — One who leapfrogs.
- midget golf — miniature golf.
- montgolfier — a balloon raised by air heated from a fire in the lower part.
- non-feeling — the function or the power of perceiving by touch.
- non-fragile — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- office girl — a girl or young woman employed in an office to run errands, do odd jobs, etc.
- overflowing — to flow or run over, as rivers or water: After the thaw, the river overflows and causes great damage.
- pigeon loft — a raised shelter or building where pigeons are kept
- powder flag — red flag (def 4).
- reflexology — a system of massaging specific areas of the foot or sometimes the hand in order to promote healing, relieve stress, etc., in other parts of the body.
- reflowering — an occurrence of flowering again
- scaffoldage — a scaffold or scaffolding
- self-moving — capable of moving without an external agency.
- self-strong — having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
- single-foot — rack3 (def 1).
- telling-off — If you give someone a telling-off, you tell them that you are very angry with them about something they have done.
- tug-of-love — Journalists sometimes use tug-of-love to refer to a situation in which the parents of a child are divorced and one of the parents tries to get the child from the other, for example by taking him or her illegally.
- unforgeable — to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
- unforgetful — apt to forget; that forgets: a forgetful person.
- unglorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- well-fought — simple past tense and past participle of fight.
- yellow flag — Nautical. quarantine flag.