12-letter words containing f, o, g, l
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- microfilming — Present participle of microfilm.
- mollifyingly — So as to mollify.
- mortifyingly — In a mortifying manner; so as to cause great embarrassment.
- non-fungible — (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.
- nonflowering — (biology) Of a plant, not flowering; reproducing by means other than pollination from flowers.
- offputtingly — In an offputting manner.
- olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
- pillow fight — a mock fight in which participants thump each other with pillows
- powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
- profile drag — the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
- protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
- rainbow flag — a multicoloured flag used as a symbol of peace; often used to represent gay and lesbian pride
- reflectogram — an image of an under-drawing or image taken from beneath the surface of paint in a work of art
- rigging loft — a loft or gallery in a boatbuilder's yard from which rigging can be fitted
- roofing felt — a type of tar paper made from glass fibre or polyester fleece impregnated with bituminous material, produced in roll form, and used in roof construction
- roofing nail — a short nail for nailing asphalt shingles or the like, having a broad head.
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- self-closing — the end or conclusion, as of a speech.
- self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
- self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- self-locking — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- self-storage — noting or pertaining to a warehouse or other facility that rents units to people for storing personal possessions.
- self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
- shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
- soft landing — space vehicle
- solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
- spongillafly — spongefly.
- topping lift — a line for raising and supporting a spar, as a yard or boom.
- unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- unforgivably — in an unforgivable manner
- unthoughtful — showing consideration for others; considerate.
- valley forge — a village in SE Pennsylvania: winter quarters of Washington's army 1777–78.
- wager of law — a form of trial in which the accused offered to make oath of his innocence, supported by the oaths of 11 of his neighbours declaring their belief in his statements
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- wing formula — a numerical representation of the relative lengths of the primary feathers of a bird's wing, used in identifying similar species, as flycatchers.
- wolf herring — a voracious clupeoid fish, Chirocentrus dorab, inhabiting the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans.
- wrongfulness — unjust or unfair: a wrongful act; a wrongful charge.
- yogic flying — a phenomenon of Transcendental Meditation in which the meditator jumps into the air while in the lotus position