12-letter words containing f, o, i, e, g, r
- frighten off — scare away
- fringe group — a group that is on the periphery of a larger organization because its views are more extreme than the majority
- frog sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
- frog-sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- gersdorffite — a mineral, sulfide-arsenide of nickel, NiAsS, occurring in metallic, light-gray cubes.
- gift voucher — gift certificate.
- gillyflowers — Plural form of gillyflower.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- gonfaloniers — Plural form of gonfalonier.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- griseofulvin — an antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , obtained from a species of Penicillium, used in the treatment of ringworm and other fungous infections of the skin.
- high profile — a deliberately conspicuous manner of living or operating.
- high-profile — prominent publicly
- in charge of — having responsibility for
- in danger of — liable to
- leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- nondeforming — not causing deformity
- nonflowering — (biology) Of a plant, not flowering; reproducing by means other than pollination from flowers.
- off the grid — not using any of the services, such as bank accounts, public utilites, etc, that allow a person's activities to be monitored by the authorities
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- personifying — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- 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
- profiteering — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
- proofreading — correction of text
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- refrigerator — a box, room, or cabinet in which food, drink, etc., are kept cool by means of ice or mechanical refrigeration.
- right-footer — (esp in Ireland) a Protestant
- ring of fire — the linear zone of seismic and volcanic activity that coincides in general with the margins of the Pacific Plate.
- 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
- sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
- self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
- solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
- terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
- the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
- unforeboding — a prediction; portent.
- unforeseeing — not foreseeing
- unforgetting — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- unperforming — not performing
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- wolf herring — a voracious clupeoid fish, Chirocentrus dorab, inhabiting the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans.