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

  • 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.
  • front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
  • futurological — Pertaining to futurology.
  • garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
  • garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
  • glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
  • graffiti-bomb — Military. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.
  • grain of salt — salt crystal
  • granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
  • gratification — the state of being gratified; great satisfaction.
  • gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
  • habit-forming — tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.
  • half mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
  • half-mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
  • hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
  • image formats — (graphics, file format)   There are many formats used to store images in files. GIF, TIFF and JPEG are very common. Others are BIFF, bmp, Clear, FITS, IFF, NFF, OFF, PCX, PNG, TGA, XBM. Some of these are documented on-line at the following sites:
  • infrigidation — (obsolete) The act of chilling or making cold; congelation.
  • interferogram — a photographic record of light interference patterns produced with an interferometer, used for recording shock waves and fluid flow patterns.
  • landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
  • leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
  • magnesiferous — (geology) Containing magnesium.
  • magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
  • manganiferous — containing manganese.
  • mare frigoris — (Sea of Cold) a dark plain in the northern hemisphere, in the first and second quadrants of the face of the moon: about 55 miles (90 km) wide at its narrowest width and 750 miles (1200 km) long: about 67,000 sq. mi. (174,000 sq. km).
  • morning after — a period, as in the morning, when the aftereffects of excessive self-indulgence during the previous evening are felt, especially the aftereffects of excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages.
  • nanofortnight — (jargon)   (Adelaide University) 10^-9 fortnights or about 1.2 milliseconds. This unit was used largely by students doing undergraduate practicals. See microfortnight, attoparsec, and micro-.
  • non-frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
  • nonfigurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • pacific grove — a city in W California, at S end of Monterey Bay.
  • prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
  • profit margin — the percentage that profit constitutes of total sales.
  • profit taking — the selling of securities that have risen in price above costs; selling in order to realize a profit.
  • profit-making — A profit-making business or organization makes a profit.
  • profit-taking — Profit-taking is the selling of stocks and shares at a profit after their value has risen or just before their value falls.
  • radiation fog — fog produced by the nocturnal cooling of the surface boundary layer to a temperature at which its content of water vapor condenses.
  • re-forwarding — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
  • refrigeration — the act or process of refrigerating.
  • self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
  • significatory — serving to signify
  • straightforth — straight or directly forward
  • sugar of milk — lactose.
  • tight forward — one of a number of forwards who are bound wholly into the scrum
  • to go off air — to stop broadcasting
  • toasting fork — a long-handled fork used for cooking or toasting frankfurters, marshmallows, bread, etc., usually over an open fire.
  • trading floor — stock exchange: room where trading is done
  • waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
  • waterproofing — Chiefly British. a raincoat or other outer coat impervious to water.
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