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21-letter words containing f, r, a, g, n, t

  • satisficing behaviour — the form of behaviour demonstrated by firms who seek satisfactory profits and satisfactory growth rather than maximum profits
  • sing a different tune — a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
  • single parent benefit — a form of government funded financial assistance paid to single parents
  • snap one's fingers at — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
  • sovereign wealth fund — an investment fund created using the financial assets of a national government
  • split-finger fastball — a type of fastball that sinks abruptly as it nears home plate, thrown with the grip used for a forkball
  • stem-and-leaf diagram — a histogram in which the data points falling within each class interval are listed in order
  • surface friction drag — the part of the drag on a body moving through a fluid that is dependent on the nature of the surface of the body
  • take one's finger out — stop delaying or procrastinating
  • the acting profession — actors considered as a group
  • the shipping forecast — a radio broadcast made by the BBC of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the British Isles
  • tide-generating force — the difference between the force of gravity exerted by the moon or the sun on a particle of water in the ocean and that exerted on an equal mass of matter at the centre of the earth. The lunar tide-generating forces are about 2.2 times greater than are the solar ones
  • to have green fingers — If someone has green fingers, they are very good at gardening and their plants grow well.
  • topgallant forecastle — a partial weather deck on top of a forecastle superstructure; forecastle deck.
  • whip-and-tongue graft — a graft prepared by cutting both the scion and the stock in a sloping direction and inserting a tongue in the scion into a slit in the stock.
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