13-letter words containing f, u, g
- figure of fun — If you describe someone as a figure of fun, you mean that people think they are ridiculous.
- figure-ground — a property of perception in which there is a tendency to see parts of a visual field as solid, well-defined objects standing out against a less distinct background.
- figured glass — plate or sheet glass having a pattern rolled onto one side of the surface.
- filibustering — Present participle of filibuster.
- finger buffet — a buffet meal at which food that may be picked up with the fingers (finger food), such as canapés or vol-au-vents, is served
- finger puppet — a miniature puppet fitting over and manipulated by one finger.
- fish geranium — zonal geranium.
- flag of truce — a white flag displayed as an invitation to the enemy to confer, or carried as a sign of peaceful intention by one sent to deal with the enemy.
- flame cutting — a method of cutting ferrous metals in which the metal is heated by a torch to about 800°C and is oxidized by a stream of oxygen from the torch
- flight number — the identifying number of a scheduled flight
- floor-through — occupying the entire depth of a building: a floor-through apartment.
- flourishingly — In a flourishing way; tending to succeed and grow.
- floutingstock — a laughing-stock; the object of mockery or flouting
- flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
- fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
- fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
- flying circus — a squadron of airplanes operating together, especially any of several squadrons of famous World War I aviators.
- flying column — (formerly) a force of troops equipped and organized to move swiftly and independently of a principal unit to which it is attached.
- flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
- fn tunnelling — Fowler-Nordheim tunnelling
- fooling about — the act of speaking or acting in a playful, teasing, or jesting manner
- forcing house — a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened
- foregrounding — Present participle of foreground.
- forgetfulness — apt to forget; that forgets: a forgetful person.
- forked tongue — lying or deceitful talk
- formula algol — An ALGOL extension for symbolic mathematics, strings and lists, developed by A.J. Perlis and R. Iturriaga at Carnegie for the CDC G-20 in 1962.
- formularising — Present participle of formularise.
- formularizing — Present participle of formularize.
- foul-smelling — having a very unpleasant smell
- four-wheeling — traveling in a vehicle using four-wheel drive.
- fourth-grader — a child in the fourth grade
- frederiksburg — borough on Zealand island, Denmark: suburb of Copenhagen: pop. 88,000
- freight house — a depot or storage place for freight.
- frelinghuysen — Frederick Theodore, 1817–85, U.S. statesman.
- french guiana — an overseas department of France, on the NE coast of South America: formerly a French colony. 35,135 sq. mi. (91,000 sq. km). Capital: Cayenne.
- french guinea — former name of Guinea.
- frightfulness — The quality of being frightful.
- frontal gyrus — any of several convolutions on the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.
- fruit farming — the practice of growing or farming fruit
- fruiting body — an organ that produces spores; fructification.
- frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- fugaciousness — (obsolete) fugacity.
- fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.
- full-strength — If a team or army is at full strength, all the members that it needs or usually has are present.
- fully fledged — Fully fledged means complete or fully developed.
- fun and games — frivolously diverting activity.
- furring strip — a strip of wood or metal fixed to a wall, floor, or ceiling to provide a surface for the fixing of plasterboard, floorboards, etc
- furshlugginer — crazy; foolish
- futurological — Pertaining to futurology.
- gabriel fauré — Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.