12-letter words containing g, a, d, f
- fire-damaged — damaged by fire or in a fire
- firing squad — a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
- first-grader — a child in the first grade
- fixed charge — an expense that cannot be modified.
- flabergasted — Simple past tense and past participle of flabergast.
- flash drying — Flash drying is a stage in a process to make something bigger, in which a paste-like feed is broken up and dried at the same time.
- flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
- float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.
- flood damage — damage to property caused by floodwater
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- flying squad — a trained, mobile group of police officers, business executives, labor officials, or the like, capable of performing specialized tasks whenever or wherever sent, often for use in emergencies.
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- food allergy — an allergy to a specific type of food
- footdragging — the act or practice of acting with deliberate slowness
- foregathered — Simple past tense and past participle of foregather.
- forward gear — a gear in a vehicle that is used when the vehicle is moving forward
- fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
- fragmentized — fragmented.
- freestanding — (of sculpture or architectural elements) unattached to a supporting unit or background; standing alone.
- freight yard — a place on a rail network where freight trains are made up or broken up
- frigate bird — any of several predacious seabirds of the genus Fregata, having fully webbed feet.
- frigatebirds — Plural form of frigatebird.
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- fund manager — A fund manager is someone whose job involves investing the money contained in a fund, for example, a mutual fund, on behalf of another person or organization.
- fund-raising — the act or process of raising funds, as for nonprofit organizations or for a political cause.
- fungicidally — in a fungicidal manner
- garand rifle — M-1.
- gay-friendly — welcoming to gay people
- get ahead of — to outdo or excel
- get ahold of — to get in touch with
- gift-wrapped — A gift-wrapped present is wrapped in pretty paper.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- gold farming — the practice of selling virtual assets gained in a computer game for real money
- gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- graft hybrid — a hybrid plant that is produced by grafting and that exhibits characters of both the stock and the scion.
- grand finale — the concluding portion of a performance or entertainment, as a musical show, rodeo, etc., usually spectacular and involving most or all of the prior participants.
- grandfathers — Plural form of grandfather.
- gravity feed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- ground fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
- ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
- gulf of aden — a waterway in the Arabian sea between Yemen and Somalia and connecting with the Red Sea
- half binding — a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
- half landing — a landing halfway up a flight of stairs
- half-binding — a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
- handcrafting — Present participle of handcraft.
- hard feeling — resentment; ill will
- in danger of — liable to
- infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
- landing flap — a flap in the undersurface of the trailing edge of an aircraft wing, capable of being moved downward to increase either lift or drag or both, as for landing. Compare split flap (def 1).