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17-letter words containing g, a, f, n, e

  • foreign relations — (used with a singular verb) the field of foreign affairs: an expert in foreign relations.
  • foreign secretary — foreign minister.
  • four-star general — high-ranking military officer
  • freight insurance — insurance paid on goods in transport
  • frostbite sailing — the sport of sailing in temperate latitudes during the winter despite cold weather.
  • fulgencio batista — Fulgencio [fool-hen-syaw] /fulˈhɛn syɔ/ (Show IPA), (Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar) 1901–73, Cuban military leader: dictator of Cuba 1934–40; president 1940–44, 1952–59.
  • full linear group — the group of all nonsingular linear transformations mapping a finite-dimensional vector space into itself.
  • functional change — a change in the grammatical function of a word, as in the use of the noun input as a verb or the noun fun as an adjective.
  • fuzzy-wuzzy angel — any native of Papua New Guinea who assisted as a stretcher-bearer in World War II
  • gaseous diffusion — the passage of gas through microporous barriers, a technique used for isotope separation, especially in the preparation of fuel for nuclear reactors.
  • get a bang out of — to experience a thrill or excitement from
  • get above oneself — If you say that someone is getting above themself, you disapprove of them because they think they are better than everyone else.
  • give satisfaction — to satisfy
  • golf ball printer — IBM 2741
  • graafian follicle — one of the small vesicles containing a developing ovum in the ovary of a mammal.
  • grain of paradise — Usually, grains of paradise. one of the pungent, peppery seeds of an African plant, Aframomum melegueta, of the ginger family, used to strengthen cordials and in veterinary medicine.
  • grandfather clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
  • great-grandfather — a grandfather of one's father or mother.
  • guinea-hen flower — checkered lily.
  • gulf of venezuela — an inlet of the Caribbean in NW Venezuela: continues south as Lake Maracaibo
  • gulf war syndrome — a group of symptoms occurring in some Gulf War veterans, most commonly including headache and memory loss, muscle pain, skin disorders, fatigue, sleep disturbances, and gastrointestinal and respiratory ailments, possibly caused by exposure to chemical weapons, vaccines, infectious diseases, or other factors.
  • have feelings for — to be emotionally or sexually attracted to
  • henry of portugal — ("the Navigator") 1394–1460, prince of Portugal: sponsor of geographic explorations.
  • i can't be fagged — I can't be bothered
  • image intensifier — any of various devices for amplifying the intensity of an optical image, sometimes used in conjunction with an image converter
  • indefatigableness — The state of being indefatigable.
  • infinite integral — improper integral (def 1).
  • integral function — an entire function.
  • intensive farming — battery rearing of animals
  • interference drag — the drag on an aircraft caused by the interaction of two aerodynamic bodies.
  • interim financing — temporary financing
  • isherwood framing — a system for framing steel vessels in which light, closely spaced, longitudinal frames are connected by heavy, widely spaced transverse frames with deep webs.
  • judgment of paris — the decision by Paris to award Aphrodite the golden apple of discord competed for by Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera.
  • jumping-off place — a place for use as a starting point: Paris was the jumping-off place for our tour of Europe.
  • lady of the night — a tropical American shrub, Brunfelsia americana, of the nightshade family, having berrylike yellow fruit and fragrant white flowers.
  • lady-of-the-night — a tropical American shrub, Brunfelsia americana, of the nightshade family, having berrylike yellow fruit and fragrant white flowers.
  • language transfer — transfer (def 20).
  • law of the jungle — a system or mode of action in which the strongest survive, presumably as animals in nature or as human beings whose activity is not regulated by the laws or ethics of civilization.
  • league of nations — an international organization to promote world peace and cooperation that was created by the Treaty of Versailles (1919): dissolved April 1946.
  • lifelong learning — the provision or use of both formal and informal learning opportunities throughout people's lives in order to foster the continuous development and improvement of the knowledge and skills needed for employment and personal fulfilment
  • line of scrimmage — an imaginary line parallel to the goal lines that passes from one sideline to the other through the point of the football closest to the goal line of each team.
  • litigation friend — a person acting on behalf of an infant or other person under legal disability
  • magnesium sulfate — a white, water-soluble salt, MgSO 4 , used chiefly in medicine and in the processing of leather and textiles.
  • magnetizing force — that part of the magnetic induction that is determined at any point in space by the current density and displacement current at that point independently of the magnetic or other physical properties of the surrounding medium. Symbol: H.
  • make something of — to find a use for
  • man enough to/for — If you say that a man is man enough to do something, you mean that he has the necessary courage or ability to do it.
  • manganese sulfate — a pink, water-soluble, usually tetrahydrate salt, MnSO 4 ⋅4H 2 O, used chiefly in fertilizers, paints, and varnishes.
  • margaret of anjou — 1430–82, queen of Henry VI of England.
  • mother of vinegar — mother2 .
  • native frangipani — an Australian evergreen tree, Hymenosporum flavum, with large fragrant yellow flowers: family Pittosporaceae
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