12-letter words containing g, a, f, n
- ignis fatuus — Also called friar's lantern, will-o'-the-wisp. a flitting phosphorescent light seen at night, chiefly over marshy ground, and believed to be due to spontaneous combustion of gas from decomposed organic matter.
- in charge of — having responsibility for
- in danger of — liable to
- infiltrating — Present participle of infiltrate.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
- interleafing — Present participle of interleaf.
- jaffa orange — a sweet, almost seedless variety of orange grown principally in Israel.
- king-of-arms — a title of certain of the principal heralds of England and certain other kingdoms empowered by their sovereigns to grant armorial bearings.
- krafft-ebing — Richard [rich-erd;; German rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪtʃ ərd;; German ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), Baron von, 1840–1902, German neurologist and author of works on sexual pathology.
- 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).
- leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
- let floating — (programming) A program transformation used in functional programming to implement full laziness. E.g. the function f x = x + sqrt 4 can be expressed as f x = let t = sqrt 4 in x + t but note that t does not depend on the argument x so we can automatically transform this to t = sqrt 4 f x = x + t Making t into a global constant which need only be evaluated at most once, rather than every time f is called. The general idea is to float each subexpression as far out (toward the top level) as possible to maximise sharing.
- life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
- life savings — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifting sail — a sail that when filled tends to raise the hull of a ship or boat (opposed to driving sail).
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- magnificence — the quality or state of being magnificent; splendor; grandeur; sublimity: the magnificence of snow-covered mountains; the magnificence of his achievements.
- match-fixing — the act of arranging the outcome of a sports match prior to its being played
- meaningfully — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- misfeaturing — distorting the features
- newfangledly — in a newfangled manner
- nonfattening — Not fattening; not causing one to become fat.
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
- organic farm — a farm where organic methods are used for agriculture and animal husbandry
- outfangthief — the right of a lord to try a thief captured within his jurisdiction, regardless of where the thief is from
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- paling-fence — Also called paling fence. picket fence.
- paring knife — a short-bladed kitchen knife for paring fruits and vegetables.
- parking fine — penalty fee for an offence
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- prefinancing — financing arranged in advance
- proofreading — correction of text
- pudding-face — a human face that is big and fat and resembles a pudding
- rainbow flag — a multicoloured flag used as a symbol of peace; often used to represent gay and lesbian pride
- range finder — any of various instruments for determining the distance from the observer to a particular object, as for sighting a gun or adjusting the focus of a camera.
- rangefinding — the act or process of determining the distance of an object from the observer
- reflex angle — an angle greater than 180° and less than 360°.
- reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- relief angle — The relief angle is the angle between a cutting tool and the workpiece it has just cut.
- roofing nail — a short nail for nailing asphalt shingles or the like, having a broad head.
- running gaff — the hoisting gaff.
- safe surfing — the practice of using security measures to protect one's computer while surfing the internet
- safe-keeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
- sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- self-antigen — autoantigen.