13-letter words containing g, a, f, n
- floating rate — fluctuating exchange rate
- floating ribs — the eleventh and twelfth pairs of ribs, not attached to the breastbone or to other ribs but only to the vertebrae
- floating roof — A floating roof is an internal roof of a fuel storage tank.
- floating vote — those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.
- floor manager — a person assigned to direct the proceedings on the floor of an assembly, as at a political convention.
- floor trading — trading by personal contact on the floor of a market or exchange
- flooring brad — a brad having a very small head, made in lengths from 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm).
- flower garden — plot for flowers
- flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
- flying boxcar — a large airplane designed to carry cargo.
- flying dragon — any of several arboreal lizards of the genus Draco, having an extensible membrane between the limbs along each side by means of which it makes long, gliding leaps.
- flying lizard — flying dragon.
- 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.
- flying tackle — a tackle made by hurling one's body through the air at the player carrying the ball.
- folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
- foliage plant — any plant grown chiefly for its attractive leaves.
- fondant icing — icing made from fondant
- fooling about — the act of speaking or acting in a playful, teasing, or jesting manner
- foot-dragging — reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly.
- foreign agent — a spy for a foreign country
- foreordaining — Present participle of foreordain.
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- forest ranger — any of the officers employed by the government to supervise the care and preservation of forests, especially public forests.
- forgotten man — a person no longer in the mind of the general public.
- formularising — Present participle of formularise.
- formularizing — Present participle of formularize.
- fractionating — Present participle of fractionate.
- fragmentarily — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
- fragmentation — the act or process of fragmenting; state of being fragmented.
- free reaching — sailing on a free reach.
- free-floating — (of an emotional state) lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized: free-floating hostility.
- free-standing — A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.
- freezing rain — rain that falls as a liquid but freezes into glaze upon contact with the ground.
- freight agent — a representative of a common carrier who manages the freight business in a local district.
- freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
- freight train — a train of freight cars.
- 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.
- fridge magnet — a small flat decorative object with a magnet on its back which is used to attach it to the front door of a fridge or other domestic appliance
- frighten away — cause sb/sth to run away
- front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- frontage road — a local road that runs parallel to an expressway, providing access to roadside stores and businesses; a service road.
- 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
- 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.
- fun and games — frivolously diverting activity.
- gap financing — a mortgage or property loan given as an interim loan to finance the difference between the floor loan and the maximum permanent loan
- garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
- garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place