13-letter words containing g, a, f, n
- self-negating — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- self-pleasing — giving pleasure; agreeable; gratifying: a pleasing performance.
- self-standing — An object or structure that is self-standing is not supported by other objects or structures.
- self-starting — starter (def 3).
- self-training — the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained: He's in training for the Olympics.
- sergeant fish — cobia
- shark finning — the practice of catching sharks, removing their fins (which are commercially valuable) and throwing the rest of the shark back into the sea (often while it is still alive, but doomed to drown because it cannot swim without its fins)
- sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
- sign of peace — the liturgical practice of giving a sign of peace, union, or friendship, as a handshake or embrace, at some point in a Christian service, esp. in a Mass or Communion service
- significances — importance; consequence: the significance of the new treaty.
- significantly — important; of consequence.
- signification — meaning; import; sense.
- significative — serving to signify.
- significatory — serving to signify
- single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- single-family — designed or suitable for one family of average size: single-family homes.
- skin grafting — the transplanting of healthy skin from the patient's or another's body to a wound or burn, to form new skin.
- staff meeting — company gathering of employees
- staghorn fern — any of several epiphytic Old World ferns of the genus Platycerium, having broad, often antlerlike leaves and cultivated as a houseplant.
- strong safety — the defensive back assigned to cover the area across from the strong side of the opponent's offensive line and primarily responsible for defending against pass plays.
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- tale of genji — a novel (1001–20?) by Lady Murasaki, dealing with Japanese court life.
- talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
- tiffany glass — Favrile Glass.
- toasting fork — a long-handled fork used for cooking or toasting frankfurters, marshmallows, bread, etc., usually over an open fire.
- trading floor — stock exchange: room where trading is done
- trash farming — cultivation by leaving stubble, etc, on the surface of the soil to serve as a mulch
- tseng kuo-fan — 1811–72, Chinese general and statesman.
- uncamouflaged — the act, means, or result of obscuring things to deceive an enemy, as by painting or screening objects so that they are lost to view in the background, or by making up objects that from a distance have the appearance of fortifications, guns, roads, etc.: Was camouflage used extensively on fighter aircraft during World War I?
- understaffing — the condition of being understaffed or of lacking a number of employees
- unfalteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- unfascinating — of great interest or attraction; enchanting; charming; captivating: a fascinating story; fascinating jewelry.
- unforgettable — impossible to forget; indelibly impressed on the memory: scenes of unforgettable beauty.
- unforgettably — impossible to forget; indelibly impressed on the memory: scenes of unforgettable beauty.
- uniflagellate — having only one flagellum.
- unsignificant — important; of consequence.
- warping frame — a wooden frame containing evenly spaced pegs on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
- waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
- waterproofing — Chiefly British. a raincoat or other outer coat impervious to water.
- wedding feast — a meal served to celebrate a wedding
- wife swapping — sexual activity in which two or more married couples exchange partners.
- winding frame — a machine on which yarn or thread is wound.
- zip fastening — a fastener in the form of a zip