10-letter words containing g, a, f, r
- fearnought — a stout woolen cloth for overcoats.
- feathering — one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
- febrifugal — of or acting as a febrifuge.
- federating — Present participle of federate.
- fergiegate — the scandal resulting from a News of the World sting operation in which Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, was videotaped offering access to her former husband, Prince Andrew, for £500,000
- ferrograms — plural of Ferrogram
- fiberglass — a material consisting of extremely fine filaments of glass that are combined in yarn and woven into fabrics, used in masses as a thermal and acoustical insulator, or embedded in various resins to make boat hulls, fishing rods, and the like.
- fibreglass — Silica based glass extruded into fibers that possess a length at least 1000 times greater than their width.
- figurantes — Plural form of figurante.
- figuration — the act of shaping into a particular figure.
- figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- figurehead — a person who is head of a group, company, etc., in title but actually has no real authority or responsibility: Most modern kings and queens are figureheads.
- filtrating — Present participle of filtrate.
- fine grain — granularity
- fine-grain — (of an image) having an inconspicuous or invisible grain.
- finger man — a person who points out someone to be murdered, robbed, etc.
- fingerbang — (vulgar) To insert one or more digits into another person's vagina or anus for sexual pleasure.
- fingermark — a mark, especially a smudge or stain, made by a finger.
- fingernail — the nail at the end of a finger.
- fireguards — Plural form of fireguard.
- fitzgerald — Edward, 1809–83, English poet: translator of drama and poetry, especially of Omar Khayyám.
- fixed-gear — Also called fixed-gear bicycle; Informal, fixie. a bicycle having a single-gear system and lacking a freewheel mechanism, so that the wheels only move when the pedals move.
- flabergast — (archaic) Alternative form of flabbergast.
- flag-waver — a person who signals by waving a flag.
- flagperson — A gender-neutral term for someone who uses a flag, especially as a form of signalling.
- flagrantly — shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error.
- flankering — Present participle of flanker.
- flapdragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
- flattering — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
- flavorings — Plural form of flavoring.
- flavouring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- florilegia — Plural form of florilegium.
- fly agaric — a very poisonous common woodland mushroom, Amanita muscaria, having a glossy red or orange cap with white spots, formerly a fly poison.
- food grain — any cereal grain produced for human consumption.
- foodgrains — Plural form of foodgrain.
- footguards — foot soldiers with ceremonial duties
- for a song — a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- forage cap — (formerly) a small, low, undress cap.
- forbearing — to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
- fore-stage — the part of a stage in front of the curtain
- forearming — Present participle of forearm.
- foredating — Present participle of foredate.
- foregather — forgather.
- foregleams — Plural form of foregleam.
- forfaiting — the financial service of discounting, without recourse, a promissory note, bill of exchange, letter of credit, etc, received from an overseas buyer by an exporter; a form of debt discounting
- forgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- forgivably — In a forgivable way.
- formatting — 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.
- fort bragg — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in S central North Carolina NW of Fayetteville.
- forwarding — Sports. a player stationed in advance of others on a team. Football. a lineman. Basketball. either of two players stationed in the forecourt.