11-letter words containing g, i, a, f
- guinea fowl — any of several African, gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Numidinae, especially a common species, Numida meleagris, that has a bony casque on the head and dark gray plumage spotted with white and that is now domesticated and raised for its flesh and eggs.
- half gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward half-somersault, entering the water headfirst and facing the springboard.
- half-hoping — having or expressing some hope
- half-joking — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- handcuffing — Present participle of handcuff.
- handfasting — Present participle of handfast.
- hidden flag — (scientific computation) An extra option added to a routine without changing the calling sequence. For example, instead of adding an explicit input variable to instruct a routine to give extra diagnostic output, the programmer might just add a test for some otherwise meaningless feature of the existing inputs, such as a negative mass. The use of hidden flags can make a program very hard to debug and understand, but is all too common wherever programs are hacked in a hurry.
- high fulham — a die loaded at one corner either to favor a throw of 4, 5, or 6 (high fulham) or to favor a throw of 1, 2, or 3 (low fulham)
- highfalutin — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- hiring-fair — (formerly, in rural areas) a fair or market at which agricultural labourers were hired
- if anything — on the contrary
- infangthief — (in Old English law) the right of a lord of the manor to have jurisdiction over a thief caught within the bounds of his property
- infatigable — (obsolete) indefatigable.
- infatuating — to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
- inflatingly — in an inflating manner; in a way such as to inflate
- infographic — Often, infographics. a visual presentation of information in the form of a chart, graph, or other image accompanied by minimal text, intended to give an easily understood overview, often of a complex subject: a mass-transit infographic that uses different colors to represent different modes of transportation.
- infrangible — that cannot be broken or separated; unbreakable: infrangible moral strength.
- infrangibly — In an infrangible manner.
- infrigidate — (obsolete) To chill; to make cold.
- infuriating — Archaic. infuriated.
- inlay graft — a graft in which the scion is matched into a place in the stock from which a piece of corresponding bark has been removed.
- interfacing — a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- jackknifing — Present participle of jackknife.
- jargon file — (jargon, publication, humour) The on-line hacker Jargon File maintained by Eric S. Raymond. A large collection of definitions of computing terms, including much wit, wisdom, and history. See also Yellow Book, Jargon.
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- lapidifying — Present participle of lapidify.
- leaf blight — a symptom or phase of many diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic spots or streaks on the leaves, accompanied by seed rot and seedling blight.
- leaf spring — a long, narrow, multiple spring composed of several layers of spring metal bracketed together: used in some suspension systems of carriages and automobiles.
- ley farming — the alternation at intervals of several years of crop growing and grassland pasture
- life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- life-saving — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifecasting — The creation of a three-dimensional copy of a living body by means of molding and casting techniques.
- light draft — the draft of a vessel at its light displacement.
- light-faced — (of type) having a weight of type characterized by light thin lines
- magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- magnificant — Misspelling of magnificent.
- magnificent — making a splendid appearance or show; of exceptional beauty, size, etc.: a magnificent cathedral; magnificent scenery.
- magnificoes — Plural form of magnifico.
- manifesting — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- nightfaring — journeying at night, travelling abroad by night
- non-fragile — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- nonfloating — Not floating (in any sense).
- obfuscating — Present participle of obfuscate.
- off-roading — driving on unmade terrain
- officiating — Present participle of officiate Serving in an official capacity or serving as an official at a contest.
- outflanking — Present participle of outflank.
- overfatigue — excessive tiredness from which recuperation is difficult.
- pathfinding — a person who finds or makes a path, way, route, etc., especially through a previously unexplored or untraveled wilderness.
- platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
- quantifying — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.