9-letter words containing g, i, a, f
- fathoming — a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath.
- fatigable — susceptible to fatigue.
- fatiguing — weariness from bodily or mental exertion.
- fattening — to make fat.
- favouring — Present participle of favour.
- fawningly — In a feigning manner; falsely.
- featuring — a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic: Tall buildings were a new feature on the skyline.
- feedgrain — any cereal grain used as a feed for livestock, poultry, or other animals.
- fellating — Present participle of fellate.
- fenagling — to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
- ferriages — Plural form of ferriage.
- fertigate — to fertilize and irrigate at the same time, by adding fertilizers to the water supply
- fiberglas — finespun filaments of glass made into yarn that is woven into textiles, used in woolly masses as insulation, and pressed and molded as plastic material
- fieldgate — the site in an oil field where natural gas is separated from crude oil after the latter reaches the surface, for movement through pipelines.
- fightable — able or ready to fight
- fightback — A fightback is an effort made by a person or group of people to get back into a strong position when they seem likely to lose something such as an election or an important sports match.
- figurable — Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape.
- figurally — consisting of figures, especially human or animal figures: the figural representations contained in ancient wall paintings.
- figurante — a ballerina who does not perform solo.
- figurants — Plural form of figurant.
- filaggrin — a protein found in skin cells
- filagreed — Simple past tense and past participle of filagree.
- filagrees — Plural form of filagree.
- filigrain — filigree.
- fillagree — filigree.
- film gate — (in motion-picture cameras and projectors) a mechanism that holds the film flat in the focal plane of the lens during exposure or projection.
- finagling — to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
- financing — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- fine gael — one of the major political parties in the Republic of Ireland, formed in 1933
- fireguard — a person trained in fire prevention and safety: We're looking for volunteer fireguards for Sunday's performance.
- firewagon — (US) A fire engine.
- fishguard — a port and resort in SW Wales, in Pembrokeshire: ferry connections to Cork and Rosslare. Pop: 3193 (2001)
- flagellin — the structural protein of bacterial flagella
- flagitate — to importune (someone), to demand of or entreat (someone) with passion and earnestness
- flagitous — (archaic) wicked, reprehensible.
- flagships — Plural form of flagship.
- flagstick — pin (def 13).
- flamingly — With, or as if with, fire or flames.
- flamingos — Plural form of flamingo.
- flan ring — See under flan (def 2).
- flaringly — In a flaring manner.
- flatlings — with the flat side, as of a sword
- flaunting — Present participle of flaunt.
- flavoring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- foamingly — in a foaming manner
- fogramity — a fogey or antiquated thing
- foie gras — the liver of specially fattened geese or ducks, used as a table delicacy, especially in the form of a paste (pâté de foie gras)
- foodgrain — Cereal (grain grown as human food).
- formating — Misspelling of formatting.
- forsaking — Present participle of forsake.