12-letter words containing g, i, f
- south-facing — facing towards the south
- space flight — journey into outer space
- spearfishing — any of several fishes of the genus Tetrapturus, resembling the sailfish but having the first dorsal fin much less developed: inhabiting all seas, but rare.
- speechifying — Speechifying is the making of speeches, especially because you want to appear important.
- spin fishing — spinning (def 3).
- spongillafly — spongefly.
- sportfishing — fishing with a rod and reel for sport, especially for saltwater sport fish from a motorboat.
- sprightfully — in a sprightful manner
- spring fever — a listless, lazy, or restless feeling commonly associated with the beginning of spring.
- stage fright — nervousness felt by a performer or speaker when appearing before an audience.
- stick figure — a diagrammatic drawing representing a human or animal, usually made with one line each for the torso and appendages, and often a circle for the head.
- straight off — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- stuffing box — a device for preventing leakage of gases or liquids along a moving rod or shaft at the point at which it leaves a cylinder, tank, ship hull, etc.
- stuffing nut — a large nut that is tightened to compress the packing in a stuffing box
- stunt flying — the activity or practice of performing stunts in an aeroplane, such as special turns, etc, in the air
- stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- sugaring off — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- tank farming — hydroponics.
- tank fighter — a boxer known for false shows of being knocked down or out in bouts the results of which have been prearranged.
- target rifle — a rifle designed especially for shooting at targets.
- tempus fugit — time flies
- terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
- terrifyingly — to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
- the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
- third finger — the finger next to the little finger; ring finger.
- tight-fisted — parsimonious; stingy; tight.
- tightfitting — (of a garment) fitting closely to the contours of the body: tightfitting pants.
- to fight shy — If you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it.
- top grafting — grafting in the top, as of a tree, in order to replace existing branches with those of a more desired variety or form.
- topping lift — a line for raising and supporting a spar, as a yard or boom.
- traffic sign — notice to vehicles
- transferring — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- transforming — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
- triple fugue — a fugue with a subject and two countersubjects developed simultaneously.
- turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
- ufo sighting — the sighting of a UFO
- unaffrighted — to frighten.
- uncomforting — affording comfort or solace.
- unconforming — to act in accordance or harmony; comply (usually followed by to): to conform to rules.
- undelightful — giving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing: a delightful surprise.
- underfeeding — an instance of or period of being underfed
- underfunding — insufficient funding
- unfadingness — the quality or state of being unfading
- unflaggingly — in a consistently strong or tireless manner
- unflattering — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
- unforeboding — a prediction; portent.
- unforeseeing — not foreseeing