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13-letter words containing g, i, n, f

  • granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
  • gratification — the state of being gratified; great satisfaction.
  • green fingers — skill at gardening
  • gulf of lions — a wide bay of the Mediterranean off the S coast of France, between the Spanish border and Toulon
  • habit-forming — tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.
  • half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
  • half mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
  • half-integral — noting or pertaining to a fractional number obtained by dividing an odd integer by two, as 1/2.
  • half-mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
  • hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • heavy lifting — hard work: A team of researchers did the heavy lifting for the author.
  • hottentot fig — a succulent plant, Mesembryanthemum edule, of southern Africa, having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp: family Aizoaceae
  • hunting knife — a large, sharp knife, usually with a handle shaped to fit a firm grip and a blade with a slight curve toward the tip, that is used to skin and cut up game, or sometimes to dispatch it.
  • hunting rifle — shotgun used to kill game
  • hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
  • in full swing — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
  • in good faith — accordance with standards of honesty, trust, sincerity, etc. (usually preceded by in): If you act in good faith, he'll have no reason to question your motives.
  • in mid-flight — during a flight; whilst airborne
  • in the offing — the more distant part of the sea seen from the shore, beyond the anchoring ground.
  • indefatigable — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
  • indefatigably — In an extremely persistent and untiring manner; in an indefatigable manner.
  • infantilizing — Present participle of infantilize.
  • inframarginal — below the margin; submarginal.
  • infrigidation — (obsolete) The act of chilling or making cold; congelation.
  • infringements — Plural form of infringement.
  • infuriatingly — causing or tending to cause anger or outrage; maddening: His delay is infuriating.
  • insignificant — unimportant, trifling, or petty: Omit the insignificant details.
  • interferingly — So as to interfere.
  • interferogram — a photographic record of light interference patterns produced with an interferometer, used for recording shock waves and fluid flow patterns.
  • irrefrangible — not to be broken or violated; inviolable: an irrefrangible rule of etiquette.
  • killing frost — the occurrence of temperatures cold enough to kill all but the hardiest vegetation, especially the last such occurrence in spring and the first in fall, events that limit the agricultural growing season.
  • king of kings — Christ; Jesus.
  • kite fighting — (in Malaysia) a game in which one player attempts to cut the string of his opponent's kite with the string of his own
  • knife grinder — tool
  • kolding fjord — an inlet of the Little Belt at the head of which is Kolding
  • landing craft — any of various flat-bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore.
  • landing field — an area of land large and smooth enough for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.
  • landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
  • leaf gelatine — gelatine in the form of thin sheets
  • leafleteering — The printing and distribution of leaflets, especially as propaganda.
  • leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
  • legal fiction — an acceptance of something as true, for the sake of convenience; legal pretence
  • life-changing — having major impact on sb
  • lift a finger — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • light fitting — fixture for attaching a lamp
  • lighter flint — the small piece of flint in a lighter pressure on which creates a spark that ignites the fuel
  • lightfastness — The quality of being lightfast.
  • lignification — Turning to wood; the process of becoming ligneous.
  • line of sight — Also called line of sighting. an imaginary straight line running through the aligned sights of a firearm, surveying equipment, etc.
  • lingayen gulf — a gulf in the Philippines, on the NW coast of Luzon.
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