13-letter words containing g, i, r, a, f
- fridge magnet — a small flat decorative object with a magnet on its back which is used to attach it to the front door of a fridge or other domestic appliance
- frighten away — cause sb/sth to run away
- fromage frais — Fromage frais is a thick, creamy dessert that is made from milk and often flavoured with fruit. A fromage frais is a small pot of fromage frais.
- front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- fruit farming — the practice of growing or farming fruit
- frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.
- futurological — Pertaining to futurology.
- gabriel fauré — Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- gallimaufries — Plural form of gallimaufry.
- garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
- garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
- german africa — the former German colonies in Africa, comprising German East Africa, German Southwest Africa, Cameroons, and Togoland.
- ginger family — the plant family Zingiberaceae, characterized by tropical, often aromatic herbaceous plants having rhizomes, long sheathing leaves, and clusters of tubular flowers, and including cardamon, ginger, and turmeric.
- glacial drift — material, as gravel, sand, or clay, transported and deposited by a glacier or by glacial meltwater.
- glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
- graffiti-bomb — Military. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.
- grain of salt — salt crystal
- grain refiner — any chemical added to a molten metal or alloy to check grain growth.
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- gratification — the state of being gratified; great satisfaction.
- gravity fault — a fault along an inclined plane in which the upper side or hanging wall appears to have moved downward with respect to the lower side or footwall (opposed to reverse fault).
- gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
- habit-forming — tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.
- 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.
- 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.
- image formats — (graphics, file format) There are many formats used to store images in files. GIF, TIFF and JPEG are very common. Others are BIFF, bmp, Clear, FITS, IFF, NFF, OFF, PCX, PNG, TGA, XBM. Some of these are documented on-line at the following sites:
- inframarginal — below the margin; submarginal.
- infrigidation — (obsolete) The act of chilling or making cold; congelation.
- infuriatingly — causing or tending to cause anger or outrage; maddening: His delay is infuriating.
- 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.
- landing craft — any of various flat-bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- 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.
- 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.
- lingua franca — any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages.
- magnesiferous — (geology) Containing magnesium.
- magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
- manganiferous — containing manganese.
- manufacturing — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- mare frigoris — (Sea of Cold) a dark plain in the northern hemisphere, in the first and second quadrants of the face of the moon: about 55 miles (90 km) wide at its narrowest width and 750 miles (1200 km) long: about 67,000 sq. mi. (174,000 sq. km).
- masking frame — easel (def 2).
- metalcrafting — metalworking.
- mixed farming — agriculture: raising both crops and livestock
- morning after — a period, as in the morning, when the aftereffects of excessive self-indulgence during the previous evening are felt, especially the aftereffects of excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages.