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12-letter words containing g, i, r, t

  • father image — a person substituted in one's mind for one's father and often the object of emotions felt toward the father
  • featherlight — extremely light; light as a feather.
  • ferlinghetti — Lawrence, born 1920? U.S. poet associated with the Beat Generation.
  • festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
  • fibrillating — Present participle of fibrillate.
  • fifth-grader — a student in the fifth grade of the American education system
  • figurability — the quality of being figurable
  • figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • figure eight — figure eight.
  • figure skate — a shoe skate used in figure skating, especially one having a blade shorter than that of a racing skate, usually not extending beyond the toe or heel, and with notches or sawteeth on the curved forward edge.
  • figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
  • finger paint — paint children apply with fingers
  • finger tight — made as tight as possible by hand
  • finger-paint — a jellylike paint, used chiefly by children in painting, usually with their fingers.
  • fingerprints — Plural form of fingerprint.
  • fire setting — an ancient method of shattering rock by building a fire against it so as to cause it to split as a result of uneven internal stresses.
  • firefighters — Plural form of firefighter.
  • firefighting — a person who fights destructive fires.
  • firelighters — Plural form of firelighter.
  • firing party — a military detachment detailed to fire a salute at a funeral
  • first degree — People who have gained a higher qualification after completing a basic university degree such as a BA or a BSc refer to that basic degree as their first degree.
  • first finger — the finger next to the thumb; index finger
  • first string — composed of regular members, participants, etc. (distinguished from substitute): the first-string team.
  • first-degree — of or relating to the lowest or first in a series.
  • first-grader — a child in the first grade
  • first-string — composed of regular members, participants, etc. (distinguished from substitute): the first-string team.
  • firstnighter — a person who often or usually attends the theater, opera, etc., on opening night.
  • fishing port — a town which has a lot of fishing boats
  • fitting room — a room, as in a clothing store, where garments are tried on and measurements taken for alterations or other changes.
  • flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
  • flatteringly — In a flattering manner.
  • flight arrow — an arrow having a conical or pyramidal head without barbs.
  • flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
  • flight strip — Aeronautics. a strip of cleared land used as an emergency runway for aircraft. runway.
  • flightworthy — being in proper physical or mechanical condition for safe flight; airworthy: a flightworthy spacecraft.
  • float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.
  • floating rib — one member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs.
  • flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
  • fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
  • fluorinating — Present participle of fluorinate.
  • flying start — a start, as in sailboat racing, in which the entrants begin moving before reaching the starting line.
  • footdragging — the act or practice of acting with deliberate slowness
  • foraging ant — any of several ants, as army ants, that forage as part of a large group.
  • foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
  • forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
  • foretokening — Indication in advance.
  • foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
  • forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
  • form-fitting — Form-fitting clothes fit very closely to the body of the person who is wearing them. Form-fitting is usually used to describe clothes worn by women.
  • fort benning — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in W Georgia, S of Columbus; the largest infantry post in the U.S.
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