16-letter words containing g, o, f, e, r

forked lightning — Forked lightning is lightning that divides into two or more parts near the ground.
forward exchange — a foreign bill purchased at a stipulated price and payable at a future date.
forwarding agent — freight forwarder.
four-deal bridge — a version of bridge in which four hands only are played, the players then cutting for new partners
four-masted brig — jackass bark (def 2).
freeboard length — the length of a vessel, measured on the summer load line from the fore side of the stem to some part of the stern, usually the after side of the rudderpost.
friction gearing — wheels or disks transmitting power by means of frictional contact.
friction welding — a method of welding thermoplastics or metals by the heat generated by rubbing the members to be joined against each other under pressure.
fringed polygala — a North American milkwort, Polygala paucifolia, having flowers with purplish-pink, winglike petals and a fringed tube.
from the word go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
gazetted officer — (in India) a senior official whose appointment is published in the government gazette
gender-profiling — the use of personal characteristics or behavior patterns to make generalizations about a person, as in gender profiling.
general factotum — a person who does all sorts of jobs; general assistant
geoffrey chaucer — Geoffrey, 1340?–1400, English poet.
glory-of-the-sun — a bulbous, Chilean plant, Leucocoryne ixioides, of the amaryllis family, having fragrant, white or blue flowers.
go for your life — an expression of encouragement
go off the rails — If someone goes off the rails, they start to behave in a way that other people think is unacceptable or very strange, for example they start taking drugs or breaking the law.
go with the turf — to be an unavoidable part of a particular situation or process
go-faster stripe — a decorative line, intended to be suggestive of high speed, on the bodywork of a car
gold certificate — a former U.S. paper currency issued by the federal government for circulation from 1865 to 1933, equal to and redeemable for gold to a stated value.
gold-of-pleasure — a yellow-flowered Eurasian plant, Camelina sativa, widespread as a weed, esp in flax fields, and formerly cultivated for its oil-rich seeds: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
grace-and-favour — (of a house, flat, etc) owned by the sovereign and granted free of rent to a person to whom the sovereign wishes to express gratitude
grant of probate — a certificate stating that a will is valid
gregory of nyssa — Saint, a.d. c330–395? Christian bishop and theologian in Asia Minor (brother of Saint Basil).
gregory of tours — Saint, a.d. 538?–594, Frankish bishop and historian.
group identifier — (operating system) (gid) A unique number, between 0 an 32767, identifying a set of users under Unix. Gids are found in the /etc/passwd and /etc/group databases (or their NIS equivalents) and one is also associated with each file, indicating the group to which its group permissions apply.
high-performance — A high-performance car or other product goes very fast or does a lot.
horsehair fungus — an edible white, striated, umbrella-capped mushroom, Marasmius rotula, commonly found in eastern North America.
hourglass figure — the shape of a woman who is well-proportioned and has a small waist
hydrogen sulfide — a colorless, flammable, water-soluble, cumulatively poisonous gas, H 2 S, having the odor of rotten eggs: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals, in metallurgy, and as a reagent in laboratory analysis.
in the region of — You say in the region of to indicate that an amount that you are stating is approximate.
johnny foreigner — a person from a country other than those which make up the United Kingdom
junior flyweight — a boxer weighing up to 108 pounds (48.6 kg), between minimumweight and flyweight.
kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
legion of honour — an order for civil or military merit instituted by Napoleon in France in 1802
lissajous figure — the series of plane curves traced by an object executing two mutually perpendicular harmonic motions.
manhood suffrage — the right of adult male citizens to vote
margin of safety — therapeutic index.
mohammed of ghor — (Mu'izz-ad-din) died 1206, Muslim Sultan of Ghazni 1173–1206: established Muslim power in India.
montgomery clift — Montgomery, 1920–66, U.S. actor.
motoring offence — a crime committed which concerns driving
no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
of a certain age — of an unspecified age, but no longer young
open-die forging — Open-die forging is a forging process in which the flow of metal is not kept completely in the die.
operating profit — the profit of a company, etc, after it deducts its operating costs or the costs necessary to conduct the business
pacific sturgeon — a dark gray sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, inhabiting marine and fresh waters along the northwestern coast of North America, valued as a food and sport fish.
peregrine falcon — a globally distributed falcon, Falco peregrinus, much used in falconry because of its swift flight: several subspecies are endangered.
phosphor fatigue — screen saver
proof of postage — a document, such as a receipt, etc, that proves that you have posted or mailed something
rate of exchange — exchange rate.

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