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

  • legal fiction — an acceptance of something as true, for the sake of convenience; legal pretence
  • 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.
  • living fossil — an organism that is a living example of an otherwise extinct group and that has remained virtually unchanged in structure and function over a long period of time, as the coelacanth and the horseshoe crab.
  • loft building — a building of several floors with large areas of unobstructed space, originally rented out for light industrial purposes and now frequently converted to residential occupancy.
  • long fin tuna — a tunny, Thunnus alalunga, occurring mainly in warm regions of the Atlantic and Pacific. It has very long pectoral fins and is a valued food fish
  • longleaf pine — an American pine, Pinus palustris, valued as a source of turpentine and for its timber.
  • longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
  • loose-fitting — (of a garment) fitting loosely; not following the contours of the body closely.
  • magnesiferous — (geology) Containing magnesium.
  • magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
  • magnification — the act of magnifying or the state of being magnified.
  • manganiferous — containing manganese.
  • misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
  • 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.
  • motherfucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
  • nanofortnight — (jargon)   (Adelaide University) 10^-9 fortnights or about 1.2 milliseconds. This unit was used largely by students doing undergraduate practicals. See microfortnight, attoparsec, and micro-.
  • national flag — emblem of a country
  • non-frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
  • nonconforming — to act in accordance or harmony; comply (usually followed by to): to conform to rules.
  • nonfigurative — 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.
  • nonmeaningful — Not meaningful.
  • nonperforming — not performing well or properly.
  • nonreflecting — Not reflecting.
  • off soundings — in waters more than 100 fathoms in depth
  • oligofluorene — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons consisting of several fluorene units attached end-to-end.
  • outperforming — Present participle of outperform.
  • overflowingly — to an excessive degree
  • pontificating — to speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner: Did he pontificate about the responsibilities of a good citizen?
  • preconfigured — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
  • prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
  • profit margin — the percentage that profit constitutes of total sales.
  • profit taking — the selling of securities that have risen in price above costs; selling in order to realize a profit.
  • profit-making — A profit-making business or organization makes a profit.
  • profit-taking — Profit-taking is the selling of stocks and shares at a profit after their value has risen or just before their value falls.
  • radiation fog — fog produced by the nocturnal cooling of the surface boundary layer to a temperature at which its content of water vapor condenses.
  • re-forwarding — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
  • reconfiguring — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
  • refrigeration — the act or process of refrigerating.
  • retrofittings — acts of retrofitting
  • self-doubting — lacking in confidence
  • self-evolving — to develop gradually: to evolve a scheme.
  • self-exposing — to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one's character to attack.
  • self-ignition — the spontaneous combustion or ignition of something without any external spark or flame
  • self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
  • self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
  • self-policing — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
  • self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
  • selling floor — floor (def 10).
  • show signs of — indicate possibility of
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