11-letter words containing g, o, l, f, i, n
- fundholding — (economics) The holding of a fund.
- furbelowing — Present participle of furbelow.
- furloughing — Present participle of furlough.
- genuflexion — Alternative spelling of genuflection.
- go flatline — [Cyberpunk SF, refers to flattening of EEG traces upon brain-death] also "flatlined". 1. To die, terminate, or fail, especially irreversibly. In hacker parlance, this is used of machines only, human death being considered somewhat too serious a matter to employ jargon-jokes about. 2. To go completely quiescent; said of machines undergoing controlled shutdown. "You can suffer file damage if you shut down Unix but power off before the system has gone flatline." 3. Of a video tube, to fail by losing vertical scan, so all one sees is a bright horizontal line bisecting the screen.
- gold fixing — the procedure by which the price of gold is established.
- golden fizz — a drink containing egg yolk, gin or vodka, lemon juice, sugar, and soda water.
- goldfinches — Plural form of goldfinch.
- gonfalonier — the bearer of a gonfalon.
- grandiflora — any of several plant varieties or hybrids characterized by large showy flowers, as certain kinds of petunias, baby's breath, or roses.
- granuliform — having a granular structure
- guinea fowl — any of several African, gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Numidinae, especially a common species, Numida meleagris, that has a bony casque on the head and dark gray plumage spotted with white and that is now domesticated and raised for its flesh and eggs.
- half-hoping — having or expressing some hope
- half-joking — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- in light of — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- informingly — In an informing manner.
- jargon file — (jargon, publication, humour) The on-line hacker Jargon File maintained by Eric S. Raymond. A large collection of definitions of computing terms, including much wit, wisdom, and history. See also Yellow Book, Jargon.
- lipofilling — the surgical transfer of fat removed by liposuction to areas of the body that need filling out.
- microfiling — the process of reproducing the contents of a file on microfilm
- montgolfier — a balloon raised by air heated from a fire in the lower part.
- non-feeling — the function or the power of perceiving by touch.
- non-fouling — an encrusted deposit, especially on a submerged object, as the hull of a ship.
- non-fragile — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- nonfloating — Not floating (in any sense).
- outflanking — Present participle of outflank.
- overflowing — to flow or run over, as rivers or water: After the thaw, the river overflows and causes great damage.
- pigeon loft — a raised shelter or building where pigeons are kept
- platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
- reflowering — an occurrence of flowering again
- scaffolding — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- self-moving — capable of moving without an external agency.
- shoplifting — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
- single-foot — rack3 (def 1).
- stagflation — an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.
- telling-off — If you give someone a telling-off, you tell them that you are very angry with them about something they have done.
- unglorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- wallingford — a town in S Connecticut.
- wildfowling — Present participle of wildfowl.