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12-letter words containing g, r, a, f

  • red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
  • reflectogram — an image of an under-drawing or image taken from beneath the surface of paint in a work of art
  • reflex angle — an angle greater than 180° and less than 360°.
  • reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
  • refrigerated — made frozen or cold, esp for preservative purposes; chilled or frozen
  • refrigerator — a box, room, or cabinet in which food, drink, etc., are kept cool by means of ice or mechanical refrigeration.
  • refugee camp — a camp for sheltering and protecting people who have fled from some danger or problem, esp political persecution
  • relief angle — The relief angle is the angle between a cutting tool and the workpiece it has just cut.
  • right of way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
  • roofing nail — a short nail for nailing asphalt shingles or the like, having a broad head.
  • running gaff — the hoisting gaff.
  • safe surfing — the practice of using security measures to protect one's computer while surfing the internet
  • safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
  • sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
  • saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • self-raising — a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
  • self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
  • self-storage — noting or pertaining to a warehouse or other facility that rents units to people for storing personal possessions.
  • sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
  • significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
  • sofa surfing — (of a homeless person) the practice of staying temporarily with various friends and relatives while attempting to find permanent accommodation
  • sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
  • sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
  • spearfishing — any of several fishes of the genus Tetrapturus, resembling the sailfish but having the first dorsal fin much less developed: inhabiting all seas, but rare.
  • sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
  • stage fright — nervousness felt by a performer or speaker when appearing before an audience.
  • stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
  • straight off — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • sugaring off — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
  • surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
  • surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
  • tank farming — hydroponics.
  • tank fighter — a boxer known for false shows of being knocked down or out in bouts the results of which have been prearranged.
  • target rifle — a rifle designed especially for shooting at targets.
  • terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
  • the red flag — a socialist song, written by James Connell (1852–1929), Irish political activist, in 1889
  • thoroughfare — a road, street, or the like, that leads at each end into another street.
  • tongue graft — whip graft.
  • top grafting — grafting in the top, as of a tree, in order to replace existing branches with those of a more desired variety or form.
  • traffic sign — notice to vehicles
  • transferring — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • transforming — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
  • turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
  • unaffrighted — to frighten.
  • unflattering — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
  • unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
  • unforgivably — in an unforgivable manner
  • unfragmented — existing or functioning as though broken into separate parts; disorganized; disunified: a fragmented personality; a fragmented society.
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