11-letter words containing g, r, a, s, f
- great falls — a city in central Montana, on the Missouri River.
- green flash — a green coloration of the upper portion of the sun, caused by atmospheric refraction and occasionally seen as the sun rises above or sinks below the horizon.
- guaniferous — yielding guano
- gulf stream — a warm ocean current flowing N from the Gulf of Mexico, along the E coast of the U.S., to an area off the SE coast of Newfoundland, where it becomes the western terminus of the North Atlantic Current.
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- leaf spring — a long, narrow, multiple spring composed of several layers of spring metal bracketed together: used in some suspension systems of carriages and automobiles.
- life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- oxford bags — trousers with very wide baggy legs, originally popular in the 1920s
- page proofs — the final version of a book before it goes to the printer, containing all elements including page numbers and layout
- perfect gas — ideal gas.
- proof stage — the stage of publishing where trial impressions made from composed type, or print-outs (from a laser printer, etc) are read for the correction of errors
- self-regard — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
- septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
- sewage farm — a place where sewage is treated, esp for use as manure
- shaft grave — a grave consisting of a deep, rectangular pit with vertical sides, roofed over with a stone slab.
- shift gears — change speed manually in a vehicle
- sight draft — a draft payable upon presentation.
- soft target — sth easy to hit
- software ag — (company) A German software engineering company that started with the ADABAS database. Natural is their 4GL development environment, EntireX is their DCOM for Unix and IBM. BOLERO, is an object-oriented development environment and application server specially made for Electronic Business applications. Mailing-list: <[email protected]>.
- spacefaring — space travel
- suffragette — a woman advocate of female suffrage.
- surfcasting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- transfigure — to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
- transfixing — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
- warfighters — Plural form of warfighter.
- wharfingers — Plural form of wharfinger.