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12-letter words containing g, r, e, n, f

  • misfeaturing — distorting the features
  • nondeforming — not causing deformity
  • nonflowering — (biology) Of a plant, not flowering; reproducing by means other than pollination from flowers.
  • overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
  • overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
  • paring knife — a short-bladed kitchen knife for paring fruits and vegetables.
  • parking fine — penalty fee for an offence
  • persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
  • personifying — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
  • powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
  • prefinancing — financing arranged in advance
  • price fixing — the establishing of prices at a determined level, either by a government or by mutual consent among producers or sellers of a commodity.
  • price-fixing — the establishing of prices at a determined level, either by a government or by mutual consent among producers or sellers of a commodity.
  • profiteering — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
  • proofreading — correction of text
  • range finder — any of various instruments for determining the distance from the observer to a particular object, as for sighting a gun or adjusting the focus of a camera.
  • rangefinding — the act or process of determining the distance of an object from the observer
  • recentrifuge — to subject (a liquid) to the action of a centrifuge again
  • 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.
  • refreshingly — having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.
  • refurnishing — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
  • relief angle — The relief angle is the angle between a cutting tool and the workpiece it has just cut.
  • ring of fire — the linear zone of seismic and volcanic activity that coincides in general with the margins of the Pacific Plate.
  • roofing felt — a type of tar paper made from glass fibre or polyester fleece impregnated with bituminous material, produced in roll form, and used in roof construction
  • running fire — a rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of soldiers
  • 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.
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
  • self-priming — the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
  • self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
  • 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-serving — preoccupied with one's own interests, often disregarding the truth or the interests, well-being, etc., of others.
  • sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
  • shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
  • 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.
  • spencer gulf — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in S Australia, between the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas. Length: about 320 km (200 miles). Greatest width: about 145 km (90 miles)
  • spring fever — a listless, lazy, or restless feeling commonly associated with the beginning of spring.
  • stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
  • strong force — Also called nuclear force. the short-range attractive force between baryons that holds together the nucleus of the atom.
  • tank fighter — a boxer known for false shows of being knocked down or out in bouts the results of which have been prearranged.
  • terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
  • terrifyingly — to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
  • third finger — the finger next to the little finger; ring finger.
  • tongue graft — whip graft.
  • transferring — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • unaffrighted — to frighten.
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