11-letter words containing g, r, i, e, f, s
- gas fixture — a heating or lighting fixture that uses gas
- gemmiferous — bearing buds or gemmae; gemmiparous.
- gentrifiers — to alter (a deteriorated urban neighborhood) through the buying and renovation of houses and stores by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- girlfriends — Plural form of girlfriend.
- glass fiber — Glass fiber is another name for fiberglass.
- glass fibre — Glass fibre is another name for fibreglass.
- glumiferous — having glumes
- graniferous — bearing grain
- grapefruits — Plural form of grapefruit.
- guaniferous — yielding guano
- gummiferous — producing gum
- guttiferous — relating to plants that produce gum or gum-like fluids
- gypsiferous — containing gypsum.
- higher self — a person's spiritual self, as the focus of many meditation techniques, as opposed to the physical body
- kingfishers — Plural form of kingfisher.
- kitesurfing — The sport or pastime of riding on a modified surfboard while holding on to a specially designed kite, using the wind for propulsion.
- 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.
- overfishing — to fish (an area) excessively; to exhaust the supply of usable fish in (certain waters): Scientists are concerned that fishing boats may overfish our coastal waters.
- resign-from — to give up an office or position, often formally (often followed by from): to resign from the presidency.
- rifled slug — a shotgun projectile with helical grooves on its sides for imparting a spin to it when it is fired through the smooth bore of the shotgun.
- self-rising — rising without the addition of leaven: self-rising pancake flour.
- self-ruling — of or relating to self-rule
- 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.
- shift gears — change speed manually in a vehicle
- sniffer dog — a dog trained to find illegal drugs or explosives by smell.
- spacefaring — space travel
- springfield — a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,400 sq. mi. (146,075 sq. km). Capital: Springfield. Abbreviation: IL (for use with zip code), Ill.
- subfreezing — below the freezing point.
- surgeonfish — any tropical, coral-reef fish of the family Acanthuridae, with one or more sharp spines near the base of the tail fin.
- transfigure — to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
- triggerfish — any of various compressed, deep-bodied fishes of the genus Balistes and allied genera, chiefly inhabiting tropical seas, having an anterior dorsal fin with three stout spines: some are edible while others are poisonous.
- warfighters — Plural form of warfighter.
- wharfingers — Plural form of wharfinger.