12-letter words containing g, r, i, e, f
- frying steak — a steak that is cooked by frying
- full-figured — (of a woman) having an amply proportioned or heavy body.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- garand rifle — M-1.
- gay-friendly — welcoming to gay people
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- gender-fluid — noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression is not fixed and shifts over time or depending on the situation.
- gersdorffite — a mineral, sulfide-arsenide of nickel, NiAsS, occurring in metallic, light-gray cubes.
- gift receipt — A gift receipt shows proof of purchase but leaves out the amount spent. It can be used to return goods given as a gift.
- gift voucher — gift certificate.
- gift-wrapped — A gift-wrapped present is wrapped in pretty paper.
- gillyflowers — Plural form of gillyflower.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- gonfaloniers — Plural form of gonfalonier.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- grand finale — the concluding portion of a performance or entertainment, as a musical show, rodeo, etc., usually spectacular and involving most or all of the prior participants.
- grape family — the plant family Vitaceae, characterized by woody climbing vines with tendrils, having alternate, simple or compound leaves, and bearing clusters of small flowers and berries, and including Boston ivy, grape, grape ivy, and Virginia creeper.
- gravity feed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- greenfinches — Plural form of greenfinch.
- griseofulvin — an antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , obtained from a species of Penicillium, used in the treatment of ringworm and other fungous infections of the skin.
- hard feeling — resentment; ill will
- haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- heffelfinger — William Walter ("Pudge") 1867–1954, U.S. football player.
- high profile — a deliberately conspicuous manner of living or operating.
- high-profile — prominent publicly
- in charge of — having responsibility for
- in danger of — liable to
- index finger — forefinger.
- infringement — a breach or infraction, as of a law, right, or obligation; violation; transgression.
- interfilling — a filling of materials, as brickwork between studs.
- interleafing — Present participle of interleaf.
- irrefragable — not to be disputed or contested.
- irrefragably — In an irrefragable state or condition.
- krafft-ebing — Richard [rich-erd;; German rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪtʃ ərd;; German ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), Baron von, 1840–1902, German neurologist and author of works on sexual pathology.
- leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
- life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
- life peerage — the title and rank of a life peer
- lighter fuel — the fuel used in a cigarette or cigar lighter
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- mercy flight — an aircraft flight to bring a seriously ill or injured person to hospital from an isolated community
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- misfeaturing — distorting the features
- nondeforming — not causing deformity
- nonflowering — (biology) Of a plant, not flowering; reproducing by means other than pollination from flowers.
- off the grid — not using any of the services, such as bank accounts, public utilites, etc, that allow a person's activities to be monitored by the authorities
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- 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