11-letter words containing g, r, i, f, n
- filagreeing — Present participle of filagree.
- filigreeing — Present participle of filigree.
- film rating — a rating imposed by the British Board of Film Censors that indicates the minimum age of people allowed to view the film
- fimbriating — Present participle of fimbriate.
- finedrawing — Present participle of finedraw.
- finger bowl — a small bowl to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table.
- finger food — food intended to be picked up with the fingers and eaten.
- finger gate — any of a number of small runners radiating from a single gate to distribute metal in several parts of the mold cavity.
- finger hole — one of a set of holes for the finger on the rotating dial of a telephone.
- finger mark — a mark, especially a smudge or stain, made by a finger.
- finger post — a post with one or more directional signs, terminating in a pointed finger or hand.
- finger wave — a wave set by impressing the fingers into hair dampened by lotion or water.
- fingerboard — (of a violin, cello, etc.) the strip of wood on the neck against which the strings are stopped by the fingers.
- fingerguard — something that protects the fingers
- fingerholes — hole in a wind instrument
- fingerlings — Plural form of fingerling.
- fingermarks — Plural form of fingermark.
- fingernails — Plural form of fingernail.
- fingerpaint — A form of paint designed to be applied using the fingers, especially by children.
- fingerpicks — Plural form of fingerpick.
- fingerplate — a metal plate fixed to a door next to the handle or keyhole to protect the surface
- fingerprint — an impression of the markings of the inner surface of the last joint of the thumb or other finger.
- fingerstall — a covering used to protect a finger.
- finno-ugric — the major branch of the Uralic family of languages, subdivided into Finnic, which includes Finnish and Estonian, and Ugric, which includes Hungarian.
- fire engine — a vehicle equipped for firefighting, now usually a motor truck having a motor-driven pump for shooting water or chemical solutions at high pressure.
- fireballing — (baseball) Tending to pitch fastballs.
- firebombing — Present participle of firebomb.
- firesetting — The setting of fires; arson.
- firing line — Military. the positions at which troops are stationed to fire upon the enemy or targets. the troops firing from this line.
- first night — opening night.
- first thing — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
- fish finger — Fish fingers are small long pieces of fish covered in breadcrumbs. They are usually sold in frozen form.
- fisher king — (in the story of Percival) the custodian of the Grail.
- fishing rod — a long, slender, cylindrical, flexible rod usually made of bamboo, steel, or fiberglass, for use with a reel and line in catching fish.
- fishmongers — Plural form of fishmonger.
- five-finger — any of certain species of potentilla having leaves of five leaflets, as Potentilla canadensis.
- fivefingers — a name for various plants, cinquefoil etc.; a starfish
- flat racing — a race run on a level track having no hurdles, water jumps, hedges, or the like to hinder the speed of the entrants.
- flavourings — Plural form of flavouring.
- floundering — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- flourishing — growing vigorously; thriving; prosperous: a flourishing little business.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- flying frog — either of two East Indian frogs, Rhacophorus nigrapalmatus and R. pardalis, having broadly webbed feet permitting long, gliding leaps.
- flying mare — Wrestling. a method of attack in which a wrestler grasps the wrist of the opponent, turns in the opposite direction, and throws the opponent over the shoulder and down.
- flying moor — the act of mooring a vessel between two anchors, the first dropped while the vessel is under way.
- folk singer — a singer who specializes in folk songs, usually providing his or her own accompaniment on a guitar.
- food grains — the small hard seedlike fruits of a grass, esp a cereal plant, used as a foodstuff
- for nothing — freely, free
- forcing bid — a bid, often at a higher level than is required, that is understood to oblige the bidder's partner to reply
- forebearing — Present participle of forebear.