12-letter words containing g, r, i, f, n
- far-reaching — extending far in influence, effect, etc.: the far-reaching effect of his speech.
- fare-dodging — the practice of trying to travel on public transport without paying the fare
- farthingales — Plural form of farthingale.
- farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
- farthingland — a unit of land area, sometimes described as being equivalent to thirty acres
- farthingless — without a farthing, having no money
- fast-growing — growing very quickly
- federalizing — Present participle of federalize.
- fencing wire — a heavy-gauge galvanized wire used for farm fences
- ferlinghetti — Lawrence, born 1920? U.S. poet associated with the Beat Generation.
- fermi energy — the level in the distribution of electron energies in a solid at which a quantum state is equally likely to be occupied or empty
- fibrillating — Present participle of fibrillate.
- fibrinogenic — producing fibrin.
- file manager — a program that organizes and arranges files in a computer
- file-sharing — File-sharing is a method of distributing computer files, for example files containing music, among a large number of users.
- filing clerk — an employee who maintains office files
- fine-grained — being of fine grain or texture, as certain types of wood, leather, etc.
- finger grass — any of various grasses of the genus Chloris, having several narrow spikes in a terminal cluster.
- finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
- finger paint — paint children apply with fingers
- finger tight — made as tight as possible by hand
- finger-paint — a jellylike paint, used chiefly by children in painting, usually with their fingers.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- fingerflower — purple foxglove.
- fingerprints — Plural form of fingerprint.
- finno-ugrian — pertaining to the Finns and the Ugrians.
- fire setting — an ancient method of shattering rock by building a fire against it so as to cause it to split as a result of uneven internal stresses.
- fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
- firefighting — a person who fights destructive fires.
- fireproofing — the act or process of rendering fireproof.
- firing glass — a drinking glass of the 18th century having a conical, rounded body on a thick stem and a heavy spreading foot.
- firing order — the sequence of ignition in the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine
- firing party — a military detachment detailed to fire a salute at a funeral
- firing range — range (def 5).
- firing squad — a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
- first finger — the finger next to the thumb; index finger
- first string — composed of regular members, participants, etc. (distinguished from substitute): the first-string team.
- first-string — composed of regular members, participants, etc. (distinguished from substitute): the first-string team.
- firstnighter — a person who often or usually attends the theater, opera, etc., on opening night.
- fish farming — the job of rearing fish for commercial purposes
- fishing port — a town which has a lot of fishing boats
- fishing worm — an earthworm.
- fishmonger's — a shop that sells fish
- fitting room — a room, as in a clothing store, where garments are tried on and measurements taken for alterations or other changes.
- five fingers — any of certain species of potentilla having leaves of five leaflets, as Potentilla canadensis.
- flash drying — Flash drying is a stage in a process to make something bigger, in which a paste-like feed is broken up and dried at the same time.
- flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
- flatteringly — In a flattering manner.
- flegenheimer — Arthur ("Dutch Schultz") 1902–35, U.S. gangster.
- flickeringly — In a flickering manner.