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11-letter words containing g, r, i, f

  • grass finch — any of several Australian weaverbirds, especially of the genus Poephila.
  • gratifiable — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
  • gravity-fed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
  • ground-fish — bottom-fish.
  • guaniferous — yielding guano
  • gulf crisis — the unstable period prior to the war of 1991 between US-led UN forces and Iraq
  • gummiferous — producing gum
  • guttiferous — relating to plants that produce gum or gum-like fluids
  • gypsiferous — containing gypsum.
  • half gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward half-somersault, entering the water headfirst and facing the springboard.
  • high relief — sculptured relief in which volumes are strongly projected from the background.
  • higher self — a person's spiritual self, as the focus of many meditation techniques, as opposed to the physical body
  • highprofile — (rare) alternative spelling of high-profile.
  • hippogriffs — Plural form of hippogriff.
  • hiring-fair — (formerly, in rural areas) a fair or market at which agricultural labourers were hired
  • inferencing — The process of making inferences; inferring.
  • infographic — Often, infographics. a visual presentation of information in the form of a chart, graph, or other image accompanied by minimal text, intended to give an easily understood overview, often of a complex subject: a mass-transit infographic that uses different colors to represent different modes of transportation.
  • informingly — In an informing manner.
  • infrangible — that cannot be broken or separated; unbreakable: infrangible moral strength.
  • infrangibly — In an infrangible manner.
  • infrigidate — (obsolete) To chill; to make cold.
  • infringe on — to break in on; encroach or trespass on
  • infuriating — Archaic. infuriated.
  • inlay graft — a graft in which the scion is matched into a place in the stock from which a piece of corresponding bark has been removed.
  • interfacing — a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
  • interfering — to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
  • interfinger — (of sedimentary rocks) to change laterally from one type to another in a zone where the two types form interpenetrating wedges.
  • jargon file — (jargon, publication, humour)   The on-line hacker Jargon File maintained by Eric S. Raymond. A large collection of definitions of computing terms, including much wit, wisdom, and history. See also Yellow Book, Jargon.
  • jet fighter — aeronautics
  • 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.
  • left-winger — A left-winger is a person whose political beliefs are close to socialism, or closer to them than most of the other people in the same group or party.
  • ley farming — the alternation at intervals of several years of crop growing and grassland pasture
  • life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
  • lift bridge — a bridge having a section that can be lifted vertically to permit passage of boats beneath it.
  • light draft — the draft of a vessel at its light displacement.
  • microfiling — the process of reproducing the contents of a file on microfilm
  • microfungus — A fungus in which no sexual process has been observed or in which the reproductive organs are microscopic.
  • mike fright — extreme nervousness experienced on speaking into a microphone, as on radio or television.
  • montgolfier — a balloon raised by air heated from a fire in the lower part.
  • nightfaring — journeying at night, travelling abroad by night
  • non-fragile — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
  • nonfreezing — not given or subject to freezing.
  • off-roading — driving on unmade terrain
  • office girl — a girl or young woman employed in an office to run errands, do odd jobs, etc.
  • offscouring — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
  • overfatigue — excessive tiredness from which recuperation is difficult.
  • overfeeding — the act of feeding too much
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