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