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

fragmentation bomb — a bomb designed to break into many small, high-velocity fragments when detonated.
frederick douglass — Frederick, 1817–95, U.S. ex-slave, abolitionist, and orator.
free-range chicken — a chicken kept in natural nonintensive conditions
free-will offering — a voluntary religious contribution made in addition to what may be expected or required.
fringe-toed lizard — an iguanid lizard, Uma notata, of sandy deserts of the western U.S. and Mexico, having a wedge-shaped snout and toes fringed with long, pointed scales.
front organization — business: cover-up
fulminating powder — powder that explodes by percussion.
fuming nitric acid — a colorless, yellowish, or brownish fuming corrosive liquid, usually prepared from nitric acid by the addition of excess nitrogen dioxide: used in organic synthesis for nitration, and as an oxidizer in liquid propellants for rockets.
functional program — (language) A program employing the functional programming approach or written in a functional language.
funding operations — the conversion of government floating stock or short-term debt into holdings of long-term bonds
furnishing fabrics — fabrics used to make and cover furniture
garden loosestrife — any of various plants belonging to the genus Lysimachia, of the primrose family, having clusters of usually yellow flowers, as L. vulgaris (garden loosestrife) or L. quadrifolia (whorled loosestrife)
general confession — a prayer confessing sins
generic identifier — (language, text) A string constituting the name of a element in an SGML document.
german east africa — a former German territory in E Africa, the area now comprised of continental Tanzania and the independent republics of Rwanda and Burundi.
give a person five — to greet or congratulate someone by slapping raised hands
government deficit — A government deficit is a situation in which a government spends more money than it has.
grains of paradise — Usually, grains of paradise. one of the pungent, peppery seeds of an African plant, Aframomum melegueta, of the ginger family, used to strengthen cordials and in veterinary medicine.
grand council fire — a formal gathering of camp fire members requiring a minimum attendance of three troops.
great barrier reef — coral structure off Australian coast
great white father — the president of the U.S.
grist for the mill — If you say that something is grist for the mill, you mean that it is useful for a particular purpose or helps support someone's point of view.
gulf of california — an arm of the Pacific Ocean, between Sonora and Lower California
haemorrhagic fever — any of a group of fevers, such as Ebola virus disease and yellow fever, characterized by internal bleeding or bleeding into the skin
in the grip of sth — If a person, group, or place is in the grip of something, they are being severely affected by it.
integrating factor — a factor that upon multiplying a differential equation with the right-hand side equal to zero makes the equation integrable, usually by making the resulting expression an exact differential of some function.
internet of things — a network of everyday devices, appliances, and other objects equipped with computer chips and sensors that can collect and transmit data through the Internet. Abbreviation: IoT.
king of the forest — the oak tree.
knight of the road — a tramp
law of gravitation — a law stating that any two masses attract each other with a force equal to a constant (constant of gravitation) multiplied by the product of the two masses and divided by the square of the distance between them.
law of segregation — the principle, originated by Gregor Mendel, stating that during the production of gametes the two copies of each hereditary factor segregate so that offspring acquire one factor from each parent.
lean manufacturing — efficiency in the production of goods
lifesaving service — a private organization or government agency for general marine rescue operations.
magnetic amplifier — an amplifier that applies the input signal to a primary winding and feeds an alternating current to a secondary winding where this current is modulated by the variations in the primary winding.
manufacturing base — the manufacturing industries of an area or a country considered as a unit and a constituent part of the economy
margaret of valois — ("Queen Margot") 1533–1615, 1st wife of Henry IV of France: queen of Navarre; patron of science and literature (daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici).
marriage of figaro — Italian Le nozze di Figaro. an opera (1786) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
microsoft exchange — (messaging) Microsoft's messaging and enterprise collaboration server. Exchange's primary role is as an electronic mail message store but it can also store calendars, task lists, contact details, and other data.
morning-after pill — a contraceptive pill containing only an estrogen and used by women within a few hours after sexual intercourse.
non-self-governing — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
of your own making — If you say that something such as a problem you have is of your own making, you mean you have caused or created it yourself.
off-street parking — spaces for cars located on private property rather than on a public street
office of readings — the first of the canonical hours; matins
offset lithography — offset (def 6).
oil of wintergreen — methyl salicylate.
operating software — software used in the operation of a computer system, typically by performing such tasks as memory allocation, job scheduling, and input/output control
order of magnitude — You can use order of magnitude when you are giving an approximate idea of the amount or importance of something.
out of the running — the act of a person, animal, or thing that runs.
peacekeeping force — a force designated to the maintenance of peace, esp the prevention of further fighting between hostile forces in an area
people trafficking — the practice of bringing immigrants into a country illegally

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