11-letter words containing g, r, i, l
- equiangular — Having equal angles.
- espaliering — Present participle of espalier.
- espieglerie — Impish or playful behaviour; mischief.
- everlasting — Lasting forever or for a very long time.
- fairy glove — purple foxglove.
- falteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- farthingale — a hoop skirt or framework for expanding a woman's skirt, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- fertilising — Present participle of fertilise.
- fertilizing — Present participle of fertilize.
- field grade — military rank applying to mid-level army officers, as majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels.
- field grown — (of a plant) grown in a field rather than in a pot or other artificial environment
- 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
- film rights — the rights purchased from the author of a work that enable a film maker to make a film of it
- filmography — a collection of writings about motion pictures, especially detailed essays dealing with specific films.
- finger bowl — a small bowl to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table.
- finger hole — one of a set of holes for the finger on the rotating dial of a telephone.
- fingerholes — hole in a wind instrument
- fingerlings — Plural form of fingerling.
- fingernails — Plural form of fingernail.
- fingerplate — a metal plate fixed to a door next to the handle or keyhole to protect the surface
- fingerstall — a covering used to protect a finger.
- fire blight — a disease of pears, apples, quinces, etc., characterized by blossom, twig, and fruit blight and stem cankers, caused by a bacterium, Erwinia amylovora.
- fireballing — (baseball) Tending to pitch fastballs.
- firelighter — Small block of flammable substance, typically sawdust and wax combined, used to light fires.
- firing line — Military. the positions at which troops are stationed to fire upon the enemy or targets. the troops firing from this line.
- first light — dawn.
- fiscal drag — the process by which, during inflation, rising incomes draw people into higher tax brackets, so that their real incomes may fall; this acts as a restraint on the expansion of the economy
- 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.
- flight crew — the crew responsible for an aircraft during a flight
- florilegium — a collection of literary pieces; anthology.
- 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.
- flower girl — a young girl at a wedding ceremony who precedes the bride and carries or scatters flowers in her path.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- flush right — even or level, as with a surface; forming the same plane: The bottom of the window is flush with the floor.
- 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.
- foreclosing — Present participle of foreclose.
- foreglimpse — a revelation or glimpse of the future.
- foretelling — Present participle of foretell.
- forgiveable — Misspelling of forgivable.
- forgivingly — In a forgiving way.
- formalising — Present participle of formalise.
- formalizing — Present participle of formalize.
- formulating — Present participle of formulate.