13-letter words containing g, r, o, a
- fashionmonger — (derogatory) One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.
- fatigue ratio — the ratio between the fatigue limit and the tensile strength of a material.
- fearmongering — The action of deliberately arousing public fear or alarm about a particular issue.
- ferricyanogen — (chemistry) A hexavalent radical, Fe2(CN)12, a compound of cyanogen and iron in the ferric state.
- ferrocyanogen — a ferrocyanide radical
- ferromagnetic — noting or pertaining to a substance, as iron, that below a certain temperature, the Curie point, can possess magnetization in the absence of an external magnetic field; noting or pertaining to a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned.
- festivalgoers — Plural form of festivalgoer.
- filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
- flag of truce — a white flag displayed as an invitation to the enemy to confer, or carried as a sign of peaceful intention by one sent to deal with the enemy.
- flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.
- flaming sword — a cultivated bromeliad, Vriesea splendens, native to French Guiana, having long, red bracts and yellow flowers.
- floating rate — fluctuating exchange rate
- floating ribs — the eleventh and twelfth pairs of ribs, not attached to the breastbone or to other ribs but only to the vertebrae
- floating roof — A floating roof is an internal roof of a fuel storage tank.
- floor manager — a person assigned to direct the proceedings on the floor of an assembly, as at a political convention.
- floor trading — trading by personal contact on the floor of a market or exchange
- flooring brad — a brad having a very small head, made in lengths from 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm).
- flower garden — plot for flowers
- flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
- fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
- flying boxcar — a large airplane designed to carry cargo.
- flying dragon — any of several arboreal lizards of the genus Draco, having an extensible membrane between the limbs along each side by means of which it makes long, gliding leaps.
- folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
- foot-dragging — reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly.
- foreign agent — a spy for a foreign country
- foreordaining — Present participle of foreordain.
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- forest ranger — any of the officers employed by the government to supervise the care and preservation of forests, especially public forests.
- forgotten man — a person no longer in the mind of the general public.
- formula algol — An ALGOL extension for symbolic mathematics, strings and lists, developed by A.J. Perlis and R. Iturriaga at Carnegie for the CDC G-20 in 1962.
- formularising — Present participle of formularise.
- formularizing — Present participle of formularize.
- fourth-grader — a child in the fourth grade
- fractionating — Present participle of fractionate.
- fragmentation — the act or process of fragmenting; state of being fragmented.
- free-floating — (of an emotional state) lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized: free-floating hostility.
- fromage frais — Fromage frais is a thick, creamy dessert that is made from milk and often flavoured with fruit. A fromage frais is a small pot of fromage frais.
- front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- frontage road — a local road that runs parallel to an expressway, providing access to roadside stores and businesses; a service road.
- frontal gyrus — any of several convolutions on the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.
- frosted glass — etched glass with a translucent surface
- futurological — Pertaining to futurology.
- gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
- gagging order — an official order against certain information being made public or discussed (by the press, etc)
- galactorrhoea — (British spelling) alternative spelling of galactorrhea.
- galerie house — (in French Louisiana) a house with its main story above the ground floor and with verandas (galeries) for both stories in tiers on at least one side.
- gallo-romance — the vernacular language, a development from Latin, spoken in France from about a.d. 600 to 900. Abbreviation: Gallo-Rom.
- gallop rhythm — an abnormal heart rhythm characterized by three clear sounds in each beat, resembling the sound of a horse's gallop.
- gallows frame — headframe.
- gallows humor — humor that treats serious, frightening, or painful subject matter in a light or satirical way.