11-letter words containing g, r, o, u
- farnborough — a town in S England, in NE Hampshire: military base, with an aeronautical research centre. Pop: 57 147 (2001)
- farraginous — heterogeneous; mixed: a farraginous collection of random ideas.
- feedthrough — a connector used to pass a conductor through a circuit board or enclosure.
- fergusonite — a rare-earth mineral, yttrium columbate and tantalate, found in pegmatites.
- ferruginous — Geology. iron-bearing: ferruginous clays.
- figurations — Plural form of figuration.
- finno-ugric — the major branch of the Uralic family of languages, subdivided into Finnic, which includes Finnish and Estonian, and Ugric, which includes Hungarian.
- flavourings — Plural form of flavouring.
- 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.
- flowthrough — Flow (through a system or process).
- fluegelhorn — a brass instrument like the cornet in design and pitch but with a wider bore, larger bell, and mellower tone
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- focus group — a representative group of people questioned together about their opinions on political issues, consumer products, etc.
- foot guards — (in Britain) an infantry unit forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- foregrounds — Plural form of foreground.
- forerunning — Present participle of forerun.
- forethought — thoughtful provision beforehand; provident care; prudence.
- forgetfully — In a forgetful manner.
- formulating — Present participle of formulate.
- formulising — formulate.
- four-bagger — home run.
- four-banger — a four-cylinder engine.
- four-legged — having four legs.
- freethought — Alternative spelling of free thought.
- freight-out — Freight-out is the cost of delivering finished goods to a customer.
- from hunger — a compelling need or desire for food.
- frugiferous — Bearing fruit.
- frugivorous — fruit-eating, as certain bats.
- fugitometer — an instrument used for measuring the fastness to light of dyed materials
- fulguration — to flash or dart like lightning.
- fungivorous — feeding on fungi, as certain insects.
- furbelowing — Present participle of furbelow.
- furloughing — Present participle of furlough.
- furthcoming — an action raised to recover property which has been arrested in the hands of a third party
- gain ground — profit or advantage.
- garrulously — In a garrulous manner.
- gemmiferous — bearing buds or gemmae; gemmiparous.
- gemmiparous — producing or reproducing by buds or gemmae.
- genouillere — jointed armour for protecting the knees
- george bush — Barbara (Barbara Pierce) born 1925, U.S. First Lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
- get through — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- ghostbuster — A person who claims to be able to banish ghosts and poltergeists.
- give ground — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- glamorously — In a glamorous manner.
- glamour boy — a man whose appearance or lifestyle is considered glamorous by popular standards.
- glamourized — Simple past tense and past participle of glamourize.
- glamourless — Without glamour; unglamorous, mundane.
- glamourpuss — a glamorous person, esp a woman