11-letter words containing g, s, a
- fingerstall — a covering used to protect a finger.
- first grade — school year: age 6-7
- 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
- fishtailing — Present participle of fishtail.
- flabagasted — Alternative form of flabbergasted.
- flabbergast — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flagellants — a person who flagellates or scourges himself or herself for religious discipline.
- flagellates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flagellate.
- flagpersons — Plural form of flagperson.
- flashlights — Plural form of flashlight.
- flavourings — Plural form of flavouring.
- flint glass — an optical glass of high dispersion and a relatively high index of refraction, composed of alkalis, lead oxide, and silica, with or without other bases, sometimes used as the diverging lens component of an achromatic lens.
- float glass — extremely smooth, nearly distortion-free plate glass manufactured by pouring molten glass onto a surface of molten tin.
- flote grass — an aquatic perennial grass, Glyceria fluitans, whose metre-long stems and pale green leaves are often seen floating in still or sluggish water. The related sweet grass (G. plicata) has broader, darker leaves and owes its name to the fact that cattle like to eat it
- food grains — the small hard seedlike fruits of a grass, esp a cereal plant, used as a foodstuff
- foot guards — (in Britain) an infantry unit forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- forecasting — Present participle of forecast.
- foregathers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foregather.
- formalising — Present participle of formalise.
- forstalling — Present participle of forstall.
- forswearing — Present participle of forswear.
- fragileness — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- fragilities — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- fragmentise — Alternative form of fragmentize.
- franchising — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- frangipanis — Plural form of frangipani.
- frost grape — riverbank grape.
- fruit sugar — fructose.
- frustrating — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- fuel-saving — (of a vehicle) using less fuel for a further distance
- fundraising — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- fungistatic — (of a substance or preparation) inhibiting the growth of a fungus.
- fungus gnat — any of several mosquitolike insects of the family Mycetophilidae, the larvae of which feed on fungi or decaying vegetation.
- fustigating — Present participle of fustigate.
- fustigation — A beating with a club.
- gainesville — a city in N Florida.
- gainfulness — The state or quality of being gainful; profitableness.
- gainsharing — a system in which employees are financially rewarded for reducing operating costs and working more efficiently. The reward may or may not be in relation to individual performance
- galactoside — A glycoside yielding galactose on hydrolysis.
- gallantness — The quality of being gallant.
- gallantries — dashing courage; heroic bravery; noble-minded behavior.
- galley-west — Informal. into a state of unconsciousness, confusion, or disarray (usually used in the phrase to knock galley-west).
- galliardise — the state of being gay or merry
- gallicanism — the movement or body of doctrines, chiefly associated with the Gallican church, advocating the restriction of papal authority in certain matters.
- gallowglass — a follower and supporter of or a soldier owing allegiance to an Irish chief.
- gallowsness — the quality of being bold or reckless
- galvanising — Present participle of galvanise.
- game master — the person who organizes or directs the story and play in a role-playing game. Abbreviation: GM.
- gamekeepers — Plural form of gamekeeper.
- gametocytes — Plural form of gametocyte.