12-letter words containing i, n, g, e
- finger-paint — a jellylike paint, used chiefly by children in painting, usually with their fingers.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- fingerflower — purple foxglove.
- fingerprints — Plural form of fingerprint.
- fire setting — an ancient method of shattering rock by building a fire against it so as to cause it to split as a result of uneven internal stresses.
- fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
- firefighting — a person who fights destructive fires.
- fireproofing — the act or process of rendering fireproof.
- firing order — the sequence of ignition in the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine
- firing range — range (def 5).
- first finger — the finger next to the thumb; index finger
- firstnighter — a person who often or usually attends the theater, opera, etc., on opening night.
- fiscal agent — a person or organization serving as another's financial agent.
- fishing line — cord used to catch fish
- fishing pole — a long, slender rod of wood or other material with a line and hook fastened to one end for use in catching fish.
- fishmonger's — a shop that sells fish
- five fingers — any of certain species of potentilla having leaves of five leaflets, as Potentilla canadensis.
- fixed-length — referring to a field, record, computer word, or other entity whose length does not vary.
- flagellating — Present participle of flagellate.
- flagellation — the act or process of flagellating.
- flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
- flatteringly — In a flattering manner.
- fleetingness — passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory: fleeting beauty; a fleeting glance.
- flegenheimer — Arthur ("Dutch Schultz") 1902–35, U.S. gangster.
- flesh-eating — habitually eating flesh; carnivorous
- flickeringly — In a flickering manner.
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- flowing well — A flowing well is a well which can produce oil or gas without the use of a mechanical pump.
- flux linkage — the product of the magnetic flux and the number of turns in a given coil.
- flying field — a small landing field with short runways and facilities for servicing airplanes on a lesser scale than an airport.
- flying jenny — Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a merry-go-round, especially a relatively small or unadorned one.
- flying lemur — either of two lemurlike mammals, Cynocephalus variegatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, or C. volans, of the Philippines, having broad folds of skin on both sides of the body to aid in gliding from tree to tree: now rare.
- flying mouse — pygmy glider.
- flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
- flying wedge — a fast-moving group of law-enforcement officers in a compact, wedge-shaped formation that can infiltrate crowds or protect someone effectively.
- folding rule — a rule composed of light strips of wood joined by rivets so as to be foldable, all the opening and closing parts being in parallel planes.
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
- forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
- forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
- foreign bill — a bill of exchange drawn on a payer in one country by a maker in another.
- foreign body — object lodged where it does not belong
- foreign-born — born in a country other than that in which one resides.
- foreign-flag — (of a vessel or aircraft) having a registry under a nationality other than one's own: rivalry between U.S.-flag freighters and foreign-flag ships.
- foreseeingly — by way of foreseeing
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- foretokening — Indication in advance.
- foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
- fort benning — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in W Georgia, S of Columbus; the largest infantry post in the U.S.
- fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.