12-letter words containing i, r, e, f, a, g
- irrefragably — In an irrefragable state or condition.
- krafft-ebing — Richard [rich-erd;; German rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪtʃ ərd;; German ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), Baron von, 1840–1902, German neurologist and author of works on sexual pathology.
- leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
- life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
- life peerage — the title and rank of a life peer
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- misfeaturing — distorting the features
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- paring knife — a short-bladed kitchen knife for paring fruits and vegetables.
- parking fine — penalty fee for an offence
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- prefinancing — financing arranged in advance
- profile drag — the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
- proofreading — correction of text
- range finder — any of various instruments for determining the distance from the observer to a particular object, as for sighting a gun or adjusting the focus of a camera.
- rangefinding — the act or process of determining the distance of an object from the observer
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- refrigerated — made frozen or cold, esp for preservative purposes; chilled or frozen
- refrigerator — a box, room, or cabinet in which food, drink, etc., are kept cool by means of ice or mechanical refrigeration.
- relief angle — The relief angle is the angle between a cutting tool and the workpiece it has just cut.
- safe surfing — the practice of using security measures to protect one's computer while surfing the internet
- safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
- sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-raising — a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
- self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
- spearfishing — any of several fishes of the genus Tetrapturus, resembling the sailfish but having the first dorsal fin much less developed: inhabiting all seas, but rare.
- stage fright — nervousness felt by a performer or speaker when appearing before an audience.
- tank fighter — a boxer known for false shows of being knocked down or out in bouts the results of which have been prearranged.
- target rifle — a rifle designed especially for shooting at targets.
- terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
- transferring — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- unaffrighted — to frighten.
- unflattering — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
- unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- walking fern — a fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having simple, triangular fronds tapering into a prolongation that bends at the top and often takes root at the apex.
- waterfalling — Present participle of waterfall.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl