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11-letter words containing n, f, a

  • futz around — to pass time in idleness (usually followed by around).
  • gainfulness — The state or quality of being gainful; profitableness.
  • gamma knife — a machine that uses radiation with extreme accuracy to destroy abnormal tissue, esp in the brain
  • garden flat — a flat with direct access to a garden: typically, a garden flat consists of basement accommodation in prewar property, but some are in purpose-built blocks in urban areas
  • gas fitting — the work or business of a gas fitter.
  • gas furnace — a furnace using gas as a fuel.
  • gladfulness — The quality of being gladful.
  • glens falls — a city in E New York, on the Hudson River.
  • go flatline — [Cyberpunk SF, refers to flattening of EEG traces upon brain-death] also "flatlined". 1. To die, terminate, or fail, especially irreversibly. In hacker parlance, this is used of machines only, human death being considered somewhat too serious a matter to employ jargon-jokes about. 2. To go completely quiescent; said of machines undergoing controlled shutdown. "You can suffer file damage if you shut down Unix but power off before the system has gone flatline." 3. Of a video tube, to fail by losing vertical scan, so all one sees is a bright horizontal line bisecting the screen.
  • god-fearing — deeply respectful or fearful of God.
  • godforsaken — desolate; remote; deserted: They live in some godforsaken place 40 miles from the nearest town.
  • golden calf — a golden idol set up by Aaron and worshiped by the Israelites. Ex. 32.
  • gonfalonier — the bearer of a gonfalon.
  • goof around — to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
  • grand falls — former name of Churchill Falls.
  • grand final — the final game of the season in any of various sports, esp football
  • grand forks — a town in E North Dakota.
  • grand mufti — a Muslim religious leader.
  • grand theft — stealing large amount
  • grandfather — the father of one's father or mother.
  • grandiflora — any of several plant varieties or hybrids characterized by large showy flowers, as certain kinds of petunias, baby's breath, or roses.
  • graniferous — bearing grain
  • granitiform — resembling granite
  • granny farm — a home where old people are cared for
  • granny flat — a self-contained living area within a single-family home, as for an aging parent.
  • granuliform — having a granular structure
  • grass finch — any of several Australian weaverbirds, especially of the genus Poephila.
  • green flash — a green coloration of the upper portion of the sun, caused by atmospheric refraction and occasionally seen as the sun rises above or sinks below the horizon.
  • guaifenesin — An expectorant used in cough syrups and sometimes for pain relief from fibromyalgia.
  • guaniferous — yielding guano
  • guinea fowl — any of several African, gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Numidinae, especially a common species, Numida meleagris, that has a bony casque on the head and dark gray plumage spotted with white and that is now domesticated and raised for its flesh and eggs.
  • haddonfield — a town in SW New Jersey.
  • half an ear — If you listen to something or someone with only half an ear, you do not give your full attention to what is being said.
  • half an eye — a modicum of perceptiveness
  • half gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward half-somersault, entering the water headfirst and facing the springboard.
  • half nelson — a hold in which a wrestler, from behind the opponent, passes one arm under the corresponding arm of the opponent and locks the hand on the back of the opponent's neck.
  • half-broken — past participle of break.
  • half-frozen — extremely cold
  • half-gallon — a half of a gallon, equal to 2 quarts (1.9 liters).
  • half-hidden — concealed; obscure; covert: hidden meaning; hidden hostility.
  • half-hoping — having or expressing some hope
  • half-hunter — a watch with a hinged lid in which a small circular opening or crystal allows the approximate time to be read
  • half-joking — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
  • half-length — something that is only half a full length or height, especially a portrait that shows only the upper half of the body, including the hands.
  • half-minute — 30 seconds
  • half-nelson — a hold in which a wrestler, from behind the opponent, passes one arm under the corresponding arm of the opponent and locks the hand on the back of the opponent's neck.
  • half-ruined — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
  • half-second — 1/120 of a minute of time
  • halfendeale — a half portion of something
  • halleflinta — a type of rock, volcanic or metamorphic in origin, that has a fine grain
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