10-letter words containing o, f, g
- formatting — 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.
- fort bragg — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in S central North Carolina NW of Fayetteville.
- fort dodge — a city in central Iowa, on the Des Moines River.
- fort meigs — Fort. Fort Meigs.
- forthbring — (obsolete) To bring forth; bring out; produce.
- forthgoing — an instance of going forth
- forthright — going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken: It's sometimes difficult to be forthright and not give offense.
- fortifying — Present participle of fortify.
- fortnights — Plural form of fortnight.
- forwarding — Sports. a player stationed in advance of others on a team. Football. a lineman. Basketball. either of two players stationed in the forecourt.
- fossicking — Present participle of fossick.
- fossil gum — any gum, found chiefly in the earth, that was yielded by a now fossilized tree.
- fosterling — foster child.
- foundering — (of a ship, boat, etc.) to fill with water and sink.
- foundlings — Plural form of foundling.
- fourbagger — home run.
- fourragere — an ornament of cord worn on the shoulder.
- foxborough — a town in E Massachusetts.
- frightsome — Frightening; frightful; fearful; causing fear.
- frigmarole — a jocular term for foreplay when considered, esp from the man’s point of view, to be a tiresome prelude to the main event
- frigorific — causing or producing cold.
- frog march — to force (a person) to march with the arms pinioned firmly behind the back.
- frog's-bit — an aquatic, floating plant, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, of Eurasia, having thick, roundish, spongy leaves.
- frog-march — If you are frog-marched somewhere, someone takes you there by force, holding you by the arms or another part of your body so that you have to walk along with them.
- frogfishes — Plural form of frogfish.
- froghopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cercopidae, which in the immature stages live in a spittlelike secretion on plants.
- frogmouths — Plural form of frogmouth.
- frolicking — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- front-page — of major importance; worth putting on the first page of a newspaper.
- frowningly — While or as if frowning.
- frozen fog — (especially in the far north) a fog composed of minute ice crystals that form in the air in extremely cold temperatures.
- fugitation — a sentence given to an accused person who does not appear for trial, declaring them to be an outlaw and fugitive
- fuliginous — sooty; smoky: the fuliginous air hanging over an industrial city.
- full-grown — completely grown; mature.
- fumigation — to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
- fumigators — Plural form of fumigator.
- fumigatory — having the ability to fumigate; relating to fumigation
- fun-loving — enjoying life in a lively, lighthearted way; spirited; playful: fun-loving friends.
- fungitoxic — toxic to fungi.
- furloughed — Simple past tense and past participle of furlough.
- futurology — the study or forecasting of trends or developments in science, technology, political or social structure, etc.
- gable roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
- gale-force — A gale-force wind is a very strong wind.
- gangliform — having the form of a ganglion.
- gentlefolk — persons of good family and breeding.
- get it off — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get off on — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get on for — to approach (a time, amount, age, etc.)
- get out of — extricate oneself from
- get rid of — to clear, disencumber, or free of something objectionable (usually followed by of): I want to rid the house of mice. In my opinion, you'd be wise to rid yourself of the smoking habit.