12-letter words containing o, f, g
- foreseeingly — by way of foreseeing
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- forest green — Lincoln green.
- forest grove — a town in NW Oregon.
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- forethoughts — Plural form of forethought.
- foretokening — Indication in advance.
- foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- form-fitting — Form-fitting clothes fit very closely to the body of the person who is wearing them. Form-fitting is usually used to describe clothes worn by women.
- formal logic — the branch of logic concerned exclusively with the principles of deductive reasoning and with the form rather than the content of propositions.
- formyl group — the univalent group HCO–, derived from formic acid.
- 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.
- forthrightly — In a forthright manner.
- forty-eighth — next after the forty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 48.
- forward gear — a gear in a vehicle that is used when the vehicle is moving forward
- fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
- foul-tasting — having a very unpleasant taste
- four-engined — (of an aircraft) having four engines
- four-walling — a form of distribution and exhibition, esp. of films, in which a distributor or producer rents a theater for a fixed amount, pays all advertising and operating costs, and collects all box-office receipts
- fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
- fractography — the study of fractures or cracks in a material, esp metal, in order to predict or identify the cause of a failure in a structure
- frankalmoign — a form of tenure by which religious bodies held lands, esp on condition of praying for the soul of the donor
- free coinage — the unrestricted coinage of bullion or of a specified metal, as silver, into money for any person bringing it to the mint, either with or without charge for minting.
- free thought — thought unrestrained by deference to authority, tradition, or established belief, especially in matters of religion.
- freeing port — an opening in the bottom of a bulwark, for rapid drainage of a weather deck in heavy seas; scupper.
- freezing fog — fog in which the temperature of the water droplets is so low that they freeze on contact with surfaces
- freight note — a document containing full particulars of goods shipped or for shipment
- french congo — former name of the People's Republic of the Congo.
- frighten off — scare away
- fringe group — a group that is on the periphery of a larger organization because its views are more extreme than the majority
- frog sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
- frog-sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
- frontrunning — the practice by market makers of using advance information provided by their own investment analysts before it has been given to clients
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- fuliginosity — The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness.
- fuliginously — In a fuliginous manner.
- fungus stone — the Canadian tuckahoe, Polyporus tuberaster, an irregularly spherical mass of fungus mycelium and earth, forming a pseudosclerotium.
- futurologist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a follower of futurism, especially an artist or writer.
- gaff topsail — Also called fore-and-aft topsail. a jib-headed fore-and-aft sail set above a gaff.
- gaff-topsail — Also called fore-and-aft topsail. a jib-headed fore-and-aft sail set above a gaff.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- galley proof — a proof, originally one set from type in a galley, taken before the material has been made up into pages and usually printed as a single column of type with wide margins for marking corrections.
- gambrel roof — a gable roof, each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one. Compare mansard (def 1).
- gamification — the process of turning an activity or task into a game or something resembling a game: Teachers can use gamification to motivate their students.
- gang of four — a group of four radical members of the Chinese Communist Party who were leaders of the Cultural Revolution and who were purged and imprisoned after the death of Mao Zedong: Jiang Qing (widow of Mao), Wang Hongwen, Yao Wenyuan, and Zhang Chunqiao.
- gasification — Action of gasifying.
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- genuflection — an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
- gersdorffite — a mineral, sulfide-arsenide of nickel, NiAsS, occurring in metallic, light-gray cubes.