13-letter words containing o, f, g
- configurative — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- conflagration — A conflagration is a fire that burns over a large area and destroys property.
- conflagrative — That produces conflagration.
- conflictingly — being in conflict or disagreement; not compatible: conflicting viewpoints.
- confoundingly — in a confounding manner
- confusingness — causing or tending to cause confusion: a confusing attempt at explanation.
- contrafagotto — a contrabassoon
- cottage fries — potatoes that have been thinly sliced and then fried
- couch surfing — to stay overnight in someone’s else’s home while traveling: He couch-surfed at the houses of strangers and friends.
- covering fire — firing intended to protect an individual or formation making a movement by forcing the enemy to take cover
- cross-footing — Accounting. to total figures horizontally across columns instead of vertically.
- crowd surfing — the practice of being passed over the top of a crowd of people such as an audience at a pop concert
- days of grace — days permitted by custom for payment of a promissory note, bill of exchange, etc, after it falls due
- dean of guild — the titular head of the guild or merchant company in a Scots burgh, who formerly exercised jurisdiction over all building in the burgh in the Dean of Guild Court
- deconflicting — Present participle of deconflict.
- diffractogram — An image produced by a diffractometer.
- digital fount — a typeface of which the letter-shapes have been converted into digital form so that they can be used in computer-aided typesetting
- dignification — The act of dignifying; exaltation.
- discomforting — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconfirming — Not confirming.
- disfiguration — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- double-figure — double-digit.
- drape forming — thermoforming of plastic sheeting over an open mold by a combination of gravity and a vacuum.
- driving force — impetus
- drownproofing — a survival technique, for swimmers or nonswimmers, in which the body is allowed to float vertically in the water, with the head submerged, the lungs filled with air, and the arms and legs relaxed, the head being raised to breathe every ten seconds or so.
- eigenfunction — Each of a set of independent functions that are the solutions to a given differential equation.
- epping forest — a forest in E England, northeast of London: formerly a royal hunting ground
- faction fight — a fight between rival Black groups, usually originating in tribal or clan feuds
- falcon-gentle — the female peregrine falcon.
- fantasmagoria — phantasmagoria.
- fantasmagoric — phantasmagoria.
- fashionmonger — (derogatory) One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.
- fatigue ratio — the ratio between the fatigue limit and the tensile strength of a material.
- fearmongering — The action of deliberately arousing public fear or alarm about a particular issue.
- fellowshiping — Present participle of fellowship.
- ferricyanogen — (chemistry) A hexavalent radical, Fe2(CN)12, a compound of cyanogen and iron in the ferric state.
- ferrocyanogen — a ferrocyanide radical
- ferromagnetic — noting or pertaining to a substance, as iron, that below a certain temperature, the Curie point, can possess magnetization in the absence of an external magnetic field; noting or pertaining to a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned.
- ferrotungsten — a ferroalloy containing up to 80 percent tungsten.
- festivalgoers — Plural form of festivalgoer.
- fighter pilot — sb who pilots a bomber plane
- fighting cock — a gamecock.
- fighting word — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
- figure of fun — If you describe someone as a figure of fun, you mean that people think they are ridiculous.
- figure-ground — a property of perception in which there is a tendency to see parts of a visual field as solid, well-defined objects standing out against a less distinct background.
- filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
- firing stroke — The firing stroke is the stroke of an engine in which the fuel is burned and energy sent to the piston.
- flag football — a form of touch football in which the ball-carrier's progress is stopped when an opponent pulls a flag from the ball-carrier's pocket or belt.
- flag of truce — a white flag displayed as an invitation to the enemy to confer, or carried as a sign of peaceful intention by one sent to deal with the enemy.
- flagellomania — enthusiasm for whipping or being whipped