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12-letter words containing o, r, g, e, n

  • engrossments — Plural form of engrossment.
  • ensorcelling — Present participle of ensorcell.
  • envigorating — Present participle of envigorate.
  • ergonometric — Ergonomic.
  • ethnographer — One who practices ethnography.
  • ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
  • etonogestrel — a progestogen used as a male contraceptive, released from two tiny rods placed under the skin
  • eurosterling — sterling as part of a European holding
  • everblooming — (of a plant) blooming repeatedly during the growing season
  • exaggeration — A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.
  • excursioning — Present participle of excursion.
  • export agent — an person who acts on behalf of a business to develop a market for a product or service in a foreign country
  • extra-strong — stronger than average; very strong
  • fare-dodging — the practice of trying to travel on public transport without paying the fare
  • fibrinogenic — producing fibrin.
  • fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
  • fingerflower — purple foxglove.
  • fireproofing — the act or process of rendering fireproof.
  • firing order — the sequence of ignition in the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine
  • fishmonger's — a shop that sells fish
  • floor-length — extending to the floor: a floor-length skirt.
  • floor-manage — to act as or in the manner of a floor manager.
  • folding rule — a rule composed of light strips of wood joined by rivets so as to be foldable, all the opening and closing parts being in parallel planes.
  • for a change — contrary to the norm
  • forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
  • forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
  • forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
  • foregrounded — Simple past tense and past participle of foreground.
  • foreign bill — a bill of exchange drawn on a payer in one country by a maker in another.
  • foreign body — object lodged where it does not belong
  • foreign-born — born in a country other than that in which one resides.
  • foreign-flag — (of a vessel or aircraft) having a registry under a nationality other than one's own: rivalry between U.S.-flag freighters and foreign-flag ships.
  • foreseeingly — by way of foreseeing
  • forest green — Lincoln green.
  • forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
  • foretokening — Indication in advance.
  • foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
  • 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.
  • fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
  • four-engined — (of an aircraft) having four engines
  • 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.
  • 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
  • gaboon viper — a large, venomous snake, Bitis gabonica, of tropical African forests, having large retractable fangs and geometrically patterned scales of yellow, brown, and sometimes purple.
  • galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
  • galvanometer — an instrument for detecting the existence of small electric currents and determining their strength.
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