11-letter words containing o, r, g
- farraginous — heterogeneous; mixed: a farraginous collection of random ideas.
- feedthrough — a connector used to pass a conductor through a circuit board or enclosure.
- fergusonite — a rare-earth mineral, yttrium columbate and tantalate, found in pegmatites.
- ferrography — the analysis of iron in lubricants in order to assess the extent of wear in a machine
- ferromagnet — a ferromagnetic substance.
- ferruginous — Geology. iron-bearing: ferruginous clays.
- fertigation — (agriculture) the application of fertilizers or other water-soluble products through an irrigation system.
- field grown — (of a plant) grown in a field rather than in a pot or other artificial environment
- figurations — Plural form of figuration.
- filmography — a collection of writings about motion pictures, especially detailed essays dealing with specific films.
- finger bowl — a small bowl to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table.
- finger food — food intended to be picked up with the fingers and eaten.
- finger hole — one of a set of holes for the finger on the rotating dial of a telephone.
- finger post — a post with one or more directional signs, terminating in a pointed finger or hand.
- fingerboard — (of a violin, cello, etc.) the strip of wood on the neck against which the strings are stopped by the fingers.
- fingerholes — hole in a wind instrument
- finno-ugric — the major branch of the Uralic family of languages, subdivided into Finnic, which includes Finnish and Estonian, and Ugric, which includes Hungarian.
- firebombing — Present participle of firebomb.
- fishing rod — a long, slender, cylindrical, flexible rod usually made of bamboo, steel, or fiberglass, for use with a reel and line in catching fish.
- fishmongers — Plural form of fishmonger.
- flagellator — Someone who flagellates, a whipper.
- flagpersons — Plural form of flagperson.
- flap-dragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
- flavourings — Plural form of flavouring.
- fleshmonger — (archaic) One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp, procurer, or pander.
- flexography — a relief printing technique similar to letterpress that employs rubber or soft plastic plates, a simple inking system, and fast-drying inks.
- florilegium — a collection of literary pieces; anthology.
- flote grass — an aquatic perennial grass, Glyceria fluitans, whose metre-long stems and pale green leaves are often seen floating in still or sluggish water. The related sweet grass (G. plicata) has broader, darker leaves and owes its name to the fact that cattle like to eat it
- floundering — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- flourishing — growing vigorously; thriving; prosperous: a flourishing little business.
- flower girl — a young girl at a wedding ceremony who precedes the bride and carries or scatters flowers in her path.
- flowthrough — Flow (through a system or process).
- fluegelhorn — a brass instrument like the cornet in design and pitch but with a wider bore, larger bell, and mellower tone
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- flying frog — either of two East Indian frogs, Rhacophorus nigrapalmatus and R. pardalis, having broadly webbed feet permitting long, gliding leaps.
- flying moor — the act of mooring a vessel between two anchors, the first dropped while the vessel is under way.
- focus group — a representative group of people questioned together about their opinions on political issues, consumer products, etc.
- folk singer — a singer who specializes in folk songs, usually providing his or her own accompaniment on a guitar.
- food grains — the small hard seedlike fruits of a grass, esp a cereal plant, used as a foodstuff
- foot guards — (in Britain) an infantry unit forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- footbridges — Plural form of footbridge.
- footdragger — One who deliberately delays obligatory action.
- footslogger — Common term for a foot soldier. A person who footslogs.
- for nothing — freely, free
- forage acre — a measure of the vegetation available for grazing on a range or pasture, equal to the total area multiplied by the percentage of surface covered by usable vegetation (Ex.: 10 acres × 30% coverage = 3 forage acres)
- forage mite — a mite normally occurring in forage but sometimes infesting the skin of mammals, esp horses, and birds
- forcing bid — a bid, often at a higher level than is required, that is understood to oblige the bidder's partner to reply
- forebearing — Present participle of forebear.
- forebodings — Plural form of foreboding.
- forecasting — Present participle of forecast.