11-letter words containing r, e, g, u
- fergusonite — a rare-earth mineral, yttrium columbate and tantalate, found in pegmatites.
- ferruginous — Geology. iron-bearing: ferruginous clays.
- figureheads — Plural form of figurehead.
- fingerguard — something that protects the fingers
- florilegium — a collection of literary pieces; anthology.
- 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.
- 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.
- foregrounds — Plural form of foreground.
- forerunning — Present participle of forerun.
- forethought — thoughtful provision beforehand; provident care; prudence.
- forgetfully — In a forgetful manner.
- four-bagger — home run.
- four-banger — a four-cylinder engine.
- four-legged — having four legs.
- freerunning — Alternative spelling of free running.
- freethought — Alternative spelling of free thought.
- freight-out — Freight-out is the cost of delivering finished goods to a customer.
- frequenting — happening or occurring at short intervals: to make frequent trips to Tokyo.
- from hunger — a compelling need or desire for food.
- frugiferous — Bearing fruit.
- fugitometer — an instrument used for measuring the fastness to light of dyed materials
- full gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward somersault, entering the water feet first and facing away from the springboard.
- full-rigged — (of a sailing vessel) rigged as a ship; square-rigged on all of three or more masts.
- fur brigade — (formerly) a convoy of canoes, horses, or dog sleighs that transported furs and other goods between trading posts and towns or factories
- furbelowing — Present participle of furbelow.
- furtwangler — Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1886–1954, German orchestral conductor.
- gaberlunzie — a wandering beggar
- gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- gas fixture — a heating or lighting fixture that uses gas
- gas furnace — a furnace using gas as a fuel.
- gas guzzler — an automobile that has low fuel efficiency, getting relatively few miles per gallon.
- gas turbine — a turbine utilizing the gaseous products of combustion.
- gas-guzzler — an automobile that has low fuel efficiency, getting relatively few miles per gallon.
- gazundering — Present participle of gazunder.
- geiger tube — a tube functioning as an ionization chamber within a Geiger counter.
- gemmiferous — bearing buds or gemmae; gemmiparous.
- gemmiparous — producing or reproducing by buds or gemmae.
- genderfluid — Not conforming to fixed gender roles.
- genderqueer — relating to or having a gender identity that is other than male or female, is a combination of the two genders, or is on a continuum between the two genders: She identifies as genderqueer.
- genouillere — jointed armour for protecting the knees
- george bush — Barbara (Barbara Pierce) born 1925, U.S. First Lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
- get through — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- ghostbuster — A person who claims to be able to banish ghosts and poltergeists.
- give ground — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- glamourized — Simple past tense and past participle of glamourize.
- glamourless — Without glamour; unglamorous, mundane.
- glasscutter — a small hand tool that is specially designed for cutting sheets of glass, having a cutting wheel of steel or tungsten carbide and notches for snapping the glass
- glen burnie — a city in E central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- global rule — (in transformational grammar) a rule that makes reference to nonconsecutive stages of a derivation