12-letter words containing r, i, d, n, g
- fine-grained — being of fine grain or texture, as certain types of wood, leather, etc.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- firing order — the sequence of ignition in the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine
- firing squad — a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
- flash drying — Flash drying is a stage in a process to make something bigger, in which a paste-like feed is broken up and dried at the same time.
- flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- folding door — a door with hinged sections that can be folded flat against one another when opened.
- 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.
- footdragging — the act or practice of acting with deliberate slowness
- forbiddingly — In a forbidding manner.
- forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
- forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
- foreign body — object lodged where it does not belong
- four-engined — (of an aircraft) having four engines
- fragmentized — fragmented.
- freestanding — (of sculpture or architectural elements) unattached to a supporting unit or background; standing alone.
- frightenedly — thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
- fund-raising — the act or process of raising funds, as for nonprofit organizations or for a political cause.
- garand rifle — M-1.
- garden snail — Zoology
- gas cylinder — container for storing gas
- gastric band — A gastric band is a device that is fitted inside someone's stomach to make it smaller in order to help them lose weight.
- gay-friendly — welcoming to gay people
- gendarmeries — Plural form of gendarmerie.
- gender-blind — not discriminating on the basis of gender, or not making a distinction between the sexes
- gender-fluid — noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression is not fixed and shifts over time or depending on the situation.
- generic drug — medicine: not sold under brand name
- giant lizard — a monitor lizard, Varanus komodoensis, of certain Indonesian islands E of Java, that grows to a length of 10 feet (3 meters): the largest lizard in the world; now rare.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- gingerbreads — Plural form of gingerbread.
- gingerbready — Resembling or characteristic of gingerbread.
- gladiatorian — (dated) Of or relating to gladiators or to combat in general; gladiatorial.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- gold farming — the practice of selling virtual assets gained in a computer game for real money
- goldbricking — Present participle of goldbrick.
- golden ratio — the ratio of two lengths, equal in value to (1 + √5)/2, and given by b/a = (b + a)/b; it is the reciprocal of the golden section and also equal to (1 + golden section)
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- gonadotropin — a gonadotropic substance.
- good morning — hello: before noon
- gordian knot — pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.
- gordian worm — nematomorph.
- gormandising — Present participle of gormandise.
- gormandizers — gourmandise1 .
- gormandizing — Present participle of gormandize.
- gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- grand finale — the concluding portion of a performance or entertainment, as a musical show, rodeo, etc., usually spectacular and involving most or all of the prior participants.