12-letter words containing r, i, g, f, l, o
- gillyflowers — Plural form of gillyflower.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- gold farming — the practice of selling virtual assets gained in a computer game for real money
- goliath frog — the largest living frog, Rana goliath, which occurs in the Congo region of Africa and can grow to a length of 30 centimetres
- gonfaloniers — Plural form of gonfalonier.
- gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- griseofulvin — an antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , obtained from a species of Penicillium, used in the treatment of ringworm and other fungous infections of the skin.
- gulf of riga — a large deep bay on the Baltic Sea
- high profile — a deliberately conspicuous manner of living or operating.
- high-profile — prominent publicly
- horrifyingly — In a horrifying manner.
- leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
- ligulifloral — having strap-shaped flowers
- living proof — sb whose existence is evidence of sth
- lofting iron — a club whose head has a sloped face, for lofting the ball.
- logical form — the syntactic structure that may be shared by different expressions as abstracted from their content and articulated by the logical constants of a particular logical system, esp the structure of an argument by virtue of which it can be shown to be formally valid. Thus John is tall and thin, so John is tall has the same logical form as London is large and dirty, so London is large, namely P & Q, so P
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- microfilming — Present participle of microfilm.
- mortifyingly — In a mortifying manner; so as to cause great embarrassment.
- nonflowering — (biology) Of a plant, not flowering; reproducing by means other than pollination from flowers.
- powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
- profile drag — the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
- rainbow flag — a multicoloured flag used as a symbol of peace; often used to represent gay and lesbian pride
- rigging loft — a loft or gallery in a boatbuilder's yard from which rigging can be fitted
- roofing felt — a type of tar paper made from glass fibre or polyester fleece impregnated with bituminous material, produced in roll form, and used in roof construction
- roofing nail — a short nail for nailing asphalt shingles or the like, having a broad head.
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
- solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
- unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- unforgivably — in an unforgivable manner
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- wing formula — a numerical representation of the relative lengths of the primary feathers of a bird's wing, used in identifying similar species, as flycatchers.
- wolf herring — a voracious clupeoid fish, Chirocentrus dorab, inhabiting the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans.