12-letter words containing r, i, n, g, a
- exasperating — Intensely irritating; infuriating.
- excruciating — Intensely painful.
- exenterating — Present participle of exenterate.
- exhilarating — Making one feel very happy, animated, or elated; thrilling.
- expatriating — Present participle of expatriate.
- extra virgin — olive oil: of finest quality
- eye-watering — painful or extremely unpleasant
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.
- falling door — flap door (def 1).
- falling star — an incandescent meteor; a shooting star.
- far-reaching — extending far in influence, effect, etc.: the far-reaching effect of his speech.
- fare-dodging — the practice of trying to travel on public transport without paying the fare
- farthingales — Plural form of farthingale.
- farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
- farthingland — a unit of land area, sometimes described as being equivalent to thirty acres
- farthingless — without a farthing, having no money
- fast-growing — growing very quickly
- federalizing — Present participle of federalize.
- fibrillating — Present participle of fibrillate.
- file manager — a program that organizes and arranges files in a computer
- file-sharing — File-sharing is a method of distributing computer files, for example files containing music, among a large number of users.
- fine-grained — being of fine grain or texture, as certain types of wood, leather, etc.
- finger grass — any of various grasses of the genus Chloris, having several narrow spikes in a terminal cluster.
- finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
- finger paint — paint children apply with fingers
- finger-paint — a jellylike paint, used chiefly by children in painting, usually with their fingers.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- finno-ugrian — pertaining to the Finns and the Ugrians.
- fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
- firing glass — a drinking glass of the 18th century having a conical, rounded body on a thick stem and a heavy spreading foot.
- firing party — a military detachment detailed to fire a salute at a funeral
- firing range — range (def 5).
- firing squad — a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
- fish farming — the job of rearing fish for commercial purposes
- 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.
- flatteringly — In a flattering manner.
- floating rib — one member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs.
- flooring saw — a saw having a curved edge.
- flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluorinating — Present participle of fluorinate.
- flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
- flying start — a start, as in sailboat racing, in which the entrants begin moving before reaching the starting line.
- footdragging — the act or practice of acting with deliberate slowness
- foraging ant — any of several ants, as army ants, that forage as part of a large group.
- forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
- 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.
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel