13-letter words containing s, e, r, g
- flabbergaster — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flabergasting — Present participle of flabergast.
- flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
- flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
- flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
- folding press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor
- fons et origo — the source and origin
- forcing house — a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
- foresightless — lacking foresight
- forest ranger — any of the officers employed by the government to supervise the care and preservation of forests, especially public forests.
- forgetfulness — apt to forget; that forgets: a forgetful person.
- forgivingness — disposed to forgive; indicating forgiveness: a forgiving soul; a forgiving smile.
- forgottenness — the status of being forgotten
- fortnightlies — Plural form of fortnightly.
- fossil energy — heat energy released by burning fossil fuel
- frederiksberg — a city in E Denmark: a part of Copenhagen.
- frederiksburg — borough on Zealand island, Denmark: suburb of Copenhagen: pop. 88,000
- free-spending — spending or tending to spend freely: If you don't mend your free-spending ways, you'll go bankrupt.
- free-standing — A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.
- free-swimming — (of aquatic organisms) not attached to a base nor joined in a colony; capable of swimming about freely.
- free-swinging — recklessly daring in action or style: free-swinging stock market speculators.
- freight house — a depot or storage place for freight.
- frelinghuysen — Frederick Theodore, 1817–85, U.S. statesman.
- friendsgiving — a gathering of friends to celebrate Thanksgiving with a feast, falling near or on Thanksgiving Day, in contrast to the traditional celebrations that typically involve family.
- friese-greene — William. 1855–1921, British photographer. He invented (with Mortimer Evans) the first practicable motion-picture camera
- frightfulness — The quality of being frightful.
- fromage frais — Fromage frais is a thick, creamy dessert that is made from milk and often flavoured with fruit. A fromage frais is a small pot of fromage frais.
- frontogenesis — the formation or increase of a front or frontal zone.
- frosted glass — etched glass with a translucent surface
- full-strength — If a team or army is at full strength, all the members that it needs or usually has are present.
- furshlugginer — crazy; foolish
- galerie house — (in French Louisiana) a house with its main story above the ground floor and with verandas (galeries) for both stories in tiers on at least one side.
- gallimaufries — Plural form of gallimaufry.
- gallows frame — headframe.
- galois theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of the theory of finite groups to the solution of algebraic equations.
- galvanometers — Plural form of galvanometer.
- games library — a type of library for video games where games (usually downloaded via the internet) can be paid for per use rather than be bought at full price
- gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
- gap insurance — GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.
- garcia robles — Alfonso [al-fon-soh,, -zoh;; Spanish ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ,, -zoʊ;; Spanish ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–91, Mexican diplomat: Nobel Prize 1982.
- garden balsam — a fleshy annual garden impatiens (Impatiens balsamina) with roselike white, lavender, yellow, pink, or red blossoms borne along the main stem in leaf axils
- garden shears — shears used for gardening
- garden suburb — a suburb of a large established town or city, planned along the lines of a garden city
- garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
- garnisheement — the process of arresting a debtor's money or property from the hands of a third party
- garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
- garrulousness — Garrulity.
- garter stitch — a basic knitting pattern that produces an evenly pebbled texture on both sides of the work, created by consistently knitting or purling every stitch of every row.