12-letter words containing t, r, i, g, f
- firefighting — a person who fights destructive fires.
- firelighters — Plural form of firelighter.
- firing party — a military detachment detailed to fire a salute at a funeral
- first degree — People who have gained a higher qualification after completing a basic university degree such as a BA or a BSc refer to that basic degree as their first degree.
- first finger — the finger next to the thumb; index finger
- first string — composed of regular members, participants, etc. (distinguished from substitute): the first-string team.
- first-degree — of or relating to the lowest or first in a series.
- first-grader — a child in the first grade
- first-string — composed of regular members, participants, etc. (distinguished from substitute): the first-string team.
- firstnighter — a person who often or usually attends the theater, opera, etc., on opening night.
- fishing port — a town which has a lot of fishing boats
- fitting room — a room, as in a clothing store, where garments are tried on and measurements taken for alterations or other changes.
- 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.
- flight arrow — an arrow having a conical or pyramidal head without barbs.
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- flight strip — Aeronautics. a strip of cleared land used as an emergency runway for aircraft. runway.
- flightworthy — being in proper physical or mechanical condition for safe flight; airworthy: a flightworthy spacecraft.
- float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.
- 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.
- flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluorinating — Present participle of fluorinate.
- 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.
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- foretokening — Indication in advance.
- foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- form-fitting — Form-fitting clothes fit very closely to the body of the person who is wearing them. Form-fitting is usually used to describe clothes worn by women.
- fort benning — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in W Georgia, S of Columbus; the largest infantry post in the U.S.
- forthrightly — In a forthright manner.
- forty-eighth — next after the forty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 48.
- fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
- fragmentized — fragmented.
- frangibility — The state or quality of being frangible.
- fraternising — to associate in a fraternal or friendly way.
- fraternizing — Present participle of fraternize.
- free skating — a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.
- free-cutting — (of a metal alloy) having good machinability: free-cutting steel.
- freeing port — an opening in the bottom of a bulwark, for rapid drainage of a weather deck in heavy seas; scupper.
- freestanding — (of sculpture or architectural elements) unattached to a supporting unit or background; standing alone.
- freethinking — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
- freight note — a document containing full particulars of goods shipped or for shipment
- freight yard — a place on a rail network where freight trains are made up or broken up
- freightliner — a train for transporting containerized freight.
- frigate bird — any of several predacious seabirds of the genus Fregata, having fully webbed feet.
- frigatebirds — Plural form of frigatebird.