12-letter words containing a, g, i, o, r
- infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
- ingratiation — to establish (oneself or someone else) in the favor or good graces of someone, especially by deliberate effort (usually followed by with): He ingratiated himself with all the guests. She ingratiated her colleagues with her well-researched project proposal.
- integrations — Plural form of integration.
- interrobangs — Plural form of interrobang.
- interrogable — capable of being interrogated
- interrogated — to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
- interrogatee — Someone who undergoes an interrogation.
- interrogates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interrogate.
- interrogator — a person who interrogates.
- investigator — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- invigilators — Plural form of invigilator.
- invigorating — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- invigoration — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- invigorative — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- invigorators — Plural form of invigorator.
- irrigational — Of or pertaining to irrigation.
- jaw-dropping — Something that is jaw-dropping is extremely surprising, impressive, or shocking.
- jelenia gora — a city in SW Poland, a historic mining center.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jeopardizing — Present participle of jeopardize.
- joking apart — seriously: said to recall a discussion to seriousness after there has been joking
- karyomapping — a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives
- kashmir goat — one of a long-haired breed of goat raised in Tibet and the higher elevations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Turkey for its meat, milk, and cashmere wool.
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- king-of-arms — a title of certain of the principal heralds of England and certain other kingdoms empowered by their sovereigns to grant armorial bearings.
- kiteboarding — A sport in which participants ride a form of wakeboard or surfboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by the rider.
- labor-saving — A labor-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- ladder logic — (programming) Source code formatted in two columns with conditions on the left that lead to outputs on the right: if (c1) s1 else if (c2) s2 else if (c3) s3 ... (2007-03-15)
- leading role — prominent acting part
- leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
- legionnaires — Plural form of legionnaire.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- ligulifloral — having strap-shaped flowers
- linear logic — (theory) A logic invented by Girard in 1987 that can be used in proofs related to resource usage.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithographer — a person who works at lithography.
- lithographic — Of, relating to, or produced by lithography.
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
- loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
- locoregional — Restricted to a localized region of the body.
- loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
- 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
- lognormality — the condition of having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
- long-wearing — Something that is long-wearing is strong and well made so that it lasts for a long time and stays in good condition even though it is used a lot.
- longirostral — (of birds) having a long beak
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).