11-letter words containing a, l, e, g, r, i
- hang-glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
- hellgramite — The aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
- hierurgical — of or relating to sacred rites
- highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
- illtreating — Present participle of illtreat.
- impregnable — susceptible to impregnation, as an egg.
- impregnably — In an impregnable manner; in a manner to defy attack.
- infrangible — that cannot be broken or separated; unbreakable: infrangible moral strength.
- ingenerable — (rare) incapable of being generated or created.
- integralism — the belief that one's religious convictions should dictate one's political and social actions.
- integrality — of, relating to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component: integral parts.
- interlacing — Present participle of interlace.
- interleague — (sports) Between leagues; often specifically between the two major leagues of American baseball.
- interlingua — an interlanguage.
- interregnal — an interval of time between the close of a sovereign's reign and the accession of his or her normal or legitimate successor.
- intertangle — (transitive) To entangle; to intertwine.
- irregularly — without symmetry, even shape, formal arrangement, etc.: an irregular pattern.
- jabberingly — in a jabbering manner
- jacklighter — a person who hunts or fishes at night with the aid of a jacklight.
- jargon file — (jargon, publication, humour) The on-line hacker Jargon File maintained by Eric S. Raymond. A large collection of definitions of computing terms, including much wit, wisdom, and history. See also Yellow Book, Jargon.
- kilometrage — The total distance, in kilometres, travelled.
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- laggen-gird — the bottom hoop securing the staves of a tub or barrel.
- lammergeier — the largest Eurasian bird of prey, Gypaëtus barbatus, ranging in the mountains from southern Europe to China, having a wingspread of 9 to 10 feet (2.7 to 3 meters) and black feathers hanging from below the bill like a mustache.
- lamotrigine — An anticonvulsant drug used in the treatment of epilepsy.
- lamplighter — a person employed to light and extinguish street lamps, especially those burning gas.
- land bridge — Geology. an actual or hypothetical strip of land, subject to submergence, that connects adjacent continental landmasses and serves as a route of dispersal for plants and animals: a prehistoric land bridge between Asia and North America.
- landgravine — the wife of a landgrave.
- large print — text printed in larger text than normal, so as to make it easier to read, esp for the visually impaired
- large white — a large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- large-print — set in a type size larger than normal for the benefit of persons with impaired vision: large-print newspapers.
- laser light — light which is generated by a laser
- laser sight — a device on a firearm that uses a laser to pinpoint impact.
- laterigrade — having a sideways manner of moving, as a crab.
- launderings — Plural form of laundering.
- lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
- lead singer — main singer in a popular music group
- leaf spring — a long, narrow, multiple spring composed of several layers of spring metal bracketed together: used in some suspension systems of carriages and automobiles.
- legationary — Relating to a legation.
- legendaries — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
- legendarily — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
- legerdemain — sleight of hand.
- legionaries — Plural form of legionary.
- legionnaire — (often initial capital letter) a member of the American Legion.
- legislators — Plural form of legislator.
- legislatrix — a woman who is a member of a legislature.
- legislature — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.