12-letter words containing a, l, i, g
- unmoralising — not moralising
- unmoralizing — not moralizing
- unnegotiable — capable of being negotiated: a negotiable salary demand.
- unobligatory — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
- unpleasingly — in an unpleasing manner
- unprevailing — lacking force, not effective
- unwaveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- unwearyingly — in an unwearying manner
- urban blight — deterioration of property in centre of city
- urbanologist — a sociologist specializing in urban life and problems
- urinogenital — genitourinary.
- vaginicoline — living in a sheath
- vaginicolous — living in a sheath
- vainglorious — filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.
- valve spring — a helical spring used to hold closed a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine
- valve timing — Valve timing is the exact timing of the opening and closing of the valves in a piston engine.
- vasoligation — ligation of the vas deferens.
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- vegetational — all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole: the vegetation of the Nile valley.
- vigentennial — a 20th anniversary.
- village hall — function venue in small community
- virgin metal — primary metal.
- virginalling — playing as on the virginal
- visual angle — the angle subtended by an object at the lens of the eye
- visual range — Meteorology. visibility (def 3).
- vital organs — organs in the body that are essential to life
- vitilitigate — to contend or backbite
- volcanogenic — created by a volcano; of volcanic origin.
- volcanologic — relating to vulcanology
- vox angelica — an organ stop with a soft tone, often similar to the voix céleste
- vulgar latin — popular Latin, as distinguished from literary or standard Latin, especially those spoken forms of Latin from which the Romance languages developed. Abbreviation: VL.
- vulvovaginal — relating to the external female genitals
- wages policy — a government policy setting wages and wage increases for workers, for example, setting minimum wage requirements
- wailing wall — a wall in Jerusalem where Jews, on certain occasions, assemble for prayer and lamentation: traditionally believed to be the remains of the western wall of Herod's temple, destroyed by the Romans in a.d. 70.
- waiting list — a list of persons waiting, as for reservations, appointments, living accommodations, or admission to a school.
- walking bass — (in jazz piano) a left-hand accompaniment consisting of a continuous rhythm of four beats to the measure, usually with a repetitive melodic pattern.
- walking beam — an overhead oscillating lever, pivoted at the middle, for transmitting force from a vertical connecting rod below one end to a vertical connecting rod, pump rod, etc., below the other end.
- walking boot — a lightweight rigid knee-length boot with a reinforced sole and straps that fasten around the leg, used for support after a sprain or fracture
- walking fern — a fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having simple, triangular fronds tapering into a prolongation that bends at the top and often takes root at the apex.
- walking fish — any of various fishes able to survive and move about for short periods of time on land, as the mudskipper or climbing perch.
- walking leaf — leaf insect.
- walking line — a line on the plan of a curving staircase on which all treads are of a uniform width and that is considered to be the ordinary path taken by persons on the stair.
- walking pace — the speed at which someone walks
- walking race — a race in which competitors must walk
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
- walkingstick — a stick used for walking
- wall hanging — a tapestry, carpet, or similar object hung against a wall as decoration; arras.
- wall molding — back molding.
- wallcovering — a flexible sheet of sized paper, fabric, plastic, etc., usually laminated and printed with a repeat pattern, for pasting on a wall as decoration and protection.