12-letter words containing a, n, g, l, e, r
- leading mark — either of two conspicuous objects regarded as points on a line (leading line) upon which a vessel can sail a safe course.
- leading rein — a rein used to lead a horse
- leading role — prominent acting part
- leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
- legal tender — currency that may be lawfully tendered in payment of a debt, such as paper money, Federal Reserve notes, or coins.
- legionnaires — Plural form of legionnaire.
- lending rate — The lending rate is the rate of interest that you have to pay when you are repaying a loan.
- lethargizing — Present participle of lethargize.
- liberalising — Present participle of liberalise.
- liberalizing — Present participle of liberalize.
- liberatingly — In a liberating manner.
- life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
- ligurian sea — a part of the Mediterranean between Corsica and the NW coast of Italy.
- line drawing — a drawing done exclusively in line, providing gradations in tone entirely through variations in width and density.
- line manager — immediate supervisor
- linear graph — graph (def 2b).
- linear logic — (theory) A logic invented by Girard in 1987 that can be used in proofs related to resource usage.
- linear-graph — a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
- lingua geral — a lingua franca based on Tupi and spoken in the Amazon basin of South America.
- literalizing — Present participle of literalize.
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- locoregional — Restricted to a localized region of the body.
- loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
- long gallery — a large gallery, found especially in the uppermost stories of Elizabethan and Jacobean manor houses, used as a family room and as a promenade.
- long measure — Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
- 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.
- longshoreman — a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- longyearbyen — a village on Spitsbergen island, administrative centre of the Svalbard archipelago: coal-mining
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- mail merging — a software facility that can produce a large number of personalized letters by combining a file containing a list of names and addresses with one containing a single standard document
- malt vinegar — acidic condiment made from malted barley
- managerially — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
- mangelwurzel — a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- marginal sea — water that lies alongside a state, falls under its authority, and extends about 3½ statute miles (6 kilometers) from the coast.
- marginalised — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marginalises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marginalise.
- marginalized — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marginalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marginalize.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- matrilineage — lineal descent traced through the female line.
- meanderingly — In a meandering or winding manner.
- meeting rail — (in a double-hung window) the rail of each sash that meets a rail of the other when the window is closed.
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- mergenthaler — Ottmar [ot-mahr;; German awt-mahr] /ˈɒt mɑr;; German ˈɔt mɑr/ (Show IPA), 1854–99, U.S. inventor of the Linotype, born in Germany.
- metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- mineralizing — Present participle of mineralize.
- mineralogies — Plural form of mineralogy.
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.