12-letter words containing a, n, g, l, e
- googleganger — a person with whom one shares one’s name, discovered when typing one’s name into an internet search engine
- governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- gracefulness — The state of being graceful.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- grand coulee — a dry canyon in central Washington: cut by the Columbia River in the glacial period. 52 miles (84 km) long; over 400 feet (120 meters) deep.
- grand finale — the concluding portion of a performance or entertainment, as a musical show, rodeo, etc., usually spectacular and involving most or all of the prior participants.
- grand siècle — the 17th century in French art and literature, esp the classical period of Louis XIV
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- gratefulness — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- gravel-blind — more blind or dim-sighted than sand-blind and less than stone-blind.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- green-collar — noting or pertaining to workers, jobs, or businesses that are involved in protecting the environment or solving environmental problems.
- ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- gubernacular — relating to a gubernaculum
- gubernaculum — a part or organ that directs the movement or course of another part.
- gulf of aden — a waterway in the Arabian sea between Yemen and Somalia and connecting with the Red Sea
- gutturalness — The quality of being guttural.
- half-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- hallucinogen — a substance that produces hallucinations.
- halogen lamp — a gas-filled, high-intensity incandescent lamp having a tungsten filament and containing a small amount of a halogen, such as iodine, that vaporizes on heating and redeposits any evaporated tungsten particles back onto the filament: used especially in motion-picture projectors and automobile headlights.
- halogenating — Present participle of halogenate.
- halogenation — (chemistry) The reaction of a halogen with something, especially the replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a halogen one.
- hand luggage — carry-on baggage
- hand-selling — a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
- hard feeling — resentment; ill will
- hash-slinger — a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- headlighting — The lighting associated with a headlight.
- headlongness — Headlong quality or speed; precipitateness.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hearing loss — diminished ability to hear
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heating bill — a bill for the supply of energy to heat a building
- hedge laying — the art or practice of making or maintaining a hedge by cutting branches partway through, laying them horizontally, and pegging them in position in order to create a strong thick hedge
- heeling tank — either of two lateral ballast tanks permitting an icebreaker to heel and crush ice to either side.
- heilongjiang — a province in NE China, S of the Amur River. 108,880 sq. mi. (281,999 sq. km). Capital: Harbin.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- hell's angel — a member of a motorcycle gang of a kind originating in the US in the 1950s, who typically dress in denim and Nazi-style paraphernalia and are noted for their initiation rites, lawless behaviour, etc
- hell-raising — behaviour which causes trouble
- helping hand — aid; assistance: to give the destitute a helping hand.
- hendecagonal — (geometry) Having eleven sides an angles; similar to a hendecagon.
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- hexaflexagon — A hexagonal flexagon.
- hiding place — location where sb is concealed
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- homologumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
- hygienically — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- illegalising — Present participle of illegalise.