12-letter words containing a, n, l, g, o, u
- glabrousness — The quality of being glabrous.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- glaucousness — Quality of being glaucous.
- glenohumeral — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the glenoid fossa and the humerus.
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- 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.
- granulations — Plural form of granulation.
- granuloblast — an immature granulocyte.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- gratulations — a feeling of joy.
- 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 fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
- ground glass — Optics. glass that has had its polished surface removed by fine grinding and that is used to diffuse light.
- 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.
- gulf of aden — a waterway in the Arabian sea between Yemen and Somalia and connecting with the Red Sea
- gulf of oman — a strait that ultimately links the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf
- gutturonasal — articulated in the back of the mouth and given resonance in the nasal cavity, as the sound represented by (ng) in (ring).
- hallucinogen — a substance that produces hallucinations.
- homologumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
- incoagulable — of a nature that cannot be coagulated
- inosculating — Present participle of inosculate.
- juan hidalgo — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
- langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.
- languorously — characterized by languor; languid.
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- logical unit — (networking) (LU) A primary component of SNA, an LU is a type of NAU that enables end users to communicate with each other and gain access to SNA network resources.
- long account — the account of a customer who buys securities or commodities on margin.
- 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.
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- longitudinal — of or relating to longitude or length: longitudinal measurement.
- louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
- minor league — professional non-premier sports association
- minor-league — of or relating to a minor league.
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- monogamously — In a monogamous manner.
- mucilaginous — of, relating to, or secreting mucilage.
- muddle along — If you muddle along, you live or exist without a proper plan or purpose in your life.
- multimegaton — (of a nuclear weapon) having several megatons of explosive power
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- neurological — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- non-arguable — susceptible to debate, challenge, or doubt; questionable: Whether this is the best plan of action or not is arguable.
- non-conjugal — of, relating to, or characteristic of marriage: conjugal vows.