0%

12-letter words containing a, n, l, o, g

  • juan hidalgoJuan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.
  • kingdom hall — a meeting place of Jehovah's Witnesses for religious services.
  • kluge around — (jargon)   To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
  • knowledgable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
  • labor-saving — A labor-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
  • laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
  • lagging load — A lagging load is one where the phase of the current lags behind the phase of the voltage when supplied with an alternating voltage.
  • lake nipigon — a lake in central Canada, in NW Ontario, draining into Lake Superior via the Nipigon River. Area: 4843 sq km (1870 sq miles)
  • land-holding — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
  • landholdings — Plural form of landholding.
  • langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
  • langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.
  • languorously — characterized by languor; languid.
  • laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
  • laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
  • laryngophony — the sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope placed on the throat directly over the larynx
  • laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
  • laryngoscopy — an examination by means of a laryngoscope.
  • laryngospasm — An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx.
  • lawn bowling — a game played with wooden balls on a level, closely mowed green having a slight bias, the object being to roll one's ball as near as possible to a smaller white ball at the other end of the green. Also called bowls, bowling on the green. Compare bowl2 (def 2), bowling green, jack1 (def 7), rink (def 5).
  • leading note — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
  • leading role — prominent acting part
  • leading tone — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
  • leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
  • legalisation — Alternative spelling of legalization.
  • legalization — to make legal; authorize.
  • legionnaires — Plural form of legionnaire.
  • legislations — the act of making or enacting laws.
  • legitimation — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
  • let floating — (programming)   A program transformation used in functional programming to implement full laziness. E.g. the function f x = x + sqrt 4 can be expressed as f x = let t = sqrt 4 in x + t but note that t does not depend on the argument x so we can automatically transform this to t = sqrt 4 f x = x + t Making t into a global constant which need only be evaluated at most once, rather than every time f is called. The general idea is to float each subexpression as far out (toward the top level) as possible to maximise sharing.
  • light cannon — a particularly powerful torch, spotlight, or searchlight
  • limnological — Of or pertaining to limnology, the study of freshwater bodies of water.
  • line voltage — the voltage supplied by a power line, measured at the point of use.
  • linear logic — (theory)   A logic invented by Girard in 1987 that can be used in proofs related to resource usage.
  • lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
  • load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
  • loading coil — an inductance coil used to improve the characteristics of a transmission line.
  • loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
  • loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
  • locoregional — Restricted to a localized region of the body.
  • loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
  • 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.
  • lognormality — the condition of having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
  • lollygagging — lallygag.
  • long account — the account of a customer who buys securities or commodities on margin.
  • 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-awaited — A long-awaited event or thing is one that someone has been waiting for for a long time.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?