12-letter words containing a, r, g, i
- late trading — trading carried out after the standard national exchanges have closed, and which is usually illegal
- lateenrigged — having lateen sails.
- laue diagram — a diffraction pattern used to study crystal structure, consisting of symmetrically arranged spots obtained when a beam of x-rays, electrons, or neutrons is passed through a thin crystal and exposes a photographic plate.
- law-breaking — Law-breaking is any kind of illegal activity.
- lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
- lawyer's wig — the shaggy ink-cap
- 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.
- legionnaires — Plural form of legionnaire.
- legislatures — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
- 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.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- liberalising — Present participle of liberalise.
- liberalizing — Present participle of liberalize.
- liberatingly — In a liberating manner.
- life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
- life peerage — the title and rank of a life peer
- light-haired — having light-coloured hair
- lighthearted — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- ligulifloral — having strap-shaped flowers
- 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.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithographer — a person who works at lithography.
- lithographic — Of, relating to, or produced by lithography.
- liturgically — of or relating to formal public worship or liturgies.
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- 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.
- logical form — the syntactic structure that may be shared by different expressions as abstracted from their content and articulated by the logical constants of a particular logical system, esp the structure of an argument by virtue of which it can be shown to be formally valid. Thus John is tall and thin, so John is tall has the same logical form as London is large and dirty, so London is large, namely P & Q, so P
- lognormality — the condition of having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
- 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.
- longirostral — (of birds) having a long beak
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macroglossia — Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
- magic carpet — flying rug in fantasy stories
- magic circle — the British association of magicians, traditionally forbidden to reveal any of the secrets of their art