12-letter words containing a, s, g
- jan gossaert — Jan [Flemish yahn] /Flemish yɑn/ (Show IPA), (Jan Gossaert or Gossart) 1478?–1533? Flemish painter.
- jenghis khan — Genghis Khan.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jersey giant — one of a breed of large domestic chickens raised primarily for their meat, originally black but now with a white variety, developed in New Jersey by interbreeding Langshans and large Asiatic fowl.
- johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- johnsongrass — a tall perennial sorghum widely used as forage
- jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
- kashmir goat — one of a long-haired breed of goat raised in Tibet and the higher elevations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Turkey for its meat, milk, and cashmere wool.
- keratogenous — producing horn or a horny substance.
- kick against — If you kick against a situation you dislike but cannot control, you react against it in a violent, sudden, or extreme way.
- kikuyu grass — a type of fast-growing tropical grass, Pennisetum clandestinum, native to E Africa
- king's peace — (in early medieval England) the protection secured by the king for particular people or places
- king-of-arms — a title of certain of the principal heralds of England and certain other kingdoms empowered by their sovereigns to grant armorial bearings.
- kissing gate — a gate hung in a narrow enclosure having the shape of a U or a V , allowing only one person to pass at a time.
- 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
- laguna hills — a city in SW California.
- lammergeiers — Plural form of lammergeier.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- land sailing — the sport or activity of driving wheeled sail-powered vehicles across land, esp beaches or dry lakes
- landgrabbers — Plural form of landgrabber.
- landgravines — Plural form of landgravine.
- landholdings — Plural form of landholding.
- landing ship — any of various ships designed for transporting troops and heavy equipment in amphibious warfare, capable of making assault landings directly onto a beach.
- langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
- languageless — without language or a language
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- languorously — characterized by languor; languid.
- larval stage — Describes a period of monomaniacal concentration on coding apparently passed through by all fledgling hackers. Common symptoms include the perpetration of more than one 36-hour hacking run in a given week; neglect of all other activities including usual basics like food, sleep, and personal hygiene; and a chronic case of advanced bleary-eye. Can last from 6 months to 2 years, the apparent median being around 18 months. A few so afflicted never resume a more "normal" life, but the ordeal seems to be necessary to produce really wizardly (as opposed to merely competent) programmers. See also wannabee. A less protracted and intense version of larval stage (typically lasting about a month) may recur when one is learning a new OS or programming language.
- 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.
- laser tuning — a technique for adjusting a laser's output frequency to within a specific range, especially in semiconductors.
- laser-guided — (of a missile, etc) guided with the use of a laser beam
- latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
- laughing gas — nitrous oxide.
- lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
- lawyer's wig — the shaggy ink-cap
- lay siege to — attack
- leading case — a case that is regarded as having settled a particular point of law; a case that is used as guidance for legal decisions
- leapfroggers — Plural form of leapfrogger.
- legal system — judicial structures and processes: law
- legalisation — Alternative spelling of legalization.
- legionnaires — Plural form of legionnaire.
- legislations — the act of making or enacting laws.
- 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.
- letters page — the page in a newspaper or magazine containing letters sent to the editor by readers
- liberalising — Present participle of liberalise.
- life savings — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifting sail — a sail that when filled tends to raise the hull of a ship or boat (opposed to driving sail).