12-letter words containing a, t, i, l, n
- giant slalom — a slalom race in which the course has more gates and is longer and steeper than that in a regular slalom.
- giant-killer — A giant-killer is a sportsman, sportswoman, or team that unexpectedly beats a much stronger opponent.
- gibraltarian — a British crown colony comprising a fortress and seaport located on a narrow promontory near the S tip of Spain. 1.875 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- gigantically — In a gigantic manner.
- gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
- glad tidings — Glad tidings means good news.
- gladiatorian — (dated) Of or relating to gladiators or to combat in general; gladiatorial.
- glass string — (in Malaysia) the string of a kite used in kite fighting that has an abrasive coating of glue and crushed glass
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- gold-plating — the incorporation of costly and unnecessary features or refinements into a product or structure.
- golden ratio — the ratio of two lengths, equal in value to (1 + √5)/2, and given by b/a = (b + a)/b; it is the reciprocal of the golden section and also equal to (1 + golden section)
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- granulations — Plural form of granulation.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- gratifyingly — In a manner that gratifies.
- gratulations — a feeling of joy.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- grindability — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- habilimented — Clothed.
- habilitating — Present participle of habilitate.
- habilitation — to clothe or dress.
- habitational — a place of residence; dwelling; abode.
- habitualness — The characteristic of being habitual.
- haematoxylin — Alternative spelling of hematoxylin.
- haikwan tael — the customs unit in China, which is the basis for other local taels, equal to 1.20666 troy ounces of fine silver.
- hair implant — the insertion of synthetic fibers or human hair into the scalp to cover baldness.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-turning — split spindle.
- haliplankton — plankton living in sea water
- hallucinated — Simple past tense and past participle of hallucinate.
- hallucinates — to have hallucinations.
- hallucinator — One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.
- 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.
- halton hills — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, near Toronto.
- hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- hazelnut oil — an oil extracted from hazelnuts and used mostly in cooking
- headlighting — The lighting associated with a headlight.
- health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heating bill — a bill for the supply of energy to heat a building
- heeling tank — either of two lateral ballast tanks permitting an icebreaker to heel and crush ice to either side.
- helianthemum — (botany) Any of the genus Helianthemum of rockroses.
- helianthuses — Plural form of helianthus.
- hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.