12-letter words containing e, g, r, s
- inside right — (esp formerly) a player having mainly midfield and attacking roles
- insurgencies — Plural form of insurgency.
- integralness — Integrality.
- integrations — Plural form of integration.
- interchanges — Plural form of interchange.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- interlacings — Plural form of interlacing.
- interlinings — Plural form of interlining.
- intermeshing — That mesh between one another.
- intermingles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intermingle.
- interregnums — Plural form of interregnum.
- interresting — Misspelling of interesting.
- interrobangs — Plural form of interrobang.
- interrogates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interrogate.
- intersecting — Present participle of intersect.
- intersegment — Between segments.
- interspacing — Present participle of interspace.
- interwishing — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- intransigent — refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible.
- invert sugar — a mixture of the dextrorotatory forms of glucose and fructose, formed naturally in fruits and produced artificially in syrups or fondants by treating cane sugar with acids.
- investigator — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- irish bridge — a paved ford.
- irish gaelic — Irish (def 4).
- ironmonger's — a shop where articles for the house and garden such as tools, nails, and pans are sold
- irregardless — regardless.
- jan gossaert — Jan [Flemish yahn] /Flemish yɑn/ (Show IPA), (Jan Gossaert or Gossart) 1478?–1533? Flemish painter.
- 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.
- keratogenous — producing horn or a horny substance.
- klipspringer — a small, agile African antelope, Oreotragus oreotragus, of mountainous regions from the Cape of Good Hope to Ethiopia.
- lammergeiers — Plural form of lammergeier.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- landgrabbers — Plural form of landgrabber.
- landgravines — Plural form of landgravine.
- 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.
- 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
- lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
- lawyer's wig — the shaggy ink-cap
- leapfroggers — Plural form of leapfrogger.
- ledger strip — a piece attached to the face of a beam at the bottom as a support for the ends of joists.
- 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.
- letters page — the page in a newspaper or magazine containing letters sent to the editor by readers
- liberalising — Present participle of liberalise.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- ligurian sea — a part of the Mediterranean between Corsica and the NW coast of Italy.
- list renting — the practice of renting a list of potential customers to a direct-mail seller of goods or to the fundraisers of a charity