12-letter words containing e, l, g, r
- lighter fuel — the fuel used in a cigarette or cigar lighter
- lighthearted — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- 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
- line probing — A feature of some V.34 modems that will allow them to identify the capacity and quality of the phone line and adjust themselves to allow, for each individual connection, for maximum throughput using the highest possible data transmission rate.
- 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.
- linebreeding — a form of inbreeding directed toward keeping the offspring closely related to a superior ancestor.
- lingua geral — a lingua franca based on Tupi and spoken in the Amazon basin of South America.
- linking verb — copula (def 2).
- 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
- literalizing — Present participle of literalize.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithographer — a person who works at lithography.
- little egret — any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- little grebe — a small grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis, of the Old World.
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- lloyd george — David, 1st Earl of Dwyfor [doo-vawr] /ˈdu vɔr/ (Show IPA), 1863–1945, British statesman: prime minister 1916–22.
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- locoregional — Restricted to a localized region of the body.
- loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
- loggerheaded — Dull; stupid.
- logocentrism — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- 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 residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
- long-termism — the tendency to focus attention on long-term gains
- 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.
- longshoreman — a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- longshoremen — Plural form of longshoreman.
- longyearbyen — a village on Spitsbergen island, administrative centre of the Svalbard archipelago: coal-mining
- look daggers — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- lower fungus — any of various fungi that do not produce well-organized fruiting bodies and primarily reproduce asexually, as the chytrids.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- luggage rack — shelf for baggage on a train
- luxembourger — a native or inhabitant of Luxembourg.
- magic circle — the British association of magicians, traditionally forbidden to reveal any of the secrets of their art
- mail merging — a software facility that can produce a large number of personalized letters by combining a file containing a list of names and addresses with one containing a single standard document
- major league — The major leagues are groups of professional sports teams that compete against each other, especially in American baseball.
- major-league — Sports. of, relating to, or characteristic of the major leagues.
- majorleaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
- make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- malt vinegar — acidic condiment made from malted barley
- managerially — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
- mangelwurzel — a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.