12-letter words containing e, u, l, o, g
- ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- ground level — ground state.
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- ground rules — Usually, ground rules. basic or governing principles of conduct in any situation or field of endeavor: the ground rules of press conferences.
- groundlessly — In a groundless manner; without justification.
- groupuscules — Plural form of groupuscule.
- guelder rose — a shrub, Viburnum opulus, of the honeysuckle family, native to the Old World, having broad clusters of white flowers and scarlet fruit.
- guelder-rose — a shrub, Viburnum opulus, of the honeysuckle family, native to the Old World, having broad clusters of white flowers and scarlet fruit.
- guide fossil — index fossil.
- gulf of aden — a waterway in the Arabian sea between Yemen and Somalia and connecting with the Red Sea
- gulf of suez — the NW arm of the Red Sea: linked with the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal
- hallucinogen — a substance that produces hallucinations.
- hazel grouse — a European woodland grouse, Tetrastes bonasia, somewhat resembling the North American ruffed grouse.
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- heliogravure — photoengraving.
- heterologous — Biology. of different origin; pertaining to heterology.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- homologumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
- house league — a sports league in which the members of all teams belong to the same organization, school, or company
- house lights — lights of a residential building
- hugh loebner — (person) Dr. Hugh Gene Loebner, the instigator of the Loebner Prize in artificial intelligence. E-mail address: Hugh Loebner <[email protected]>.
- incoagulable — of a nature that cannot be coagulated
- indigenously — originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.
- indologenous — producing or causing the production of indole.
- ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
- isotopologue — (chemistry) any of a group of compounds only differing in their isotopic composition; for example water and heavy water.
- jungle books — a series of jungle stories in two volumes (1894, 1895) by Rudyard Kipling.
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
- langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- logodaedalus — a person who uses words with skill or cunning
- 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-tongued — talking too much or too openly, especially of private or confidential matters; chattering; gossipy.
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- lounge music — a type of popular music often including jazz, swing, and pop elements and played in cocktail lounges, piano bars, etc.
- 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.
- luxembourger — a native or inhabitant of Luxembourg.
- magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
- major league — The major leagues are groups of professional sports teams that compete against each other, especially in American baseball.