13-letter words containing g, a, l, i, o
- laser cooling — a technique using laser light to cool atoms to a very low temperature by removing momentum from the particles.
- late-blooming — of or characteristic of a late bloomer: late-blooming brilliance.
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- leading block — lead block.
- leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- legal fiction — an acceptance of something as true, for the sake of convenience; legal pretence
- legal holiday — a public holiday established by law, during which certain work, government business, etc., is restricted.
- legionary ant — army ant
- legislatorial — of or relating to a legislator, legislature, or legislation; legislative.
- leigh-mallory — Sir Trafford Leigh [traf-erd lee] /ˈtræf ərd li/ (Show IPA), 1892–1944, British Air Force officer.
- leucaemogenic — leukemogenic
- leukaemogenic — relating to the development of leukaemia, or causing leukaemia
- lexicographer — a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary.
- lexicographic — Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).
- lexicological — the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words.
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
- lignification — Turning to wood; the process of becoming ligneous.
- linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
- lipogrammatic — of or relating to a lipogram
- lithographing — Present participle of lithograph.
- load shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
- load-shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
- loan-sharking — the practice of lending money at exorbitant or illegal interest rates
- locking plate — a narrow wheel geared to a striking train or other mechanism and having a notched rim engaging with another mechanism permitting it to rotate through a specific arc.
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- logical shift — (programming) (Either shift left logical or shift right logical) Machine-level operations available on nearly all processors which move each bit in a word one or more bit positions in the given direction. A left shift moves the bits to more significant positions (like multiplying by two), a right shift moves them to less significant positions (like dividing by two). The comparison with multiplication and division breaks down in certain circumstances - a logical shift may discard bits that are shifted off either end of the word and does not preserve the sign of the word (positive or negative). Logical shift is approriate when treating the word as a bit string or a sequence of bit fields, whereas arithmetic shift is appropriate when treating it as a binary number. The word to be shifted is usually stored in a register, or possibly in memory.
- logical truth — the property of being logically tautologous
- logogrammatic — Of or pertaining to logograms; logographic.
- long fin tuna — a tunny, Thunnus alalunga, occurring mainly in warm regions of the Atlantic and Pacific. It has very long pectoral fins and is a valued food fish
- long vacation — the summer vacation customary in the law courts and universities.
- long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
- long-standing — existing or occurring for a long time: a longstanding feud.
- longleaf pine — an American pine, Pinus palustris, valued as a source of turpentine and for its timber.
- looking glass — a mirror made of glass with a metallic or amalgam backing.
- looking-glass — a mirror made of glass with a metallic or amalgam backing.
- losing battle — attempt doomed to failure
- losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
- love triangle — relationship between three people
- luxembourgian — of or relating to Luxembourg, its people, or their language.
- lymphangiomas — Plural form of lymphangioma.
- lymphographic — of or relating to lymphography
- macrodiagonal — the longer of two diagonals
- macroglobulin — A plasma globulin of high molecular weight.
- magnanimously — In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind.
- magnetic pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
- magniloquence — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
- magnoliaceous — belonging to the plant family Magnoliaceae.
- main diagonal — a diagonal line or plane.