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12-letter words containing g, a, m, l

  • grammatology — the scientific study of systems of writing.
  • grape family — the plant family Vitaceae, characterized by woody climbing vines with tendrils, having alternate, simple or compound leaves, and bearing clusters of small flowers and berries, and including Boston ivy, grape, grape ivy, and Virginia creeper.
  • grass family — the large plant family Gramineae (or Poaceae), characterized by mostly herbaceous but sometimes woody plants with hollow and jointed stems, narrow sheathing leaves, petalless flowers borne in spikelets, and fruit in the form of seedlike grain, and including bamboo, sugar cane, numerous grasses, and cereal grains such as barley, corn, oats, rice, rye, and wheat.
  • gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
  • grimaldi man — a type of Aurignacian man having a negroid appearance, thought to be a race of Cro-Magnon man
  • grimsel pass — an Alpine pass in S Switzerland. 7159 feet (2184 meters) high.
  • gubernaculum — a part or organ that directs the movement or course of another part.
  • gulf of oman — a strait that ultimately links the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf
  • gulf of siam — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
  • halogen lamp — a gas-filled, high-intensity incandescent lamp having a tungsten filament and containing a small amount of a halogen, such as iodine, that vaporizes on heating and redeposits any evaporated tungsten particles back onto the filament: used especially in motion-picture projectors and automobile headlights.
  • hamartiology — the doctrine of sin in Christian theology
  • haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
  • heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
  • hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
  • hellgrammite — the aquatic larva of a dobsonfly, used as bait in fishing.
  • hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
  • hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
  • hill farming — the activity and business of having a hill farm
  • homologation — to approve; confirm or ratify.
  • homologumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
  • hygrothermal — (physics) Of or pertaining to both humidity and temperature.
  • hypermagical — produced by or as if by magic: The change in the appearance of the room was magical.
  • hypoglycemia — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
  • illegitimacy — the state or quality of being illegitimate.
  • illegitimate — born of parents who are not married to each other; born out of wedlock: an illegitimate child.
  • illuminating — to enlighten, as with knowledge.
  • implantology — the branch of dentistry dealing with the permanent implantation or attachment of artificial teeth in the jaw.
  • inline image — (web)   An image that appears within the body of a web page. Most graphical web browsers display images inline (with an option to turn off inline images, to speed up the display of web pages). Other image formats may have to be displayed in a separate window and/or by another application program. An inline image in a web page is specified with the HTML tag, which can take many attributes, the most important of which is the SRC attribute that gives the URL from which to fetch the image. The ALT attribute gives text to display in place of the image for users with images disabled or who are using text-only browsers or text-to-speech convertors (e.g. blind users).
  • itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
  • judgmentally — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
  • kingdom hall — a meeting place of Jehovah's Witnesses for religious services.
  • kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
  • lake managua — a lake in W Nicaragua: drains into Lake Nicaragua by the Tipitapa River. Length: 61 km (38 miles). Width: about 26 km (16 miles)
  • lammergeiers — Plural form of lammergeier.
  • lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
  • landing beam — a radio beam transmitted from a landing field to enable aircraft to make an instrument landing
  • languishment — the act or state of languishing.
  • large-format — of or relating to a camera with an image area of 5 inches by 4 inches or more
  • large-minded — having tolerant views or liberal ideas; broad-minded.
  • laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
  • laryngospasm — An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx.
  • latent image — an invisible image, produced on a sensitized emulsion by exposure to light, that will emerge in development.
  • laue diagram — a diffraction pattern used to study crystal structure, consisting of symmetrically arranged spots obtained when a beam of x-rays, electrons, or neutrons is passed through a thin crystal and exposes a photographic plate.
  • leading mark — either of two conspicuous objects regarded as points on a line (leading line) upon which a vessel can sail a safe course.
  • league match — a match played between teams in a league (as opposed to an international game)
  • legal memory — a period of time, now usually established by statute, during which custom, conduct, or a state of affairs must have existed or continued in order for it to have taken on the force of law or to establish a legal right or title not otherwise provable.
  • legal system — judicial structures and processes: law
  • legitimately — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
  • legitimating — Present participle of legitimate.
  • legitimation — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
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