12-letter words containing g, a, r, e, s, l
- ligurian sea — a part of the Mediterranean between Corsica and the NW coast of Italy.
- loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
- 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.
- longshoreman — a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- 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.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- marginal sea — water that lies alongside a state, falls under its authority, and extends about 3½ statute miles (6 kilometers) from the coast.
- marginalised — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marginalises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marginalise.
- marginalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marginalize.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- metallurgist — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- mineralogies — Plural form of mineralogy.
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.
- neutralising — Present participle of neutralise.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- oral surgery — the branch of dentistry or of surgery dealing with the surgical treatment or repair of various conditions of the mouth or jaws.
- outrageously — In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
- paraglossate — having paraglossae
- pearly gates — the entrance to heaven.
- perez galdos — Benito [buh-nee-toh;; Spanish be-nee-taw] /bəˈni toʊ;; Spanish bɛˈni tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1843–1920, Spanish journalist, dramatist, and novelist.
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- pig islander — a New Zealander
- port angeles — a city in NW Washington, on the Juan de Fuca Strait.
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- real storage — (in a virtual storage system) the portion of addressable memory that consists of main storage.
- reassemblage — a new or further gathering or collection
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- regardlessly — having or showing no regard; heedless; unmindful (often followed by of).
- registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- rio gallegos — a seaport in S Argentina, in S Patagonia.
- rolled glass — a sheet of glass made by the extrusion of molten glass between two rollers.
- rummage sale — a sale of miscellaneous articles, old or new, as items contributed to raise money for charity, of unclaimed goods at a wharf or warehouse, or of odds and ends of merchandise at a shop.
- sacrilegious — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
- salary range — pay scale
- sales ledger — record of business accounts
- sales target — a fixed amount of sales that a person or organization wants to achieve
- salve regina — a prayer in the form of a hymn to the Virgin Mary.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- sausage curl — a lock of hair formed into a curl resembling a sausage in shape.
- sausage roll — A sausage roll is a small amount of sausage meat which is covered with pastry and cooked.
- scarlet sage — a tender shrub, Salvia splendens, of Brazil, having ovate leaves and bell-shaped scarlet flowers.
- scatteringly — in a scattering manner
- sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.