11-letter words containing g, e, l, i, n
- legislation — the act of making or enacting laws.
- lemminglike — Resembling a lemming or some aspect of one, especially a propensity to follow blindly after a leader.
- lengthening — (linguistics) a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens.
- lengthiness — The property of being lengthy, longness.
- lentiginose — (botany) Bearing numerous dots resembling freckles.
- lentiginous — of or relating to a lentigo.
- lewis range — a mountain range in NW Montana, a front range of the N Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Mount Cleveland, 10,466 feet (3192 meters).
- ley farming — the alternation at intervals of several years of crop growing and grassland pasture
- libertinage — libertine practices or habits of life; disregard of authority or convention in sexual or religious matters.
- lichenology — the branch of biology that studies lichens.
- lienyunkang — Lianyungang.
- life-giving — imparting, or having the ability to impart, life or vitality; invigorating; vitalizing: life-giving love and praise.
- life-saving — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifecasting — The creation of a three-dimensional copy of a living body by means of molding and casting techniques.
- ligamentary — Of or relating to ligaments.
- ligamentous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a ligament.
- lightninged — a brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, occurring within a thundercloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.
- lightplanes — Plural form of lightplane.
- lignite wax — a dark-brown bituminous wax extracted from lignite and peat: used chiefly in polishes and waxes for furniture, shoes, etc.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- liltingness — The property or characteristic of being lilting.
- linebacking — the act of forming a second line of defence, close to the linesman
- linecasting — the casting of an entire line of type in a slug.
- lingenberry — The lingonberry.
- lingeringly — In a lingering manner, persistently, tending to remain.
- lingonberry — mountain cranberry.
- linguaphile — a language and word lover.
- lip-reading — the reading or understanding, as by a deaf person, of spoken words from the movements of another's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- lipogenesis — (biochemistry) The biochemical production of fat, especially the conversion of carbohydrate into fat so that it may be stored as a long-term source of energy when food is scarce.
- lithogenous — of or relating to organisms, as coral, that secrete stony deposits.
- living dead — people who are very dull and boring
- living hell — If you describe a place or situation as a living hell, you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant.
- living wage — a wage on which it is possible for a wage earner or an individual and his or her family to live at least according to minimum customary standards.
- livingstone — David, 1813–73, Scottish missionary and explorer in Africa.
- logicalness — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- logocentric — 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.
- loiteringly — in a loitering manner
- long primer — a 12-point type.
- long splice — a splice for forming a united rope narrow enough to pass through a block, made by unlaying the ends of two ropes for a considerable distance, overlapping the strands so as to make pairs of one strand from each rope, unlaying one of each pair, twisting the other strand into its place in the united rope, and tucking the yarns of the unlaid strand separately into place.
- long-haired — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
- long-limbed — having long limbs
- long-tailed — (of an animal) having a long tail
- long-winded — talking or writing at tedious length: long-winded after-dinner speakers.
- longevities — Plural form of longevity.
- longingness — strong, persistent desire or craving, especially for something unattainable or distant: filled with longing for home.
- longsighted — Alternative spelling of long-sighted.
- lounge suit — a man's suit appropriate for informal occasions.
- lumberingly — With heavy, clumsy movements.
- luminescing — Present participle of luminesce.
- lysogenesis — production of a lysogen.