12-letter words containing g, e, m, l, i
- entomologist — A scientist who studies insects.
- entomologize — to collect or study insects
- enzymologist — A specialist in enzymology.
- epidemiology — The branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health.
- epistemology — The theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. Epistemology is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion.
- etymological — (not comparable) Of or relating to etymology.
- etymologicum — an etymological dictionary
- etymologized — Simple past tense and past participle of etymologize.
- etymologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of etymologize.
- evening meal — dinner or supper
- everblooming — (of a plant) blooming repeatedly during the growing season
- exemplifying — Present participle of exemplify.
- field magnet — a magnet for producing a magnetic field, as in a particle accelerator or an electric motor.
- file manager — a program that organizes and arranges files in a computer
- filet mignon — a small, tender round of steak cut from the thick end of a beef tenderloin.
- flagelliform — long, slender, and flexible, like the lash of a whip.
- flegenheimer — Arthur ("Dutch Schultz") 1902–35, U.S. gangster.
- flying lemur — either of two lemurlike mammals, Cynocephalus variegatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, or C. volans, of the Philippines, having broad folds of skin on both sides of the body to aid in gliding from tree to tree: now rare.
- flying mouse — pygmy glider.
- galactosemia — an inherited disorder characterized by the inability to metabolize galactose and requiring a galactose-free diet to avoid consequent mental retardation and eye, spleen, and liver abnormalities.
- gambling den — a building operating as a business where money can be staked on playing games of chance
- gaming table — a table used for gambling, especially one designed with a game board and slots for chips.
- gangliectomy — (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- genoa salami — a hard, garlic-flavored salami of pork and veal or, especially in the U.S., pork and beef.
- germanophile — a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.
- gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
- glacial meal — finely ground rock material produced by the grinding action of a glacier on its bed.
- glacier milk — water flowing in a stream from the snout of a glacier and containing particles of rock
- glimmeringly — a faint or unsteady light; glimmer.
- glomerulitis — inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney.
- glossematics — a school of linguistic analysis developed by Louis Hjelmslev (1899–1965) in Copenhagen in the 1930s based on the study of the distribution of glossemes.
- glutethimide — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 13 H 15 NO 2 , used as a hypnotic and sedative.
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- gospel music — a now popularized form of impassioned rhythmic spiritual music rooted in the solo and responsive church singing of rural blacks in the American South, central to the development of rhythm and blues and of soul music.
- gram calorie — calorie (def 1a). Abbreviation: g-cal.
- 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.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- grimsel pass — an Alpine pass in S Switzerland. 7159 feet (2184 meters) high.
- 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.
- high polymer — a polymer composed of a large number of monomers.
- holmes light — a canister, attached to a life buoy or float, containing calcium carbonate and calcium phosphide, which ignite spontaneously on contact with the water, emitting conspicuous fire and smoke.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- 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.
- hypoglycemic — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.