12-letter words containing g, e, m, l, i
- ice climbing — sport: scaling icy cliffs
- 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.
- illegitimise — illegitimatize.
- illegitimize — illegitimatize.
- implementing — any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
- 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).
- intermingled — Simple past tense and past participle of intermingle.
- intermingles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intermingle.
- inveiglement — to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
- john gilmore — (person) A noted Unix hacker who cofounded Usenet's anarchic alt.* newsgroup hierarchy with Brian Reid. He also worked on GDB. E-mail: John Gilmore <[email protected]>.
- kremlinology — the study of the government of the former Soviet Union, especially the study of those factors governing its foreign affairs.
- 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-minded — having tolerant views or liberal ideas; broad-minded.
- 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.
- 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.
- legitimatize — to make legitimate.
- legitimising — Present participle of legitimise.
- legitimistic — inclined towards, or relating to, the opinions of legitimists
- legitimizing — Present participle of legitimize.
- light bomber — a small airplane designed to carry light bomb loads relatively short distances, especially one having a gross loaded weight of less than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg).
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
- light-minded — having or showing a lack of serious purpose, attitude, etc.; frivolous; trifling: to be in a light-minded mood.
- lignum vitae — either of two tropical American trees, Guaiacum officinale or G. sanctum, of the caltrop family, having very hard, heavy wood.
- line manager — immediate supervisor
- line segment — segment (def 2b).
- logocentrism — 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.
- long-termism — the tendency to focus attention on long-term gains
- lounge music — a type of popular music often including jazz, swing, and pop elements and played in cocktail lounges, piano bars, etc.
- lowsing time — the time at which work or school finishes; knocking-off time
- magic bullet — something that cures or remedies without causing harmful side effects: So far there is no magic bullet for economic woes.
- magic circle — the British association of magicians, traditionally forbidden to reveal any of the secrets of their art
- maginot line — a zone of heavy defensive fortifications erected by France along its eastern border in the years preceding World War II, but outflanked in 1940 when the German army attacked through Belgium.
- magnetically — By or as by, magnetism.
- magnetizable — susceptible to magnetization.
- magnetotails — Plural form of magnetotail.
- magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
- mail gateway — (messaging) A machine that connects two or more electronic mail systems (including dissimilar mail systems) and transfers messages between them. Sometimes the mapping and translation can be quite complex, and it generally requires a store and forward scheme whereby the message is received from one system completely before it is transmitted to the next system, after suitable translations.
- mail merging — a software facility that can produce a large number of personalized letters by combining a file containing a list of names and addresses with one containing a single standard document
- mailing tube — an elongated cylinder of cardboard, used for mailing rolled-up papers, magazines, etc.
- make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- male bonding — the process by which two or more men or boys become emotionally attached to each another
- malignancies — Plural form of malignancy.