12-letter words containing g, i, a, c
- latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
- leading case — a case that is regarded as having settled a particular point of law; a case that is used as guidance for legal decisions
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- light cannon — a particularly powerful torch, spotlight, or searchlight
- limacologist — a person who specialises in the study of slugs
- limnological — Of or pertaining to limnology, the study of freshwater bodies of water.
- line dancing — to participate in a line dance.
- line spacing — (in a book, computer-produced document, etc) the spacing between lines of type
- linear logic — (theory) A logic invented by Girard in 1987 that can be used in proofs related to resource usage.
- linguistical — (not in technical use) linguistic.
- lip-smacking — tasty, mouth-watering
- lithographic — Of, relating to, or produced by lithography.
- lithological — Of or pertaining to lithology.
- liturgically — of or relating to formal public worship or liturgies.
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- loading coil — an inductance coil used to improve the characteristics of a transmission line.
- locoregional — Restricted to a localized region of the body.
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- logical form — the syntactic structure that may be shared by different expressions as abstracted from their content and articulated by the logical constants of a particular logical system, esp the structure of an argument by virtue of which it can be shown to be formally valid. Thus John is tall and thin, so John is tall has the same logical form as London is large and dirty, so London is large, namely P & Q, so P
- logical unit — (networking) (LU) A primary component of SNA, an LU is a type of NAU that enables end users to communicate with each other and gain access to SNA network resources.
- logistically — of or relating to logistics.
- logodaedalic — of or relating to plays on words and word tricks
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- macadamizing — Present participle of macadamize.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macroglossia — Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
- magic bullet — something that cures or remedies without causing harmful side effects: So far there is no magic bullet for economic woes.
- magic carpet — flying rug in fantasy stories
- magic circle — the British association of magicians, traditionally forbidden to reveal any of the secrets of their art
- magic cookie — 1. Something passed between routines or programs that enables the receiver to perform some operation; a capability ticket or opaque identifier. Especially used of small data objects that contain data encoded in a strange or intrinsically machine-dependent way. E.g. on non-Unix operating systems with a non-byte-stream model of files, the result of "ftell" may be a magic cookie rather than a byte offset; it can be passed to "fseek", but not operated on in any meaningful way. The phrase "it hands you a magic cookie" means it returns a result whose contents are not defined but which can be passed back to the same or some other program later. 2. An in-band code for changing graphic rendition (e.g. inverse video or underlining) or performing other control functions. Some older terminals would leave a blank on the screen corresponding to mode-change magic cookies; this was also called a glitch (or occasionally a "turd"; compare mouse droppings). See also cookie.
- magic marker — felt-tip pen
- magic number — the atomic number or neutron number of an exceptionally stable nuclide.
- magic square — a square containing integers arranged in an equal number of rows and columns so that the sum of the integers in any row, column, or diagonal is the same.
- magistracies — Plural form of magistracy.
- magnetic dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- magnetic ink — ink containing particles of a magnetic material used for printing characters for magnetic character recognition
- magnetically — By or as by, magnetism.
- magnetooptic — pertaining to the effect of magnetism upon the propagation of light.
- magnificence — the quality or state of being magnificent; splendor; grandeur; sublimity: the magnificence of snow-covered mountains; the magnificence of his achievements.
- magnus hitch — a knot similar to a clove hitch but taking one more turn around the object to which the line is being bent; rolling hitch.
- malacologist — A person who studies molluscs, who specializes in malacology.
- malignancies — Plural form of malignancy.
- mammographic — Of, or pertaining to, mammography.
- marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
- match-fixing — the act of arranging the outcome of a sports match prior to its being played
- meat packing — the business or industry of slaughtering cattle and other meat animals and processing the carcasses for sale, sometimes including the packaging of processed meat products.
- medicalizing — Present participle of medicalize.
- medico-legal — pertaining to medicine and law or to forensic medicine.
- megacephalic — macrocephalic.