12-letter words containing g, i, d, l
- liquid glass — any of several clear, white, or greenish water-soluble compounds of formulas varying in ratio from Na 2 O⋅3.75SiO 2 to 2Na 2 O⋅SiO 2 : used chiefly in dyeing, printing, and fireproofing textiles and in the manufacture of paper products and cement.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- living death — a completely miserable, joyless existence, experience, situation, etc.; ordeal: He found the steaming jungle a living death.
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- loading coil — an inductance coil used to improve the characteristics of a transmission line.
- loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
- lodging knee — a knee reinforcing a hull horizontally, as at the ends of deck beams.
- lodging turn — a period of work or duty, esp among railway workers, which involves sleeping away from home
- logodaedalic — of or relating to plays on words and word tricks
- long residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
- long-awaited — A long-awaited event or thing is one that someone has been waiting for for a long time.
- long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- longitudinal — of or relating to longitude or length: longitudinal measurement.
- longstanding — existing or occurring for a long time: a longstanding feud.
- longwindedly — Alternative spelling of long-windedly.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
- male bonding — the process by which two or more men or boys become emotionally attached to each another
- marginalised — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marginalized — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- meanderingly — In a meandering or winding manner.
- medicalizing — Present participle of medicalize.
- medico-legal — pertaining to medicine and law or to forensic medicine.
- megalocardia — hypertrophy of the heart.
- microlending — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- middle congo — former name of the People's Republic of the Congo.
- middle eight — the third contrasting eight-bar section of a 32-bar pop song
- middle greek — Medieval Greek.
- middle guard — a defensive lineman positioned opposite the offensive center and between the defensive tackles, as in a three- or five-man line.
- middleweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a welterweight and a light heavyweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 160 pounds (72.5 kg).
- middlingness — Quality of being middling.
- milk pudding — a hot or cold pudding made by boiling or baking milk with a grain, esp rice
- milking shed — a building in which a herd of cows is milked
- milkweed bug — any of several red and black lygaeid bugs, as Oncopeltus fasciatus, that feed on the juice of the milkweed.
- mind-blowing — overwhelming; astounding: Spending a week in the jungle was a mind-blowing experience.
- mindboggling — That causes the mind to boggle; that is beyond one's ability to understand or figure out; bewildering; mystifying.
- miracle drug — wonder drug.
- misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
- misleadingly — In a misleading manner.
- mispleadings — Plural form of mispleading.
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- moneylending — The action of lending money.
- moon landing — the act of landing on the moon
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- mud-slinging — an attempt to discredit one's competitor, opponent, etc., by malicious or scandalous attacks.
- multigravida — a pregnant woman who has been pregnant two or more times.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- mythologized — Simple past tense and past participle of mythologize.