12-letter words containing g, i, e, r
- letterboxing — Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
- leveling rod — rod (def 19).
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- liberalising — Present participle of liberalise.
- liberalizing — Present participle of liberalize.
- liberatingly — In a liberating manner.
- life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
- life peerage — the title and rank of a life peer
- 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 breeze — a wind of 4–7 miles per hour (2–3 m/sec). Compare breeze1 (def 2).
- light bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- light-haired — having light-coloured hair
- lighter fuel — the fuel used in a cigarette or cigar lighter
- lighthearted — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- ligurian sea — a part of the Mediterranean between Corsica and the NW coast of Italy.
- line drawing — a drawing done exclusively in line, providing gradations in tone entirely through variations in width and density.
- line manager — immediate supervisor
- line probing — A feature of some V.34 modems that will allow them to identify the capacity and quality of the phone line and adjust themselves to allow, for each individual connection, for maximum throughput using the highest possible data transmission rate.
- linear graph — graph (def 2b).
- linear logic — (theory) A logic invented by Girard in 1987 that can be used in proofs related to resource usage.
- linear-graph — a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
- linebreeding — a form of inbreeding directed toward keeping the offspring closely related to a superior ancestor.
- lingua geral — a lingua franca based on Tupi and spoken in the Amazon basin of South America.
- linking verb — copula (def 2).
- list renting — the practice of renting a list of potential customers to a direct-mail seller of goods or to the fundraisers of a charity
- literalizing — Present participle of literalize.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithographer — a person who works at lithography.
- little egret — any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- little grebe — a small grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis, of the Old World.
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- locoregional — Restricted to a localized region of the body.
- loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
- 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 residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
- long-termism — the tendency to focus attention on long-term gains
- long-wearing — Something that is long-wearing is strong and well made so that it lasts for a long time and stays in good condition even though it is used a lot.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- 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 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.
- 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