12-letter words containing g, i, l, m
- hamartiology — the doctrine of sin in Christian theology
- 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 milling — a process for making fine flour, in which the grain is alternately ground and sifted a number of times.
- high polymer — a polymer composed of a large number of monomers.
- hill farming — the activity and business of having a hill farm
- hillclimbing — (sports) A form of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock on an uphill course.
- hobgoblinism — a belief in hobgoblins
- 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.
- hologonidium — soredium.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- homologation — to approve; confirm or ratify.
- homologizing — Present participle of homologize.
- hood molding — a molding or dripstone over a door or window.
- 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.
- 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.
- illuminating — to enlighten, as with knowledge.
- immobilising — Present participle of immobilise.
- immobilizing — Present participle of immobilize.
- immunoglobin — (immunology, protein) Any protein that functions as an antibody.
- immunologist — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
- implantology — the branch of dentistry dealing with the permanent implantation or attachment of artificial teeth in the jaw.
- 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.
- itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
- 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]>.
- kingdom hall — a meeting place of Jehovah's Witnesses for religious services.
- 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.