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13-letter words containing g, i, r, a

  • labiogression — location of the anterior teeth forward of their natural position.
  • labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
  • lake maggiore — a lake in N Italy and S Switzerland, in the S Lepontine Alps
  • land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
  • landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
  • landing clerk — a representative of a shipping line who boards its incoming passenger ships to give passengers information and advice.
  • landing craft — any of various flat-bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore.
  • landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
  • landing party — a component of a ship's company detached for special duty ashore.
  • landing strip — airstrip.
  • lane markings — white lines on the road that mark lanes
  • laramie range — a mountain range in N Colorado and SE Wyoming. Highest peak, Laramie Peak, 9020 feet (2749 meters).
  • large calorie — kilocalorie.
  • laryngologist — A person who studies or specializes in laryngology; a subspeciality of otorhinolaryngology.
  • laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
  • laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
  • laser cooling — a technique using laser light to cool atoms to a very low temperature by removing momentum from the particles.
  • lasik surgery — laser surgery to correct short sight
  • lateen-rigged — having lateen sails.
  • leading reins — straps or a harness and strap used to assist and control a child who is learning to walk
  • leafleteering — The printing and distribution of leaflets, especially as propaganda.
  • leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
  • legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
  • legionary ant — army ant
  • legislatorial — of or relating to a legislator, legislature, or legislation; legislative.
  • leigh-mallory — Sir Trafford Leigh [traf-erd lee] /ˈtræf ərd li/ (Show IPA), 1892–1944, British Air Force officer.
  • lethargically — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
  • letterspacing — the amount of space between each letter in a word, or the adjustment of this amount of space
  • lexicographer — a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary.
  • lexicographic — Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).
  • lexigraphical — Misspelling of lexicographical.
  • lift a finger — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • light mineral — any rock-forming mineral that has a specific gravity of less than 2.8 and is generally light in color.
  • light railway — a transport system using small trains or trams, often serving parts of a large metropolitan area
  • light reading — reading which is not considered too demanding or intellectual
  • light therapy — therapeutic exposure to full-spectrum artificial light that simulates sunlight, used to treat various conditions, as seasonal affective disorder.
  • light-hearted — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
  • line integral — the limit, as the norm of the partition of a given curve approaches zero, of the sum of the product of the length of the arcs in the partition times the value of the function at some point on each arc.
  • lingua franca — any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages.
  • lingual brace — a specialized dental brace that fits behind the teeth so that it is not visible when the wearer speaks or smiles.
  • linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
  • lipogrammatic — of or relating to a lipogram
  • liqueur glass — a small glass intended for drinking liqueur from
  • lithographing — Present participle of lithograph.
  • liver sausage — liverwurst.
  • loan-sharking — the practice of lending money at exorbitant or illegal interest rates
  • logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
  • logical truth — the property of being logically tautologous
  • logogrammatic — Of or pertaining to logograms; logographic.
  • losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
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