12-letter words containing g, l, a, r, i
- astrological — the study that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the heavenly bodies on human affairs.
- attractingly — in a manner that attracts
- average life — the average time that an unstable particle or nucleus survives before it decays.
- axel heiberg — the largest island belonging to the Sverdrup group in the Canadian Northwest Territories. 15,779 sq. mi. (40,868 sq. km).
- bacteriology — Bacteriology is the science and the study of bacteria.
- ball bearing — Ball bearings are small metal balls placed between the moving parts of a machine to make the parts move smoothly.
- ball turning — the turning of arms or legs on furniture to make them resemble a continuous row of balls.
- bargain sale — an event at which goods are sold at low prices, usually to clear old stocks
- bearing pile — a foundation pile that supports weight vertically
- bearing rail — a transverse rail carrying a drawer or drawers.
- bearing wall — any of the walls supporting a floor or the roof of a building.
- beleaguering — to surround with military forces.
- belgian hare — a large red breed of domestic rabbit
- bella figura — a good impression; fine appearance
- bengal tiger — a large tiger found in S. Asia
- bible banger — Bible-thumper.
- bible-banger — Bible-thumper.
- bibliography — A bibliography is a list of books on a particular subject.
- bingo caller — the person who shouts out the numbers to bingo players
- biographical — Biographical facts, notes, or details are concerned with the events in someone's life.
- black-figure — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece in the 7th and 6th centuries b.c., chiefly characterized by silhouetted figures painted in black slip on a red clay body, details incised into the design, and a two-dimensional structure of form and space.
- blackbirding — a common European thrush, Turdus merula, the male of which is black with a yellow bill.
- blazing star — a North American liliaceous plant, Chamaelirium luteum, with a long spike of small white flowers
- blues guitar — blues guitar music
- bluesnarfing — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to steal contact details, ring tones, images, etc from another
- boardsailing — windsurfing
- boilermaking — metal-working in heavy industry; plating or welding
- boolean ring — a nonempty collection of sets having the properties that the union of two sets of the collection is a set in the collection and that the relative complement of each set with respect to any other set is in the collection.
- born-digital — relating to or noting documents, images, etc., that are created and managed in electronic form: electronic preservation of born-digital content; a born-digital e-book that will not be available in print.
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
- brake lining — a curved thin strip of an asbestos composition riveted to a brake shoe to provide it with a renewable surface
- bridge table — a square card table with folding legs.
- bur marigold — any plant of the genus Bidens that has yellow flowers and pointed fruits that cling to fur and clothing: family Asteraceae (composites)
- cabriole leg — a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve
- calligraphed — Simple past tense and past participle of calligraph.
- calligrapher — A calligrapher is a person skilled in the art of calligraphy.
- calligraphic — fancy penmanship, especially highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes: She appreciated the calligraphy of the 18th century.
- calling card — A calling card is a small card with personal information about you on it, such as your name and address, which you can give to people when you go to visit them.
- caramelizing — Present participle of caramelize.
- cardiologist — A cardiologist is a doctor who specializes in the heart and its diseases.
- cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- cardioplegia — deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out
- carlovingian — Carolingian
- carriageable — (of a road, etc) able to be travelled in a carriage
- cartological — relating to cartology
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
- caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
- centralising — Present participle of centralise.
- centralizing — Present participle of centralize.