12-letter words containing g, l, a, t
- great circle — a circle on a spherical surface such that the plane containing the circle passes through the center of the sphere. Compare small circle.
- great laurel — a tall shrub, Rhododendron maximum, of eastern North America, having rose-pink flowers.
- great plague — the bubonic plague that occurred in London in 1665 and killed about 15 percent of the city's population.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- great vassal — (in feudal society) a man who entered into a personal relationship with a king to whom he paid homage and fealty in return for protection and often a fief.
- grey wagtail — a greyish species of wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, found in temperate regions
- grindability — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
- ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
- ground fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- guilty party — the person or people responsible for an offence or misdeed
- gutturalized — pronounced with guttural coarticulation.
- gutturalness — The quality of being guttural.
- gutturonasal — articulated in the back of the mouth and given resonance in the nasal cavity, as the sound represented by (ng) in (ring).
- habilitating — Present participle of habilitate.
- half-turning — split spindle.
- halogenating — Present participle of halogenate.
- halogenation — (chemistry) The reaction of a halogen with something, especially the replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a halogen one.
- hamartiology — the doctrine of sin in Christian theology
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- hazard light — Usually, hazard lights. an indicator light on a vehicle that flashes to warn that it is unexpectedly slowing down, reversing, or not moving.
- headlighting — The lighting associated with a headlight.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heating bill — a bill for the supply of energy to heat a building
- heeling tank — either of two lateral ballast tanks permitting an icebreaker to heel and crush ice to either side.
- 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.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- high voltage — high-power electricity
- high-ability — (of a student) having a higher than average ability
- high-quality — adhering to an excellent standard of measure; of superior quality: Education depends on high-quality teachers and materials in our schools.
- high-tail it — to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
- high-voltage — operating on or powered by high voltage: a high-voltage generator.
- highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- highly rated — generally considered to be of high quality
- hiking trail — a specially designated route for hikers to use
- histological — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- holding tank — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- homologation — to approve; confirm or ratify.
- hygrothermal — (physics) Of or pertaining to both humidity and temperature.
- ignitability — to set on fire; kindle.
- illegalities — Plural form of illegality.
- 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.