12-letter words containing g, l, a, t
- illogicality — illogic.
- illuminating — to enlighten, as with knowledge.
- illustrating — Present participle of illustrate.
- implantology — the branch of dentistry dealing with the permanent implantation or attachment of artificial teeth in the jaw.
- infiltrating — Present participle of infiltrate.
- initialising — to set (variables, counters, switches, etc.) to their starting values at the beginning of a program or subprogram.
- initializing — Present participle of initialize.
- inosculating — Present participle of inosculate.
- integralness — Integrality.
- interdigital — Between the fingers or toes.
- interglacial — occurring or formed between times of glacial action.
- interlacings — Plural form of interlacing.
- interlarding — Present participle of interlard.
- interleafing — Present participle of interleaf.
- interleaving — sector interleave
- interlingual — pertaining to or using two or more languages: an interlingual dictionary.
- interplaying — Present participle of interplay.
- interrogable — capable of being interrogated
- intertillage — tillage between rows of crop plants.
- intervaginal — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to or involving the vagina.
- intervillage — occurring between two or more villages
- intralingual — within a given language; of or pertaining to a single language.
- intravaginal — Within the vagina.
- invalidating — Present participle of invalidate.
- investigable — capable of being investigated.
- invigilating — Present participle of invigilate.
- invigilation — The act of watching or invigilating.
- invigilators — Plural form of invigilator.
- inward light — Inner Light.
- irregularity — the quality or state of being irregular.
- irrigational — Of or pertaining to irrigation.
- irritatingly — causing irritation; annoying; provoking: irritating questions.
- itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
- judgmentally — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- juggling act — If you say that a situation is a juggling act, you mean that someone is trying to do two or more things at once, and that they are finding it difficult to do those things properly.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- landgraviate — the office, jurisdiction, or territory of a landgrave.
- langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- lantern gear — a gear mechanism including a lantern wheel.
- lantern ring — gland2 (def 1).
- large-format — of or relating to a camera with an image area of 5 inches by 4 inches or more
- largehearted — having or showing generosity; charitable; understanding.
- lark bunting — a finch, Calamospiza melanocorys, of the western U.S., the male of which is black with a large, white patch on each wing.
- larval stage — Describes a period of monomaniacal concentration on coding apparently passed through by all fledgling hackers. Common symptoms include the perpetration of more than one 36-hour hacking run in a given week; neglect of all other activities including usual basics like food, sleep, and personal hygiene; and a chronic case of advanced bleary-eye. Can last from 6 months to 2 years, the apparent median being around 18 months. A few so afflicted never resume a more "normal" life, but the ordeal seems to be necessary to produce really wizardly (as opposed to merely competent) programmers. See also wannabee. A less protracted and intense version of larval stage (typically lasting about a month) may recur when one is learning a new OS or programming language.
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- laser tuning — a technique for adjusting a laser's output frequency to within a specific range, especially in semiconductors.
- latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
- late trading — trading carried out after the standard national exchanges have closed, and which is usually illegal
- lateenrigged — having lateen sails.