12-letter words containing g, l, a, t
- urban blight — deterioration of property in centre of city
- urbanologist — a sociologist specializing in urban life and problems
- urinogenital — genitourinary.
- valve timing — Valve timing is the exact timing of the opening and closing of the valves in a piston engine.
- vasoligation — ligation of the vas deferens.
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- vegetal pole — the relatively inactive part of an ovum opposite the animal pole, containing much yolk and little cytoplasm.
- vegetational — all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole: the vegetation of the Nile valley.
- vigentennial — a 20th anniversary.
- virgin metal — primary metal.
- vital organs — organs in the body that are essential to life
- vitilitigate — to contend or backbite
- vulgar latin — popular Latin, as distinguished from literary or standard Latin, especially those spoken forms of Latin from which the Romance languages developed. Abbreviation: VL.
- waiting list — a list of persons waiting, as for reservations, appointments, living accommodations, or admission to a school.
- walk through — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walk-through — Theater, Television. a rehearsal in which physical action is combined with reading the lines of a play. a perfunctory performance of a script.
- walking boot — a lightweight rigid knee-length boot with a reinforced sole and straps that fasten around the leg, used for support after a sprain or fracture
- walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
- walkingstick — a stick used for walking
- walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
- waltz-length — having the hemline at mid calf: a waltz-length nightgown.
- waterfalling — Present participle of waterfall.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- waterlogging — to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
- watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
- weather girl — A weather girl is a young woman who presents weather forecasts at regular times on television or radio.
- weatherglass — any of various instruments, as a barometer or a hygroscope, designed to indicate the state of the atmosphere.
- wellingtonia — (UK) A large coniferous tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum, from California.
- whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.
- white plague — tuberculosis, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
- williewaught — a substantial serving or swig of an alcoholic beverage
- woolgatherer — One who engages in woolgathering.
- zero tillage — no-tillage.
- zinc-plating — the process of covering something with a layer or coating of zinc