12-letter words containing g, l, a, t
- beacon light — a light signal for shipping
- belt highway — beltway (def 1).
- bengal light — a firework or flare that burns with a steady bright blue light, formerly used as a signal
- bengal tiger — a large tiger found in S. Asia
- biflagellate — having two flagella
- bilinguality — the ability to speak two languages fluently.
- billingsgate — the largest fish market in London, on the N bank of the River Thames; moved to new site at Canary Wharf in 1982 and the former building converted into offices
- black knight — a person or firm that makes an unwelcome takeover bid for a company
- black tongue — canine pellagra.
- blazing star — a North American liliaceous plant, Chamaelirium luteum, with a long spike of small white flowers
- blotting-pad — an object to one side of which a piece of blotting paper is attached for blotting text handwritten in ink
- blues guitar — blues guitar music
- boatbuilding — Boatbuilding is the craft or industry of making boats.
- boating lake — a lake in a park where rowing boats can be hired
- bonnet glass — monteith (def 2).
- bonnet-glass — a large punch bowl, usually of silver, having a notched rim for suspending punch cups.
- bootleg play — a play in which the quarterback pretends to hand the ball to a teammate, hides it by placing it next to his hip, and runs with it.
- 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.
- bottle glass — glass used for making bottles, consisting of a silicate of sodium, calcium, and aluminium
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
- breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
- bridge table — a square card table with folding legs.
- buffalo gnat — any of various small North American blood-sucking dipterous insects of the genus Simulium and related genera: family Simuliidae
- bull-baiting — the setting of dogs on a chained or confined bull, formerly a popular pastime in England
- cable length — a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
- cablecasting — relating to broadcasting by cable
- caliginosity — darkness
- call waiting — Call waiting is a telephone service that sends you a signal if another call arrives while you are already on the phone.
- calumniating — Present participle of calumniate.
- cape ortegal — a cape in NW Spain, projecting into the Bay of Biscay
- capital gain — the amount by which the selling price of a financial asset exceeds its cost
- capitalising — Present participle of capitalise.
- capitalizing — Present participle of capitalize.
- capitulating — Present participle of capitulate.
- card catalog — a file of cards of uniform size arranged in some definite order and listing the items in the collection of a library or group of libraries, each card typically identifying a single item.
- cardiologist — A cardiologist is a doctor who specializes in the heart and its diseases.
- cartological — relating to cartology
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- caster angle — the forward or backward tilt of the steering axis in a vehicle, when considered from the side
- catalog code — the principles, rules, and regulations for entering and describing books or other library material in a catalog.
- 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
- cathode glow — a luminous region between the Aston dark space and the Crookes dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- cattle egret — a small, white egret (Bubulcus ibis), an Old World bird that has expanded its range to North and South America: it often feeds on insects attracted to cattle and other grazing animals
- cattle guard — A cattle guard is the same as a cattle grid.
- centralising — Present participle of centralise.
- centralizing — Present participle of centralize.
- charge plate — an identification plate, especially one from which an impression can be taken, issued to a customer and used to make purchases on a credit basis.
- chlorinating — Present participle of chlorinate.
- chromatology — chromatics.