11-letter words containing g, l, e, c
- indulgences — Plural form of indulgence.
- influencing — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- insectology — entomology.
- interlacing — Present participle of interlace.
- jacklighter — a person who hunts or fishes at night with the aid of a jacklight.
- joe college — a personification of a typical male U.S. college student, especially in the 1930s.
- judge lynch — the personification of lynch law.
- jungle cock — the male of the jungle fowl.
- king closer — a brick of regular length and thickness, used in building corners, having a long bevel from a point on one side to one about halfway across the adjacent end.
- la camargue — a delta region in S France, between the channels of the Grand and Petit Rhône: cattle, esp bulls for the Spanish bullrings, and horses are reared
- langue d'oc — the Romance language of medieval southern France: developed into modern Provençal.
- languescent — becoming languid
- large black — a heavy black breed of pig with long lop ears: used for crossbreeding
- large-scale — very extensive or encompassing; of great scope: a large-scale business plan.
- late charge — a penalty charge in addition to the regularly scheduled payment, as of a loan, if such payment has not been made when due.
- league city — a town in S Texas.
- lechuguilla — a semidesert plant, Agave lecheguilla, of Mexico, having a basal rosette of sharply pointed leaves and a very tall flower spike, grown as an ornamental.
- legacy code — legacy system
- legacy duty — estate tax; inheritance tax
- legal costs — the costs of a court action; the judge decides which side should pay them
- lethargical — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- levoglucose — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- lexigraphic — Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.
- leydig cell — any of the interstitial cells of the testes that produce androgens.
- lichenology — the branch of biology that studies lichens.
- lifecasting — The creation of a three-dimensional copy of a living body by means of molding and casting techniques.
- light cream — sweet cream with less butterfat than heavy cream.
- light curve — a graph showing variations in brightness of celestial objects over time.
- light-faced — (of type) having a weight of type characterized by light thin lines
- linebacking — the act of forming a second line of defence, close to the linesman
- linecasting — the casting of an entire line of type in a slug.
- logic level — the voltage level representing one or zero in an electronic logic circuit
- logic model — A logic model is a method of calculating how likely it is that something unwanted will happen.
- logicalness — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- logocentric — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- logorrhoeic — Alternative form of logorrheic.
- long splice — a splice for forming a united rope narrow enough to pass through a block, made by unlaying the ends of two ropes for a considerable distance, overlapping the strands so as to make pairs of one strand from each rope, unlaying one of each pair, twisting the other strand into its place in the united rope, and tucking the yarns of the unlaid strand separately into place.
- luckengowan — a daisy or other flower having petals drawn together similar to a bud
- luminescing — Present participle of luminesce.
- lung cancer — malignant disease affecting the lungs
- magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- magic spell — incantation or curse
- maledicting — Present participle of maledict.
- mecklenburg — a former state in NE Germany, formed in 1934 from two states (Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz)
- medicolegal — pertaining to medicine and law or to forensic medicine.
- megacephaly — macrocephalic.
- megalomanic — Afflicted by megalomania.
- meningocele — a protrusion of the meninges through an opening in the skull or spinal column, forming a bulge or sac filled with cerebrospinal fluid.
- mesopelagic — of, relating to, or living in the ocean at a depth of between 600 feet (180 meters) and 3000 feet (900 meters).