12-letter words containing g, l, e, c
- lawrenceburg — a town in S Tennessee.
- leading case — a case that is regarded as having settled a particular point of law; a case that is used as guidance for legal decisions
- league match — a match played between teams in a league (as opposed to an international game)
- legitimistic — inclined towards, or relating to, the opinions of legitimists
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- lexicologist — the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words.
- light client — thin client
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
- line dancing — to participate in a line dance.
- line spacing — (in a book, computer-produced document, etc) the spacing between lines of type
- linear logic — (theory) A logic invented by Girard in 1987 that can be used in proofs related to resource usage.
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- locoregional — Restricted to a localized region of the body.
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- logocentrism — 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.
- logodaedalic — of or relating to plays on words and word tricks
- long clothes — dress-like garments formerly worn by a baby
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- loose change — money in the form of coins suitable for small expenditures
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- lounge music — a type of popular music often including jazz, swing, and pop elements and played in cocktail lounges, piano bars, etc.
- luggage rack — shelf for baggage on a train
- lysogenicity — the quality or condition of being lysogenic
- magic bullet — something that cures or remedies without causing harmful side effects: So far there is no magic bullet for economic woes.
- magic circle — the British association of magicians, traditionally forbidden to reveal any of the secrets of their art
- magnetically — By or as by, magnetism.
- malignancies — Plural form of malignancy.
- mcleod gauge — a device for determining very low gas pressures by manometrically measuring the pressure of a sample after its compression to a known fraction of its original volume.
- medicalizing — Present participle of medicalize.
- medico-legal — pertaining to medicine and law or to forensic medicine.
- megacephalic — macrocephalic.
- megalecithal — having a large amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- megalocardia — hypertrophy of the heart.
- megalomaniac — a person afflicted with megalomania.
- mercy flight — an aircraft flight to bring a seriously ill or injured person to hospital from an isolated community
- metallogenic — relating to metallogeny
- metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.
- meteorologic — Relating to meteorology; meteorological.
- metrological — the science of weights and measures.
- michelangelo — (Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
- microblogger — to post very short entries, as a brief update or a photo, on a blog or social media website: A lot of people were microblogging during the crisis.
- microecology — the ecology of a microhabitat.
- microlending — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- middle congo — former name of the People's Republic of the Congo.
- miracle drug — wonder drug.
- mischallenge — an improper challenge
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- muir glacier — a glacier in SE Alaska, flowing SE from Mt. Fairweather into Glacier Bay. About 350 sq. mi. (905 sq. km).
- museological — Pertaining to museology.
- name-calling — the use of abusive names to belittle or humiliate another person in a political campaign, an argument, etc.