12-letter words containing g, l, e, i, p
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- landing page — a web page that a user is directed to after clicking on an external hyperlink, often a page designed especially for marketing purposes: Their landing page asks for your email address and automatically enters you into a $1,000 cash drawing.
- leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
- ledger strip — a piece attached to the face of a beam at the bottom as a support for the ends of joists.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- life peerage — the title and rank of a life peer
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- line probing — A feature of some V.34 modems that will allow them to identify the capacity and quality of the phone line and adjust themselves to allow, for each individual connection, for maximum throughput using the highest possible data transmission rate.
- line spacing — (in a book, computer-produced document, etc) the spacing between lines of type
- linear graph — graph (def 2b).
- linear-graph — a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithographer — a person who works at lithography.
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- longipennate — (of birds) having long slender wings or feathers
- make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- megacephalic — macrocephalic.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- mispleadings — Plural form of mispleading.
- misspellings — Plural form of misspelling.
- mole mapping — the procedure of using a digital camera to record the positions and appearances of moles on a person's body so that regular checks will detect any changes that might lead to skin cancer
- morphologies — Plural form of morphology.
- multiplexing — having many parts or aspects: the multiplex problem of drug abuse.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
- night people — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- nondepleting — not depleting
- oligopeptide — A peptide whose molecules contain a relatively small number of amino-acid residues.
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
- oligopsonies — Plural form of oligopsony.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- optical grep — vgrep
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- overplotting — the provision of an excessively elaborate plot
- palaebiology — the study of fossil animals and plants
- palais glide — a dance with high kicks and gliding steps in which performers link arms in a row
- paleobiology — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
- paleological — the study of antiquities.
- paling-fence — Also called paling fence. picket fence.
- palingenesis — rebirth; regeneration.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- parallelling — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs
- parting line — the line at which two closed dies or two halves of a mold meet.
- passing bell — a bell tolled to announce a death or funeral.
- passing lane — a highway lane in which a driver may pass other vehicles legally.