12-letter words containing g, l, e, s
- telegraphese — a style of writing or speaking distinguished by the omissions, abbreviations, and combinations that are characteristic of telegrams, as in “ expect arrive six evening. ”.
- teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
- tell against — If a feature or characteristic tells against someone, it spoils their chance of success when they are being considered for something, for example a job.
- the struggle — the radical and armed opposition to apartheid, esp by the military wings of the ANC and the PAC
- the-sea-gull — a play (1896) by Anton Chekhov.
- theologaster — a person who pretends to be a theologian; a shallow or quack theologian
- thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
- to the gills — the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
- tragicalness — the quality or state of being tragic
- unassignable — not able to be transferred
- undersealing — the process of applying a coating of underseal to a motor vehicle
- undesignedly — in an undesigned manner
- undigestible — indigestible.
- ungenerously — in an ungenerous manner
- ungentleness — the condition of being ungentle
- unlovingness — an unloving quality or character
- unpleasingly — in an unpleasing manner
- unsettlingly — in an unsettling or worrying manner
- unslumbering — not sleeping
- unswervingly — to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
- valve spring — a helical spring used to hold closed a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- vengefulness — desiring or seeking vengeance; vindictive: a vengeful attitude.
- vernal grass — any of various Eurasian grasses of the genus Anthoxanthum, such as A. odoratum (sweet vernal grass), having the fragrant scent of coumarin
- viewing lens — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
- visual angle — the angle subtended by an object at the lens of the eye
- visual range — Meteorology. visibility (def 3).
- vso language — a type of language that has basic verb-subject-object word order, as Welsh, classical Arabic, or Tagalog.
- wages policy — a government policy setting wages and wage increases for workers, for example, setting minimum wage requirements
- walk on eggs — the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- washing line — cord for hanging laundry to dry
- watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
- weatherglass — any of various instruments, as a barometer or a hygroscope, designed to indicate the state of the atmosphere.
- weightlessly — Whilst weightless; without weight.
- well-wishing — a person who wishes well to another person, a cause, etc.
- wheelwrights — Plural form of wheelwright.
- whisperingly — In a whispering manner; quietly.
- wigglesworth — Michael, 1631–1705, U.S. theologian and author, born in England.
- wineglassful — the capacity of a wineglass, typically containing four to six fluid ounces.
- wishing well — a well or pool of water supposed to grant the wish of one who tosses a coin into it.
- womb-leasing — bearing a child on behalf of a couple unable to have a child; surrogacy
- wranglership — (at Cambridge University) the position of a wrangler
- wrongfulness — unjust or unfair: a wrongful act; a wrongful charge.
- yellow pages — Network Information Service