12-letter words containing g, r, i, s, l, e
- griddlecakes — Plural form of griddlecake.
- grimsel pass — an Alpine pass in S Switzerland. 7159 feet (2184 meters) high.
- griseofulvin — an antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , obtained from a species of Penicillium, used in the treatment of ringworm and other fungous infections of the skin.
- grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
- hash-slinger — a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- hearing loss — diminished ability to hear
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- hell-raising — behaviour which causes trouble
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- heortologist — a person who studies heortology
- high hurdles — a race in which runners leap over hurdles 42 inches (107 cm) high.
- higher still — a system of post-Standard Grade qualifications offered at five levels including Higher and Advanced Higher
- highlighters — Plural form of highlighter.
- highschooler — (US) A student at a high school.
- hyperalgesia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- increasingly — growing larger or greater; enlarging; augmenting.
- integralness — Integrality.
- interlacings — Plural form of interlacing.
- interlinings — Plural form of interlining.
- intermingles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intermingle.
- irish gaelic — Irish (def 4).
- irregardless — regardless.
- klipspringer — a small, agile African antelope, Oreotragus oreotragus, of mountainous regions from the Cape of Good Hope to Ethiopia.
- lammergeiers — Plural form of lammergeier.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- landgravines — Plural form of landgravine.
- laser tuning — a technique for adjusting a laser's output frequency to within a specific range, especially in semiconductors.
- laser-guided — (of a missile, etc) guided with the use of a laser beam
- lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
- lawyer's wig — the shaggy ink-cap
- ledger strip — a piece attached to the face of a beam at the bottom as a support for the ends of joists.
- legionnaires — Plural form of legionnaire.
- legislatures — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
- liberalising — Present participle of liberalise.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- ligurian sea — a part of the Mediterranean between Corsica and the NW coast of Italy.
- list renting — the practice of renting a list of potential customers to a direct-mail seller of goods or to the fundraisers of a charity
- loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
- 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.
- long residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
- long-termism — the tendency to focus attention on long-term gains
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- marginal sea — water that lies alongside a state, falls under its authority, and extends about 3½ statute miles (6 kilometers) from the coast.
- marginalised — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marginalises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marginalise.
- marginalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marginalize.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- metallurgist — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.