13-letter words containing g, r, o, a
- kangaroo care — a method of caring for a premature baby in which the baby is periodically held against a parent's bare chest.
- kangaroo code — spaghetti code
- kangaroo vine — an Australian vine, Cissus antarctica, of the grape family, having shiny, leathery leaves.
- karaoke night — a social occasion when karaoke sessions are held for entertainment, often in a pub or bar
- kernel parlog — (language) A modeless intermediate language for Parlog compilation.
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- king's ransom — an extremely large amount of money: The painting was sold for a king's ransom.
- komodo dragon — the largest monitor lizard, Varanus komodoensis, of Komodo and other East Indian islands: grows to a length of 3 m (about 10 ft) and a weight of 135 kilograms (about 300 lbs.)
- labiogression — location of the anterior teeth forward of their natural position.
- labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- lake maggiore — a lake in N Italy and S Switzerland, in the S Lepontine Alps
- lake sturgeon — a sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers.
- lambda prolog — (language) An extension of standard Prolog defined by Dale A. Miller and Gopalan Nadathur in 1986, in which terms are strongly typed lambda terms. Clauses are higher order hereditary Harrop formulas. The main novelties are universal quantification on goals and implication. The Prolog/Mali compiler compiles Lambda Prolog for the MALI abstract memory system. Mailing list: [email protected]
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- large calorie — kilocalorie.
- laryngectomee — someone who has had a laryngectomy
- laryngologist — A person who studies or specializes in laryngology; a subspeciality of otorhinolaryngology.
- laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- laser cooling — a technique using laser light to cool atoms to a very low temperature by removing momentum from the particles.
- lauroyl group — the monovalent organic group C 12 H 23 O–, derived from lauric acid.
- leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- leapfrog test — a diagnostic technique using arithmetic or logical operations in a routine to manage the capacity of storage media, transfer data, and check the results.
- leather goods — products made of animal skin
- legal process — court procedure
- legionary ant — army ant
- legislatorial — of or relating to a legislator, legislature, or legislation; legislative.
- leigh-mallory — Sir Trafford Leigh [traf-erd lee] /ˈtræf ərd li/ (Show IPA), 1892–1944, British Air Force officer.
- lexicographer — a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary.
- lexicographic — Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).
- linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
- lipogrammatic — of or relating to a lipogram
- lithographing — Present participle of lithograph.
- loan-sharking — the practice of lending money at exorbitant or illegal interest rates
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- logical truth — the property of being logically tautologous
- logogrammatic — Of or pertaining to logograms; logographic.
- losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- lounge around — to pass time idly and indolently.
- lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
- love triangle — relationship between three people
- lump of sugar — lump1 (def 4).
- luxembourgian — of or relating to Luxembourg, its people, or their language.
- lymphographic — of or relating to lymphography
- macro-segment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- macrodiagonal — the longer of two diagonals
- macroglobulin — A plasma globulin of high molecular weight.
- macroorganism — an organism that can be seen with the naked eye.