13-letter words containing i, g, l, a
- landing strip — airstrip.
- lane markings — white lines on the road that mark lanes
- languishingly — In a languishing manner.
- laramie range — a mountain range in N Colorado and SE Wyoming. Highest peak, Laramie Peak, 9020 feet (2749 meters).
- large calorie — kilocalorie.
- laryngologist — A person who studies or specializes in laryngology; a subspeciality of otorhinolaryngology.
- 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.
- lasik surgery — laser surgery to correct short sight
- late-blooming — of or characteristic of a late bloomer: late-blooming brilliance.
- lateen-rigged — having lateen sails.
- laughing gull — a North American gull, Larus atricilla, having a high, laughlike call.
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- launching pad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- leading block — lead block.
- leading light — an important or influential person: a leading light of the community.
- leading reins — straps or a harness and strap used to assist and control a child who is learning to walk
- leaf gelatine — gelatine in the form of thin sheets
- leafleteering — The printing and distribution of leaflets, especially as propaganda.
- leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
- legal fiction — an acceptance of something as true, for the sake of convenience; legal pretence
- legal holiday — a public holiday established by law, during which certain work, government business, etc., is restricted.
- legionary ant — army ant
- legislatively — By legislation, by the method of enacting laws.
- legislatorial — of or relating to a legislator, legislature, or legislation; legislative.
- legitimatized — Simple past tense and past participle of legitimatize.
- legume family — the large plant family Leguminosae (or Fabaceae), typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, trees, and vines having usually compound leaves, clusters of irregular, keeled flowers, and fruit in the form of a pod splitting along both sides, and including beans, peas, acacia, alfalfa, clover, indigo, lentil, mesquite, mimosa, and peanut.
- leigh-mallory — Sir Trafford Leigh [traf-erd lee] /ˈtræf ərd li/ (Show IPA), 1892–1944, British Air Force officer.
- lethargically — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- letterspacing — the amount of space between each letter in a word, or the adjustment of this amount of space
- leucaemogenic — leukemogenic
- leukaemogenic — relating to the development of leukaemia, or causing leukaemia
- lexicographer — a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary.
- lexicographic — Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).
- lexicological — the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words.
- lexigraphical — Misspelling of lexicographical.
- li hung-chang — 1823–1901, Chinese statesman.
- life-changing — having major impact on sb
- lift a finger — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- light mineral — any rock-forming mineral that has a specific gravity of less than 2.8 and is generally light in color.
- light quantum — photon.
- light railway — a transport system using small trains or trams, often serving parts of a large metropolitan area
- light reading — reading which is not considered too demanding or intellectual
- light therapy — therapeutic exposure to full-spectrum artificial light that simulates sunlight, used to treat various conditions, as seasonal affective disorder.
- light-hearted — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- lightfastness — The quality of being lightfast.
- lightheadedly — In a lightheaded manner.
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper