11-letter words containing i, g, l
- limnologist — A specialist in limnology.
- linebacking — the act of forming a second line of defence, close to the linesman
- linecasting — the casting of an entire line of type in a slug.
- lingenberry — The lingonberry.
- lingeringly — In a lingering manner, persistently, tending to remain.
- lingonberry — mountain cranberry.
- linguaphile — a language and word lover.
- linguistics — the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics.
- lip molding — a bead surrounding the opening of a drawer.
- lip-reading — the reading or understanding, as by a deaf person, of spoken words from the movements of another's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- lipofilling — the surgical transfer of fat removed by liposuction to areas of the body that need filling out.
- lipogenesis — (biochemistry) The biochemical production of fat, especially the conversion of carbohydrate into fat so that it may be stored as a long-term source of energy when food is scarce.
- liquid gold — a suspension of finely divided gold in a vegetable oil, used chiefly for gilding ceramic ware.
- liquidating — Present participle of liquidate.
- liquidising — Present participle of liquidise.
- lithogenous — of or relating to organisms, as coral, that secrete stony deposits.
- lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
- lithography — the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing.
- lithologist — One who studies lithology.
- litigations — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
- litigatious — (rare) litigious.
- litigiously — In a litigious manner.
- little game — deceitful plan, scheme
- little gull — a small, Old World gull, Larus minutus.
- living bank — a facility in which donated human organs or tissues are preserved for subsequent transplantation.
- living dead — people who are very dull and boring
- living hell — If you describe a place or situation as a living hell, you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant.
- living room — a room in a home used, especially by a family, for leisure activities, entertaining guests, etc.; parlor.
- living soul — person
- living unit — a dwelling intended for use by one household.
- living wage — a wage on which it is possible for a wage earner or an individual and his or her family to live at least according to minimum customary standards.
- living will — a document instructing physicians, relatives, or others to refrain from the use of extraordinary measures, as life-support equipment, to prolong one's life in the event of a terminal illness.
- livingstone — David, 1813–73, Scottish missionary and explorer in Africa.
- loading arm — A loading arm is a flexible piping unit that loads and unloads liquids and gases.
- loading bay — dock where cargo is loaded
- log-rolling — If you accuse politicians of log-rolling, you mean that they make private agreements with each other, so that, for example, they give each other help or vote for each other's bills.
- logagraphia — inability to express ideas in writing
- logarithmic — pertaining to a logarithm or logarithms.
- logic array — an arrangement of circuitry on a mass-produced microchip permitting the chip to be easily customized for a specific application.
- logic level — the voltage level representing one or zero in an electronic logic circuit
- logic model — A logic model is a method of calculating how likely it is that something unwanted will happen.
- logical sum — union (def 10a).
- logicalness — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- logistician — a person who is skilled in symbolic logic.
- logocentric — 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.
- logographic — of, relating to, or using logograms.
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- logomachist — One who starts fights about the meaning of words.
- logorrhoeic — Alternative form of logorrheic.
- loiteringly — in a loitering manner