12-letter words containing i, l, d, s, g
- griddlecakes — Plural form of griddlecake.
- guide fossil — index fossil.
- hand-selling — a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
- high hurdles — a race in which runners leap over hurdles 42 inches (107 cm) high.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- hydrologists — Plural form of hydrologist.
- indigenously — originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.
- indigestible — not digestible; not easily digested.
- indologenous — producing or causing the production of indole.
- indulgencies — indulgence.
- irregardless — regardless.
- isle of dogs — a district in the East End of London, bounded on three sides by the River Thames, and a focus of major office development (Canary Wharf) in recent years
- land sailing — the sport or activity of driving wheeled sail-powered vehicles across land, esp beaches or dry lakes
- landgravines — Plural form of landgravine.
- landholdings — Plural form of landholding.
- landing ship — any of various ships designed for transporting troops and heavy equipment in amphibious warfare, capable of making assault landings directly onto a beach.
- laser-guided — (of a missile, etc) guided with the use of a laser beam
- leading case — a case that is regarded as having settled a particular point of law; a case that is used as guidance for legal decisions
- ledger strip — a piece attached to the face of a beam at the bottom as a support for the ends of joists.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- liquid glass — any of several clear, white, or greenish water-soluble compounds of formulas varying in ratio from Na 2 O⋅3.75SiO 2 to 2Na 2 O⋅SiO 2 : used chiefly in dyeing, printing, and fireproofing textiles and in the manufacture of paper products and cement.
- long residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
- long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- longstanding — existing or occurring for a long time: a longstanding feud.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
- marginalised — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- middlingness — Quality of being middling.
- milking shed — a building in which a herd of cows is milked
- misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
- misleadingly — In a misleading manner.
- mispleadings — Plural form of mispleading.
- mud-slinging — an attempt to discredit one's competitor, opponent, etc., by malicious or scandalous attacks.
- nosebleeding — bleeding emanating from the nose
- odontologist — the science dealing with the study of the teeth and their surrounding tissues and with the prevention and cure of their diseases.
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.
- palais glide — a dance with high kicks and gliding steps in which performers link arms in a row
- pig islander — a New Zealander
- poison gland — a gland in some fish and amphibians that secretes venomous material
- prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.
- prodigiously — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- public goods — services such as national defence, law enforcement, and road building, that are for the benefit of, and available to, all members of the public
- radical sign — the symbol √ or indicating extraction of a root of the quantity that follows it, as √25=5 or .
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- sailboarding — windsurfing.