12-letter words containing i, l, e, g, t, m
- inveiglement — to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- latent image — an invisible image, produced on a sensitized emulsion by exposure to light, that will emerge in development.
- legitimately — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
- legitimating — Present participle of legitimate.
- legitimation — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
- legitimatize — to make legitimate.
- legitimising — Present participle of legitimise.
- legitimistic — inclined towards, or relating to, the opinions of legitimists
- legitimizing — Present participle of legitimize.
- light bomber — a small airplane designed to carry light bomb loads relatively short distances, especially one having a gross loaded weight of less than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg).
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
- light-minded — having or showing a lack of serious purpose, attitude, etc.; frivolous; trifling: to be in a light-minded mood.
- lignum vitae — either of two tropical American trees, Guaiacum officinale or G. sanctum, of the caltrop family, having very hard, heavy wood.
- line segment — segment (def 2b).
- 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-termism — the tendency to focus attention on long-term gains
- lowsing time — the time at which work or school finishes; knocking-off time
- magic bullet — something that cures or remedies without causing harmful side effects: So far there is no magic bullet for economic woes.
- maginot line — a zone of heavy defensive fortifications erected by France along its eastern border in the years preceding World War II, but outflanked in 1940 when the German army attacked through Belgium.
- magnetically — By or as by, magnetism.
- magnetizable — susceptible to magnetization.
- magnetotails — Plural form of magnetotail.
- magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
- mail gateway — (messaging) A machine that connects two or more electronic mail systems (including dissimilar mail systems) and transfers messages between them. Sometimes the mapping and translation can be quite complex, and it generally requires a store and forward scheme whereby the message is received from one system completely before it is transmitted to the next system, after suitable translations.
- mailing tube — an elongated cylinder of cardboard, used for mailing rolled-up papers, magazines, etc.
- malt vinegar — acidic condiment made from malted barley
- matrilineage — lineal descent traced through the female line.
- meeting rail — (in a double-hung window) the rail of each sash that meets a rail of the other when the window is closed.
- megalecithal — having a large amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- mental image — sth imagined
- mercy flight — an aircraft flight to bring a seriously ill or injured person to hospital from an isolated community
- metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
- metabolizing — Present participle of metabolize.
- metallogenic — relating to metallogeny
- metallurgist — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- meteorologic — Relating to meteorology; meteorological.
- meterologist — Misspelling of meteorologist.
- metrological — the science of weights and measures.
- middle eight — the third contrasting eight-bar section of a 32-bar pop song
- middleweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a welterweight and a light heavyweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 160 pounds (72.5 kg).
- milking time — the time at which a cow is milked
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.
- misalignment — improperly aligned.
- multi-garnet — A better constraint system for Garnet. Version 2.1 by Michael Sannella <[email protected]>.
- multimegaton — (of a nuclear weapon) having several megatons of explosive power
- multiplexing — having many parts or aspects: the multiplex problem of drug abuse.