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12-letter words containing i, n, g, e, l, o

  • jelenia gora — a city in SW Poland, a historic mining center.
  • john gilmore — (person)   A noted Unix hacker who cofounded Usenet's anarchic alt.* newsgroup hierarchy with Brian Reid. He also worked on GDB. E-mail: John Gilmore <[email protected]>.
  • kremlinology — the study of the government of the former Soviet Union, especially the study of those factors governing its foreign affairs.
  • lake nipigon — a lake in central Canada, in NW Ontario, draining into Lake Superior via the Nipigon River. Area: 4843 sq km (1870 sq miles)
  • langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
  • langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.
  • leading note — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
  • leading role — prominent acting part
  • leading tone — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
  • leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
  • legalisation — Alternative spelling of legalization.
  • legalization — to make legal; authorize.
  • legionnaires — Plural form of legionnaire.
  • legislations — the act of making or enacting laws.
  • legitimation — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
  • let floating — (programming)   A program transformation used in functional programming to implement full laziness. E.g. the function f x = x + sqrt 4 can be expressed as f x = let t = sqrt 4 in x + t but note that t does not depend on the argument x so we can automatically transform this to t = sqrt 4 f x = x + t Making t into a global constant which need only be evaluated at most once, rather than every time f is called. The general idea is to float each subexpression as far out (toward the top level) as possible to maximise sharing.
  • letterboxing — Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
  • leveling rod — rod (def 19).
  • life goes on — You can say 'Life goes on' after mentioning something very sad to indicate that, although people are very upset or affected by it, they have to carry on living normally.
  • ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
  • line probing — A feature of some V.34 modems that will allow them to identify the capacity and quality of the phone line and adjust themselves to allow, for each individual connection, for maximum throughput using the highest possible data transmission rate.
  • line voltage — the voltage supplied by a power line, measured at the point of use.
  • linear logic — (theory)   A logic invented by Girard in 1987 that can be used in proofs related to resource usage.
  • lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
  • lithogenesis — (geology) The formation of sedimentary rock.
  • load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
  • locoregional — Restricted to a localized region of the body.
  • lodging knee — a knee reinforcing a hull horizontally, as at the ends of deck beams.
  • loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
  • loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
  • 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 residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
  • long-awaited — A long-awaited event or thing is one that someone has been waiting for for a long time.
  • long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.
  • long-termism — the tendency to focus attention on long-term gains
  • long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
  • long-wearing — Something that is long-wearing is strong and well made so that it lasts for a long time and stays in good condition even though it is used a lot.
  • longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
  • longipennate — (of birds) having long slender wings or feathers
  • longwindedly — Alternative spelling of long-windedly.
  • loosefitting — fitting loosely
  • louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
  • lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
  • lounge music — a type of popular music often including jazz, swing, and pop elements and played in cocktail lounges, piano bars, etc.
  • lowsing time — the time at which work or school finishes; knocking-off time
  • lysogenicity — the quality or condition of being lysogenic
  • 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.
  • magnetotails — Plural form of magnetotail.
  • magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
  • male bonding — the process by which two or more men or boys become emotionally attached to each another
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