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12-letter words containing l, a, g, i

  • gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
  • gradeability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
  • gradeflation — grade inflation.
  • gradualistic — Of or pertaining to gradualism.
  • grallatorial — belonging or pertaining to the wading birds, as the snipes, cranes, storks, and herons, many species of which have very long legs.
  • gram calorie — calorie (def 1a). Abbreviation: g-cal.
  • grand finale — the concluding portion of a performance or entertainment, as a musical show, rodeo, etc., usually spectacular and involving most or all of the prior participants.
  • grand island — a city in S Nebraska.
  • grand siècle — the 17th century in French art and literature, esp the classical period of Louis XIV
  • granulations — Plural form of granulation.
  • granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
  • grape family — the plant family Vitaceae, characterized by woody climbing vines with tendrils, having alternate, simple or compound leaves, and bearing clusters of small flowers and berries, and including Boston ivy, grape, grape ivy, and Virginia creeper.
  • graphologist — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
  • grass family — the large plant family Gramineae (or Poaceae), characterized by mostly herbaceous but sometimes woody plants with hollow and jointed stems, narrow sheathing leaves, petalless flowers borne in spikelets, and fruit in the form of seedlike grain, and including bamboo, sugar cane, numerous grasses, and cereal grains such as barley, corn, oats, rice, rye, and wheat.
  • gratifyingly — In a manner that gratifies.
  • gratuitously — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
  • gratulations — a feeling of joy.
  • gravel-blind — more blind or dim-sighted than sand-blind and less than stone-blind.
  • gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
  • gravity cell — a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.
  • great circle — a circle on a spherical surface such that the plane containing the circle passes through the center of the sphere. Compare small circle.
  • great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
  • gregariously — fond of the company of others; sociable.
  • grey wagtail — a greyish species of wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, found in temperate regions
  • griddlebread — bread or cake made on a griddle
  • griddlecakes — Plural form of griddlecake.
  • grimaldi man — a type of Aurignacian man having a negroid appearance, thought to be a race of Cro-Magnon man
  • grimsel pass — an Alpine pass in S Switzerland. 7159 feet (2184 meters) high.
  • grindability — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
  • grizzly bear — a large North American brown bear, Ursus (arctos) horribilis, with coarse, gray-tipped brown fur, once widespread in the western part of the continent as far south as northern Mexico but now restricted to some regions of Alaska, western Canada, and the U.S. Rocky Mountains: a threatened species except in Alaska.
  • grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
  • guadalquivir — a river in S Spain, flowing W to the Gulf of Cádiz. 374 miles (602 km) long.
  • guilty party — the person or people responsible for an offence or misdeed
  • gulf of riga — a large deep bay on the Baltic Sea
  • gulf of siam — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
  • gutturalized — pronounced with guttural coarticulation.
  • h paul grice — H(erbert) Paul, 1913–88, English philosopher.
  • habilitating — Present participle of habilitate.
  • hagiological — Relating to hagiology.
  • haircoloring — dye or tint for the hair.
  • half binding — a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
  • half landing — a landing halfway up a flight of stairs
  • half-binding — a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
  • half-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
  • half-turning — split spindle.
  • hallucinogen — a substance that produces hallucinations.
  • halogenating — Present participle of halogenate.
  • halogenation — (chemistry) The reaction of a halogen with something, especially the replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a halogen one.
  • hamartiology — the doctrine of sin in Christian theology
  • hand-holding — the act of holding hands, especially as a sign or token of affection.
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