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

  • latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
  • late trading — trading carried out after the standard national exchanges have closed, and which is usually illegal
  • lateenrigged — having lateen sails.
  • latent image — an invisible image, produced on a sensitized emulsion by exposure to light, that will emerge in development.
  • laue diagram — a diffraction pattern used to study crystal structure, consisting of symmetrically arranged spots obtained when a beam of x-rays, electrons, or neutrons is passed through a thin crystal and exposes a photographic plate.
  • laughing gas — nitrous oxide.
  • law-breaking — Law-breaking is any kind of illegal activity.
  • lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
  • lawn bowling — a game played with wooden balls on a level, closely mowed green having a slight bias, the object being to roll one's ball as near as possible to a smaller white ball at the other end of the green. Also called bowls, bowling on the green. Compare bowl2 (def 2), bowling green, jack1 (def 7), rink (def 5).
  • lawyer's wig — the shaggy ink-cap
  • lay siege to — attack
  • le gallienne — Eva, 1899–91, U.S. actress and producer, born in England.
  • 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
  • leading edge — Aeronautics. the edge of an airfoil or propeller blade facing the direction of motion.
  • leading lady — an actress who plays the principal female role in a motion picture or play.
  • leading mark — either of two conspicuous objects regarded as points on a line (leading line) upon which a vessel can sail a safe course.
  • leading note — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
  • leading rein — a rein used to lead a horse
  • leading role — prominent acting part
  • leading tone — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
  • leading wind — a wind abeam or on the quarter, especially one strong enough to be a good sailing wind.
  • leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
  • leave-taking — a saying farewell; a parting or goodbye; departure: His leave-taking was brief.
  • legal entity — a person or organization that can enter into contracts, and take part in legal action
  • legal weight — the weight of merchandise itself plus that of its immediate wrapping material but not of the outside shipping container: used especially in some Latin American countries for the purpose of assessing import duties.
  • legalisation — Alternative spelling of legalization.
  • legalization — to make legal; authorize.
  • legionnaires — Plural form of legionnaire.
  • legislations — the act of making or enacting laws.
  • legislatures — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
  • 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.
  • lending rate — The lending rate is the rate of interest that you have to pay when you are repaying a loan.
  • 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.
  • lethargizing — Present participle of lethargize.
  • lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
  • liberalising — Present participle of liberalise.
  • liberalizing — Present participle of liberalize.
  • liberatingly — In a liberating manner.
  • life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
  • life peerage — the title and rank of a life peer
  • life savings — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
  • lifting sail — a sail that when filled tends to raise the hull of a ship or boat (opposed to driving sail).
  • light cannon — a particularly powerful torch, spotlight, or searchlight
  • light-haired — having light-coloured hair
  • light-handed — short-handed.
  • light-headed — giddy, dizzy, or delirious: After two drinks Pat began to feel lightheaded.
  • lighthearted — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
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