12-letter words containing l, a, y, g, e
- glycosylated — Simple past tense and past participle of glycosylate.
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- golden years — the years that follow retirement from work
- gradeability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- 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.
- gravity cell — a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.
- gregariously — fond of the company of others; sociable.
- grey wagtail — a greyish species of wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, found in temperate regions
- grey warbler — a small bush bird that hatches the eggs of the shining cuckoo
- 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.
- gully-washer — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- gullywashers — Plural form of gullywasher.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- hedge laying — the art or practice of making or maintaining a hedge by cutting branches partway through, laying them horizontally, and pegging them in position in order to create a strong thick hedge
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- highly rated — generally considered to be of high quality
- hygienically — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- hygrothermal — (physics) Of or pertaining to both humidity and temperature.
- hyperalgesia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- hyperlogical — reasoning in accordance with the principles of logic, as a person or the mind: logical thinking.
- hypermagical — produced by or as if by magic: The change in the appearance of the room was magical.
- hypoallergic — Hypoallergenic.
- hypoglycemia — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
- illegitimacy — the state or quality of being illegitimate.
- increasingly — growing larger or greater; enlarging; augmenting.
- interplaying — Present participle of interplay.
- irrefragably — In an irrefragable state or condition.
- irregularity — the quality or state of being irregular.
- judgmentally — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
- laryngealize — to pronounce with accompanying constriction of the larynx.
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
- laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
- lawyer's wig — the shaggy ink-cap
- lay siege to — attack
- leading lady — an actress who plays the principal female role in a motion picture or play.
- legal entity — a person or organization that can enter into contracts, and take part in legal action
- legal memory — a period of time, now usually established by statute, during which custom, conduct, or a state of affairs must have existed or continued in order for it to have taken on the force of law or to establish a legal right or title not otherwise provable.
- legal system — judicial structures and processes: law
- legitimately — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- liberatingly — In a liberating manner.
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- long gallery — a large gallery, found especially in the uppermost stories of Elizabethan and Jacobean manor houses, used as a family room and as a promenade.