12-letter words containing l, e, a, g, r, o
- grapple shot — a grapnellike projectile fired from a gun and used as a hold for the end of a line in rescue operations or in kedging.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- green-collar — noting or pertaining to workers, jobs, or businesses that are involved in protecting the environment or solving environmental problems.
- gregariously — fond of the company of others; sociable.
- grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
- ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- hazel grouse — a European woodland grouse, Tetrastes bonasia, somewhat resembling the North American ruffed grouse.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hearing loss — diminished ability to hear
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
- heliographer — (obsolete) Photographer.
- heliographic — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- heliogravure — photoengraving.
- hygrothermal — (physics) Of or pertaining to both humidity and temperature.
- hyperlogical — reasoning in accordance with the principles of logic, as a person or the mind: logical thinking.
- hypoallergic — Hypoallergenic.
- in-goal area — the area between the goal-line and the dead-ball line
- interrogable — capable of being interrogated
- jelenia gora — a city in SW Poland, a historic mining center.
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- 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)
- ladder logic — (programming) Source code formatted in two columns with conditions on the left that lead to outputs on the right: if (c1) s1 else if (c2) s2 else if (c3) s3 ... (2007-03-15)
- large-format — of or relating to a camera with an image area of 5 inches by 4 inches or more
- 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.
- leading role — prominent acting part
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- leapfroggers — Plural form of leapfrogger.
- leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
- ledger board — a horizontal board, as in a fence.
- 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.
- legionnaires — Plural form of legionnaire.
- leopard frog — a common North American green frog, Rana pipiens, having white-edged, dark oval spots on its back.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- linear logic — (theory) A logic invented by Girard in 1987 that can be used in proofs related to resource usage.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithographer — a person who works at lithography.
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- locoregional — Restricted to a localized region of the body.
- loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
- loggerheaded — Dull; stupid.
- 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.
- long measure — Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
- 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.
- longshoreman — a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.