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

  • ganglionated — gangliate.
  • gangliosides — Plural form of ganglioside.
  • garand rifle — M-1.
  • garden snail — Zoology
  • garlic bread — baguette toasted with garlic and butter
  • gas cylinder — container for storing gas
  • gay-friendly — welcoming to gay people
  • genetic load — the extent to which a population deviates from the theoretically fittest genetic constitution.
  • geodetically — pertaining to geodesy.
  • gesticulated — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
  • glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
  • glazing bead — a convex molding nailed against the edge of a pane of glass to hold it in place.
  • global index — (filename extension)   (gid) The filename extension of a Windows 95 "global index" file. .gid files are created by the help browser internal to Windows 95 (also available for other Windows versions) for WinHelp files (hlp), as well as for storing user preferences, such as window position.
  • glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
  • glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
  • glycosidases — Plural form of glycosidase.
  • gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
  • golden ratio — the ratio of two lengths, equal in value to (1 + √5)/2, and given by b/a = (b + a)/b; it is the reciprocal of the golden section and also equal to (1 + golden section)
  • 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.
  • 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 siècle — the 17th century in French art and literature, esp the classical period of Louis XIV
  • gravel-blind — more blind or dim-sighted than sand-blind and less than stone-blind.
  • griddlebread — bread or cake made on a griddle
  • griddlecakes — Plural form of griddlecake.
  • gutturalized — pronounced with guttural coarticulation.
  • hand-selling — a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
  • hard feeling — resentment; ill will
  • headlighting — The lighting associated with a headlight.
  • hedge garlic — an erect, cruciferous herb, Sisymbrium officinale, having a garlicky odor.
  • 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
  • heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
  • helping hand — aid; assistance: to give the destitute a helping hand.
  • hiding place — location where sb is concealed
  • highly rated — generally considered to be of high quality
  • hollingshead — Holinshed.
  • interdigital — Between the fingers or toes.
  • interlarding — Present participle of interlard.
  • irregardless — regardless.
  • 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)
  • landgraviate — the office, jurisdiction, or territory of a landgrave.
  • landgravines — Plural form of landgravine.
  • landing beam — a radio beam transmitted from a landing field to enable aircraft to make an instrument landing
  • landing gear — the wheels, floats, etc., of an aircraft, upon which it lands and moves on ground or water.
  • landing page — a web page that a user is directed to after clicking on an external hyperlink, often a page designed especially for marketing purposes: Their landing page asks for your email address and automatically enters you into a $1,000 cash drawing.
  • langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.
  • large-minded — having tolerant views or liberal ideas; broad-minded.
  • laser-guided — (of a missile, etc) guided with the use of a laser beam
  • late trading — trading carried out after the standard national exchanges have closed, and which is usually illegal
  • lateenrigged — having lateen sails.
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