12-letter words containing l, i, e, g, o
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
- speleologist — the exploration and study of caves.
- spot welding — fusing metal
- stegophilist — a person who enjoys climbing up the outside of buildings
- stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
- stockingless — not wearing or having stockings
- stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
- stool pigeon — a pigeon used as a decoy.
- storytelling — the telling or writing of stories.
- stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
- strobe light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strobe-light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strongsville — a town in N Ohio.
- sub-religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- synecologist — a student of, or expert in, synecology
- tattie-bogle — a scarecrow
- technologies — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
- technologist — a person who specializes in technology.
- technologize — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
- teetotalling — of or relating to, advocating, or pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink.
- teleological — of or relating to teleology, the philosophical doctrine that final causes, design, and purpose exist in nature.
- teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
- the good oil — true or reliable facts, information, etc
- through-line — a theme or idea that runs from the beginning to the end of a book, film, etc
- to the gills — the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
- toggle joint — any of various devices consisting basically of a rod that can be inserted into an object and then manipulated so that the inserted part spreads, becomes offset, or turns at a right angle to the exterior part, allowing it to be used as a support, handle, linkage, lever, etc.
- tone dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein tones of differing pitch corresponding to the digits in the number called are electronically generated by manipulating pushbuttons (contrasted with pulse dialing).
- triple bogey — a score of three strokes over par on a hole.
- un-ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- unapologetic — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- unbecomingly — detracting from one's appearance, character, or reputation; unattractive or unseemly: an unbecoming hat; unbecoming language.
- uncognizable — capable of being perceived or known.
- uncollegiate — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- uncompelling — tending to compel, as to force or push toward a course of action; overpowering: There were compelling reasons for their divorce.
- unconcealing — not concealing or hiding anything; revealing
- undercooling — Chemistry. to cool less than necessary for a given process or purpose. to supercool.
- unecological — the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
- unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- unglamorized — not glamorized
- unlovingness — an unloving quality or character
- unnegotiable — capable of being negotiated: a negotiable salary demand.
- urinogenital — genitourinary.
- urobilinogen — a colourless substance produced by bacterial degradation of the bile pigment bilirubin in the intestine and which produces urobilin when oxidized
- vaginicoline — living in a sheath
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- vegetational — all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole: the vegetation of the Nile valley.
- velo binding — a technique for binding books or documents that uses a narrow plastic strip along the length of the front and back binding edges and plastic pegs to attach the strips through holes punched in the pages.
- vexillologic — of or relating to vexillology