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12-letter words containing l, i, e, g, o

  • hollingshead — Holinshed.
  • holmes light — a canister, attached to a life buoy or float, containing calcium carbonate and calcium phosphide, which ignite spontaneously on contact with the water, emitting conspicuous fire and smoke.
  • homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
  • house lights — lights of a residential building
  • hyperlogical — reasoning in accordance with the principles of logic, as a person or the mind: logical thinking.
  • hypoallergic — Hypoallergenic.
  • hypoglycemia — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
  • hypoglycemic — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
  • in-goal area — the area between the goal-line and the dead-ball line
  • incoagulable — of a nature that cannot be coagulated
  • incognizable — Not cognizable; incapable of being recognised.
  • incorrigible — not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
  • indigenously — originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.
  • indologenous — producing or causing the production of indole.
  • ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
  • intercollege — intercollegiate.
  • interlocking — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
  • interrogable — capable of being interrogated
  • isle of dogs — a district in the East End of London, bounded on three sides by the River Thames, and a focus of major office development (Canary Wharf) in recent years
  • isotopologue — (chemistry) any of a group of compounds only differing in their isotopic composition; for example water and heavy water.
  • jelenia gora — a city in SW Poland, a historic mining center.
  • john gilmore — (person)   A noted Unix hacker who cofounded Usenet's anarchic alt.* newsgroup hierarchy with Brian Reid. He also worked on GDB. E-mail: John Gilmore <[email protected]>.
  • kremlinology — the study of the government of the former Soviet Union, especially the study of those factors governing its foreign affairs.
  • 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)
  • lake nipigon — a lake in central Canada, in NW Ontario, draining into Lake Superior via the Nipigon River. Area: 4843 sq km (1870 sq miles)
  • langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
  • langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.
  • lay siege to — attack
  • leading note — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
  • leading role — prominent acting part
  • leading tone — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
  • leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
  • legalisation — Alternative spelling of legalization.
  • legalization — to make legal; authorize.
  • legionnaires — Plural form of legionnaire.
  • legislations — the act of making or enacting laws.
  • legitimation — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
  • 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.
  • letterboxing — Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
  • leveling rod — rod (def 19).
  • lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
  • lexicologist — the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words.
  • life goes on — You can say 'Life goes on' after mentioning something very sad to indicate that, although people are very upset or affected by it, they have to carry on living normally.
  • light bomber — a small airplane designed to carry light bomb loads relatively short distances, especially one having a gross loaded weight of less than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg).
  • light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
  • light-footed — stepping lightly or nimbly; light of foot; nimble.
  • ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
  • line probing — A feature of some V.34 modems that will allow them to identify the capacity and quality of the phone line and adjust themselves to allow, for each individual connection, for maximum throughput using the highest possible data transmission rate.
  • line voltage — the voltage supplied by a power line, measured at the point of use.
  • linear logic — (theory)   A logic invented by Girard in 1987 that can be used in proofs related to resource usage.
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