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

  • sleepwalking — an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation.
  • sliding seat — a rower's seat that rides on wheels in metal tracks fastened to the boat's frame, allowing the seat to slide back and forth, thereby tapping the rower's leg strength to maximize the stroke.
  • sloganeering — Sloganeering is the use of slogans by people such as politicians or advertising agencies.
  • smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
  • specialising — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
  • speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
  • spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
  • staggeringly — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
  • stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
  • streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
  • stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
  • swine plague — hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.
  • synergically — in a synergic manner
  • tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
  • tale-telling — a telltale; talebearer.
  • talking head — Television Slang. a closeup picture of a person who is talking, especially as a participant in a talk show.
  • tangent line — tangent (def 4).
  • tangentially — pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent.
  • teetotalling — of or relating to, advocating, or pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink.
  • tell against — If a feature or characteristic tells against someone, it spoils their chance of success when they are being considered for something, for example a job.
  • the galilean — an epithet of Jesus Christ
  • tidal energy — energy obtained by harnessing tidal power
  • 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).
  • tragelaphine — of or relating to a tragelaph
  • tragicalness — the quality or state of being tragic
  • trying plane — a plane with a long body for planing the edges of long boards
  • 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.
  • unassignable — not able to be transferred
  • unbridgeable — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
  • uncognizable — capable of being perceived or known.
  • uncollegiate — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
  • unconcealing — not concealing or hiding anything; revealing
  • underlapping — to extend partly under.
  • undersealing — the process of applying a coating of underseal to a motor vehicle
  • undervaluing — to value below the real worth; put too low a value on.
  • unecological — the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
  • unflattering — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
  • unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
  • ungalvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
  • unglamorized — not glamorized
  • unguiculated — clawed, clawlike
  • unimaginable — capable of being imagined or conceived.
  • unimpugnable — not capable of being challenged or criticized
  • unmeaningful — not meaningful; without significance.
  • unnegotiable — capable of being negotiated: a negotiable salary demand.
  • unpleasingly — in an unpleasing manner
  • unprevailing — lacking force, not effective
  • unwaveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
  • unwearyingly — in an unwearying manner
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