12-letter words containing l, i, n, e, a, r
- generational — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- generatively — capable of producing or creating.
- genital wart — one of a cluster of warts occurring in the genital and anal areas and spread mainly by sexual contact, sometimes affecting the cervix in women and associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer.
- geocentrical — Alternative form of geocentric.
- germanophile — a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.
- giant killer — sb who defeats a larger opponent
- giant-killer — A giant-killer is a sportsman, sportswoman, or team that unexpectedly beats a much stronger opponent.
- gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- 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)
- gonfaloniers — Plural form of gonfalonier.
- 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.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- hairlessness — The condition or quality of being hairless.
- hand-deliver — to deliver in person or by messenger.
- hard feeling — resentment; ill will
- harlequinade — a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part.
- harmonizable — That can be harmonized.
- hash-slinger — a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
- hearing loss — diminished ability to hear
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- hell-raising — behaviour which causes trouble
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hinterlander — One who lives in the hinterland.
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- ian maclaren — James Dewey, born 1928, U.S. biologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1962.
- iceland spar — a transparent variety of calcite that is double-refracting and is used as a polarizer.
- ill-mannered — having bad or poor manners; impolite; discourteous; rude.
- immensurable — immeasurable.
- impardonable — (obsolete) unpardonable.
- impenetrable — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- impenetrably — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- impersonally — In an impersonal manner.
- imponderable — not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
- impressional — a strong effect produced on the intellect, feelings, conscience, etc.
- imprisonable — capable of being imprisoned or incarcerated
- in a flutter — agitated, flustered
- in rehearsal — being prepared for public performance
- in the clear — free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
- in-goal area — the area between the goal-line and the dead-ball line
- inaccurately — In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.
- inapparently — in an inapparent manner