12-letter words containing l, o, g, u
- gulf of suez — the NW arm of the Red Sea: linked with the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal
- gutturonasal — articulated in the back of the mouth and given resonance in the nasal cavity, as the sound represented by (ng) in (ring).
- hallucinogen — a substance that produces hallucinations.
- hazel grouse — a European woodland grouse, Tetrastes bonasia, somewhat resembling the North American ruffed grouse.
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- heliogravure — photoengraving.
- heterologous — Biology. of different origin; pertaining to heterology.
- hillsborough — a town in W California.
- hologonidium — soredium.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- homologumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
- house league — a sports league in which the members of all teams belong to the same organization, school, or company
- house lights — lights of a residential building
- housing list — a list of people waiting to obtain council houses
- hugh loebner — (person) Dr. Hugh Gene Loebner, the instigator of the Loebner Prize in artificial intelligence. E-mail address: Hugh Loebner <[email protected]>.
- hygrophilous — a plant that thrives in wet or very moist ground.
- immunoglobin — (immunology, protein) Any protein that functions as an antibody.
- immunologist — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
- incoagulable — of a nature that cannot be coagulated
- inconcluding — (obsolete) Inferring no consequence.
- 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)
- ingloriously — In an inglorious manner.
- inosculating — Present participle of inosculate.
- isotopologue — (chemistry) any of a group of compounds only differing in their isotopic composition; for example water and heavy water.
- juan hidalgo — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.
- jugal furrow — (in certain insects) the crease, between the anal and jugal veins, along which the wing folds.
- jungle books — a series of jungle stories in two volumes (1894, 1895) by Rudyard Kipling.
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
- langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.
- languorously — characterized by languor; languid.
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- ligulifloral — having strap-shaped flowers
- lithophagous — swallowing or feeding on stones
- liturgiology — liturgics.
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- lodging turn — a period of work or duty, esp among railway workers, which involves sleeping away from home
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- logical unit — (networking) (LU) A primary component of SNA, an LU is a type of NAU that enables end users to communicate with each other and gain access to SNA network resources.
- logodaedalus — a person who uses words with skill or cunning
- long account — the account of a customer who buys securities or commodities on margin.
- long measure — Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
- long residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
- long-running — Something that is long-running has been in existence, or has been performed, for a long time.
- long-tongued — talking too much or too openly, especially of private or confidential matters; chattering; gossipy.