12-letter words containing l, u, n, g
- blueprinting — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
- bluesnarfing — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to steal contact details, ring tones, images, etc from another
- bluestocking — A bluestocking is an intellectual woman.
- boatbuilding — Boatbuilding is the craft or industry of making boats.
- bodybuilding — Bodybuilding is the activity of doing special exercises regularly in order to make your muscles grow bigger.
- bougainville — an island in the W Pacific, in Papua New Guinea: the largest of the Solomon Islands: unilaterally declared independence in 1990; occupied by government troops in 1992, and granted autonomy in 2001. Chief town: Kieta. Area: 10 049 sq km (3880 sq miles)
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
- bounce light — Also, bounce lighting. light that is bounced off a reflective surface onto the subject in order to achieve a softer lighting effect.
- buccolingual — of or relating to the cheek and tongue.
- buffalo gnat — any of various small North American blood-sucking dipterous insects of the genus Simulium and related genera: family Simuliidae
- bull-baiting — the setting of dogs on a chained or confined bull, formerly a popular pastime in England
- bullfighting — Bullfighting is the public entertainment in which people try to kill bulls in bullfights.
- bundle buggy — a shopping cart, usually one owned by the shopper rather than one provided by the store.
- bush singlet — a black woollen singlet often worn by farm labourers
- buttonholing — the hole, slit, or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured.
- calumniating — Present participle of calumniate.
- camouflaging — Present participle of camouflage.
- capitulating — Present participle of capitulate.
- caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
- ch-ien--lung — (Kao Tsung) 1711–99, Chinese emperor of the Ch'ing dynasty 1736–96.
- chirurgeonly — in the manner of a surgeon
- cip language — language> (CIP-L, Computer-aided Intuition-guided Programming Language) A wide-spectrum language for incremental program transformation. There are ALGOL- and Pascal-like variants.
- cirl bunting — a European passerine bird Emberiza cirlus, of the bunting family Emberizidae
- clangorously — In a clangorous manner; ringingly.
- clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
- coal-burning — fuelled by burning coal
- come unglued — If something comes unglued, it becomes separated from the thing that it was attached to.
- concurringly — In a concurring manner; concurrently.
- configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- conglobulate — to form into a globe or ball
- conglutinant — (of the edges of a wound or fracture) promoting union; adhesive
- conglutinate — to cause (the edges of a wound or fracture) to join during the process of healing or (of the edges of a wound or fracture) to join during this process
- congratulant — expressing congratulation
- congratulate — If you congratulate someone, you say something to show you are pleased that something nice has happened to them.
- congruential — (mathematics) That uses congruency (division by a modulus).
- conqueringly — in a conquering manner
- contagiously — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- contiguously — touching; in contact.
- continuingly — to go on after suspension or interruption: The program continued after an intermission.
- coral fungus — any of a group of brightly colored fungi having erect, branching fruiting bodies that resemble coral.
- counterlight — a light opposite something, such as a painting, that negatively affects the appearance of that object
- court ruling — a decision made by a court
- cryoglobulin — an abnormal immunoglobulin, present in the blood in certain diseases, that precipitates below about 10°C, obstructing small blood vessels in the fingers and toes
- cunnilingist — Alt form cunnilinguist.
- curling iron — A curling iron is a metal device, resembling scissors, that you heat and use to form curls in your hair.
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- cutting tool — A cutting tool is a pointed tool mounted in a machine tool and used for cutting materials.
- cycling tour — a holiday involving a tour of an area or region by bicycle
- dak bungalow — (in India, formerly) a house where travellers on a dak route could be accommodated
- daughterling — a small daughter