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12-letter words containing l, y, n, e

  • flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
  • flying wedge — a fast-moving group of law-enforcement officers in a compact, wedge-shaped formation that can infiltrate crowds or protect someone effectively.
  • forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
  • forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
  • forehandedly — Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
  • forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
  • foreseeingly — by way of foreseeing
  • fourteenthly — in (the) fourteenth place
  • fragmentally — fragmentary.
  • fraternality — Brotherliness.
  • fraudulently — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
  • french-style — French-cut.
  • frenetically — In a frenetic manner.
  • frightenedly — thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
  • funeral pyre — bonfire for cremation
  • galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
  • gangliectomy — (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
  • gas cylinder — container for storing gas
  • gay-friendly — welcoming to gay people
  • geelvink bay — former (Dutch) name of Sarera Bay.
  • gene library — a collection of gene clones that represents the genetic material of an organism: used in genetic engineering
  • generability — capable of being generated or produced.
  • generatively — capable of producing or creating.
  • geosynclinal — Geology. pertaining to a synclinal fold that involves a relatively large part of the earth's surface.
  • geosynclines — Plural form of geosyncline.
  • get anyplace — to have any success
  • glimmeringly — a faint or unsteady light; glimmer.
  • glisteningly — In a glistening manner.
  • glitteringly — In a glittering manner.
  • glossy snake — a nocturnal burrowing snake, Arizona elegans, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico, having smooth, glistening scales of tan with brown blotches.
  • glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
  • glycogenesis — the formation of glycogen from monosaccharides in the body, especially glucose.
  • glycogenetic — of or relating to the formation of sugar in the liver.
  • glycogenosis — any of several inherited disorders of glycogen metabolism that result in excess accumulation of glycogen in various organs of the body.
  • glycoprotein — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
  • glyndebourne — an estate in SE England, in East Sussex: site of a famous annual festival of opera founded in 1934 by John Christie
  • god's plenty — an abundant or overabundant quantity.
  • golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
  • golden years — the years that follow retirement from work
  • granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
  • groundlessly — In a groundless manner; without justification.
  • grovellingly — With grovelling or self-abasement; obsequiously.
  • gynecologist — a physician specializing in gynecology. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn.
  • haematoxylin — Alternative spelling of hematoxylin.
  • haematoxylon — any thorny leguminous tree of the genus Haematoxylon, esp the logwood, of tropical America and SW Africa. The heartwood yields the dye haematoxylin
  • half-century — a period of 100 years.
  • halfway line — a line across a sports field, such as a football pitch, that divides the playing area into two equal areas and is equidistant between the two goals
  • hansa yellow — a pigment derived from coal tar, characterized chiefly by its brilliant yellow color.
  • headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
  • hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
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