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

  • 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.
  • glacial meal — finely ground rock material produced by the grinding action of a glacier on its bed.
  • glacier milk — water flowing in a stream from the snout of a glacier and containing particles of rock
  • glossematics — a school of linguistic analysis developed by Louis Hjelmslev (1899–1965) in Copenhagen in the 1930s based on the study of the distribution of glossemes.
  • gram calorie — calorie (def 1a). Abbreviation: g-cal.
  • grape family — the plant family Vitaceae, characterized by woody climbing vines with tendrils, having alternate, simple or compound leaves, and bearing clusters of small flowers and berries, and including Boston ivy, grape, grape ivy, and Virginia creeper.
  • gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
  • grimsel pass — an Alpine pass in S Switzerland. 7159 feet (2184 meters) high.
  • haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
  • heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
  • hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
  • hellgrammite — the aquatic larva of a dobsonfly, used as bait in fishing.
  • hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
  • hypermagical — produced by or as if by magic: The change in the appearance of the room was magical.
  • hypoglycemia — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
  • illegitimacy — the state or quality of being illegitimate.
  • illegitimate — born of parents who are not married to each other; born out of wedlock: an illegitimate child.
  • inline image — (web)   An image that appears within the body of a web page. Most graphical web browsers display images inline (with an option to turn off inline images, to speed up the display of web pages). Other image formats may have to be displayed in a separate window and/or by another application program. An inline image in a web page is specified with the HTML tag, which can take many attributes, the most important of which is the SRC attribute that gives the URL from which to fetch the image. The ALT attribute gives text to display in place of the image for users with images disabled or who are using text-only browsers or text-to-speech convertors (e.g. blind users).
  • lammergeiers — Plural form of lammergeier.
  • lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
  • landing beam — a radio beam transmitted from a landing field to enable aircraft to make an instrument landing
  • languishment — the act or state of languishing.
  • large-minded — having tolerant views or liberal ideas; broad-minded.
  • latent image — an invisible image, produced on a sensitized emulsion by exposure to light, that will emerge in development.
  • laue diagram — a diffraction pattern used to study crystal structure, consisting of symmetrically arranged spots obtained when a beam of x-rays, electrons, or neutrons is passed through a thin crystal and exposes a photographic plate.
  • leading mark — either of two conspicuous objects regarded as points on a line (leading line) upon which a vessel can sail a safe course.
  • legitimately — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
  • legitimating — Present participle of legitimate.
  • legitimation — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
  • legitimatize — to make legitimate.
  • lignum vitae — either of two tropical American trees, Guaiacum officinale or G. sanctum, of the caltrop family, having very hard, heavy wood.
  • line manager — immediate supervisor
  • magic bullet — something that cures or remedies without causing harmful side effects: So far there is no magic bullet for economic woes.
  • magic circle — the British association of magicians, traditionally forbidden to reveal any of the secrets of their art
  • maginot line — a zone of heavy defensive fortifications erected by France along its eastern border in the years preceding World War II, but outflanked in 1940 when the German army attacked through Belgium.
  • magnetically — By or as by, magnetism.
  • magnetizable — susceptible to magnetization.
  • magnetotails — Plural form of magnetotail.
  • magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
  • mail gateway — (messaging)   A machine that connects two or more electronic mail systems (including dissimilar mail systems) and transfers messages between them. Sometimes the mapping and translation can be quite complex, and it generally requires a store and forward scheme whereby the message is received from one system completely before it is transmitted to the next system, after suitable translations.
  • mail merging — a software facility that can produce a large number of personalized letters by combining a file containing a list of names and addresses with one containing a single standard document
  • mailing tube — an elongated cylinder of cardboard, used for mailing rolled-up papers, magazines, etc.
  • make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
  • male bonding — the process by which two or more men or boys become emotionally attached to each another
  • malignancies — Plural form of malignancy.
  • malt vinegar — acidic condiment made from malted barley
  • managerially — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
  • marginal sea — water that lies alongside a state, falls under its authority, and extends about 3½ statute miles (6 kilometers) from the coast.
  • marginalised — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
  • marginalises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marginalise.
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