12-letter words containing n, a, g, u, i
- inexpugnable — incapable of being taken by force; impregnable; unconquerable.
- ingurgitated — Simple past tense and past participle of ingurgitate.
- ingurgitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingurgitate.
- inosculating — Present participle of inosculate.
- interlingual — pertaining to or using two or more languages: an interlingual dictionary.
- intralingual — within a given language; of or pertaining to a single language.
- invert sugar — a mixture of the dextrorotatory forms of glucose and fructose, formed naturally in fruits and produced artificially in syrups or fondants by treating cane sugar with acids.
- ivy geranium — a trailing geranium, Pelargonium peltatum, of southern Africa, having a fleshy stem that becomes woody with age, glossy, ivy-shaped leaves, and clusters of flowers ranging from white to deep rose in color.
- jaunting car — a light, two-wheeled, one-horse cart, once common in Ireland, having two seats set back to back, with a perch in front for the driver.
- juan hidalgo — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.
- juggling act — If you say that a situation is a juggling act, you mean that someone is trying to do two or more things at once, and that they are finding it difficult to do those things properly.
- jugular vein — vein that carries blood from head to heart
- jumping bean — the seed of any of certain Mexican plants of the genera Sebastiania and Sapium, of the spurge family: the movements of a moth larva inside the seed cause it to move about or jump.
- jumping hare — springhare.
- jumping jack — a toy consisting of a jointed figure that is made to jump, move, or dance by pulling a string or stick attached to it.
- jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
- jury-packing — the practice of contriving that the majority of those chosen for a jury will be persons likely to have partialities affecting a particular case.
- k'ang yu-wei — 1858–1927, Chinese scholar and reformer.
- kim dae jung — 1925–2009, president of South Korea 1998–2003.
- kinchinjunga — Kanchenjunga.
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- laguna hills — a city in SW California.
- langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
- langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- lark bunting — a finch, Calamospiza melanocorys, of the western U.S., the male of which is black with a large, white patch on each wing.
- laser tuning — a technique for adjusting a laser's output frequency to within a specific range, especially in semiconductors.
- laughing gas — nitrous oxide.
- lignum vitae — either of two tropical American trees, Guaiacum officinale or G. sanctum, of the caltrop family, having very hard, heavy wood.
- ligurian sea — a part of the Mediterranean between Corsica and the NW coast of Italy.
- lingua geral — a lingua franca based on Tupi and spoken in the Amazon basin of South America.
- linguistical — (not in technical use) linguistic.
- 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.
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- longitudinal — of or relating to longitude or length: longitudinal measurement.
- louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- magic number — the atomic number or neutron number of an exceptionally stable nuclide.
- magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
- magnus hitch — a knot similar to a clove hitch but taking one more turn around the object to which the line is being bent; rolling hitch.
- mailing tube — an elongated cylinder of cardboard, used for mailing rolled-up papers, magazines, etc.
- maneuverings — Plural form of maneuvering.
- manipulating — Present participle of manipulate.
- manoeuvering — Present participle of manoeuver.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- masturbating — Present participle of masturbate.
- meaningfully — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.