12-letter words containing n, i, g, e, l
- light client — thin client
- light engine — a railway locomotive in motion without drawing any carriages or wagons
- light-handed — short-handed.
- light-minded — having or showing a lack of serious purpose, attitude, etc.; frivolous; trifling: to be in a light-minded mood.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- 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.
- line dancing — to participate in a line dance.
- line drawing — a drawing done exclusively in line, providing gradations in tone entirely through variations in width and density.
- line fishing — the activity and sport of fishing using a line
- line manager — immediate supervisor
- line probing — A feature of some V.34 modems that will allow them to identify the capacity and quality of the phone line and adjust themselves to allow, for each individual connection, for maximum throughput using the highest possible data transmission rate.
- line segment — segment (def 2b).
- line spacing — (in a book, computer-produced document, etc) the spacing between lines of type
- line voltage — the voltage supplied by a power line, measured at the point of use.
- linear graph — graph (def 2b).
- linear logic — (theory) A logic invented by Girard in 1987 that can be used in proofs related to resource usage.
- linear-graph — a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
- linebreeding — a form of inbreeding directed toward keeping the offspring closely related to a superior ancestor.
- lingua geral — a lingua franca based on Tupi and spoken in the Amazon basin of South America.
- linking verb — copula (def 2).
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- list renting — the practice of renting a list of potential customers to a direct-mail seller of goods or to the fundraisers of a charity
- literalizing — Present participle of literalize.
- lithogenesis — (geology) The formation of sedimentary rock.
- living death — a completely miserable, joyless existence, experience, situation, etc.; ordeal: He found the steaming jungle a living death.
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- locoregional — Restricted to a localized region of the body.
- lodging knee — a knee reinforcing a hull horizontally, as at the ends of deck beams.
- loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- logocentrism — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- long residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
- long-awaited — A long-awaited event or thing is one that someone has been waiting for for a long time.
- long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.
- long-termism — the tendency to focus attention on long-term gains
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- long-wearing — Something that is long-wearing is strong and well made so that it lasts for a long time and stays in good condition even though it is used a lot.
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- longipennate — (of birds) having long slender wings or feathers
- longwindedly — Alternative spelling of long-windedly.
- loosefitting — fitting loosely
- louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- lounge music — a type of popular music often including jazz, swing, and pop elements and played in cocktail lounges, piano bars, etc.
- lowsing time — the time at which work or school finishes; knocking-off time
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- lysogenicity — the quality or condition of being lysogenic
- 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.