12-letter words containing o, l, d, a, g
- hand-holding — the act of holding hands, especially as a sign or token of affection.
- headlongness — Headlong quality or speed; precipitateness.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
- hendecagonal — (geometry) Having eleven sides an angles; similar to a hendecagon.
- high and low — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- holding tank — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- hydrological — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- jane goodall — Jane, born 1934, English primatologist and zoologist.
- juan hidalgo — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.
- kingdom hall — a meeting place of Jehovah's Witnesses for religious services.
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- knowledgable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- ladder logic — (programming) Source code formatted in two columns with conditions on the left that lead to outputs on the right: if (c1) s1 else if (c2) s2 else if (c3) s3 ... (2007-03-15)
- lagging load — A lagging load is one where the phase of the current lags behind the phase of the voltage when supplied with an alternating voltage.
- land-holding — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
- landholdings — Plural form of landholding.
- langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.
- leading note — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
- leading role — prominent acting part
- leading tone — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
- ledger board — a horizontal board, as in a fence.
- leopard frog — a common North American green frog, Rana pipiens, having white-edged, dark oval spots on its back.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- loading coil — an inductance coil used to improve the characteristics of a transmission line.
- loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
- loggerheaded — Dull; stupid.
- logodaedalic — of or relating to plays on words and word tricks
- logodaedalus — a person who uses words with skill or cunning
- long-awaited — A long-awaited event or thing is one that someone has been waiting for for a long time.
- long-handles — long underwear.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- longitudinal — of or relating to longitude or length: longitudinal measurement.
- longstanding — existing or occurring for a long time: a longstanding feud.
- look daggers — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- lope de vega — Lope [loh-pey,, -pee;; Spanish law-pe] /ˈloʊ peɪ,, -pi;; Spanish ˈlɔ pɛ/ (Show IPA), (Lope Félix de Vega Carpio) 1562–1635, Spanish dramatist and poet.
- magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
- male bonding — the process by which two or more men or boys become emotionally attached to each another
- mcleod gauge — a device for determining very low gas pressures by manometrically measuring the pressure of a sample after its compression to a known fraction of its original volume.
- medico-legal — pertaining to medicine and law or to forensic medicine.
- megalocardia — hypertrophy of the heart.
- mekong delta — the delta of the Mekong River in Vietnam.
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- monkey gland — the testicle of an ape or monkey, said to have a revitalizing effect on humans when administered by grafting or adding the essence to the bloodstream
- moon landing — the act of landing on the moon