12-letter words containing o, l, d, g
- 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.
- high-colored — deep in color; vivid.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- holding tank — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- hologonidium — soredium.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- hood molding — a molding or dripstone over a door or window.
- hornswoggled — Simple past tense and past participle of hornswoggle.
- hydrobiology — the study of aquatic organisms.
- hydrocooling — the process or technique of arresting the ripening of fruits and vegetables after harvesting by immersion in ice water.
- hydroecology — The study of support systems in wetlands such as the interactions between water and wildlife habitats.
- hydrogeology — the science dealing with the occurrence and distribution of underground water.
- hydrological — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hydrologists — Plural form of hydrologist.
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- inconcluding — (obsolete) Inferring no consequence.
- indigenously — originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.
- indologenous — producing or causing the production of indole.
- isle of dogs — a district in the East End of London, bounded on three sides by the River Thames, and a focus of major office development (Canary Wharf) in recent years
- 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.
- knightlihood — Quality of being knightly.
- 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.
- leveling rod — rod (def 19).
- lifting body — an aircraft or spacecraft configuration in which there are no wings, and lift is obtained by aerodynamic forces on its body.
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
- light-footed — stepping lightly or nimbly; light of foot; nimble.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- linking word — A linking word is a word which shows a connection between clauses or sentences. 'However' and 'so' are linking words.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lloyd george — David, 1st Earl of Dwyfor [doo-vawr] /ˈdu vɔr/ (Show IPA), 1863–1945, British statesman: prime minister 1916–22.
- 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
- lodging knee — a knee reinforcing a hull horizontally, as at the ends of deck beams.