12-letter words containing p, l, i, g
- lake nipigon — a lake in central Canada, in NW Ontario, draining into Lake Superior via the Nipigon River. Area: 4843 sq km (1870 sq miles)
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- landing flap — a flap in the undersurface of the trailing edge of an aircraft wing, capable of being moved downward to increase either lift or drag or both, as for landing. Compare split flap (def 1).
- landing page — a web page that a user is directed to after clicking on an external hyperlink, often a page designed especially for marketing purposes: Their landing page asks for your email address and automatically enters you into a $1,000 cash drawing.
- landing ship — any of various ships designed for transporting troops and heavy equipment in amphibious warfare, capable of making assault landings directly onto a beach.
- leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
- ledger strip — a piece attached to the face of a beam at the bottom as a support for the ends of joists.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- life peerage — the title and rank of a life peer
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- 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 spacing — (in a book, computer-produced document, etc) the spacing between lines of type
- linear graph — graph (def 2b).
- 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.
- lip-smacking — tasty, mouth-watering
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithographer — a person who works at lithography.
- lithographic — Of, relating to, or produced by lithography.
- lithophagous — swallowing or feeding on stones
- living proof — sb whose existence is evidence of sth
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
- long-playing — of or relating to microgroove records devised to be played at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute.
- longipennate — (of birds) having long slender wings or feathers
- looping mill — a rolling mill for bar stock, wire, and the like, having the successive stands side by side so that the metal forms a loop in passing from stand to stand.
- lymphangioma — a benign tumor composed of dilated and newly formed lymph vessels.
- lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
- lyophilizing — Present participle of lyophilize.
- magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
- make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- manipulating — Present participle of manipulate.
- mansplaining — (informal, pejorative) The act of condescendingly explaining something, particularly by a man to a female listener in order to appear knowledgable or from a mistaken presumption that she has an inferior understanding of the topic.
- margin plank — a plank forming a border for wooden decking.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- megacephalic — macrocephalic.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- milk pudding — a hot or cold pudding made by boiling or baking milk with a grain, esp rice
- mispleadings — Plural form of mispleading.
- misspellings — Plural form of misspelling.
- mole mapping — the procedure of using a digital camera to record the positions and appearances of moles on a person's body so that regular checks will detect any changes that might lead to skin cancer
- monopolising — Present participle of monopolise.
- monopolizing — to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
- monotriglyph — (in the Doric order) any intercolumniation having one whole triglyph.
- morphologies — Plural form of morphology.
- morphologist — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- multipathing — (computing) A network facility providing fault tolerance and load-spreading for network interface cards, each interface being assigned a static
- multiplexing — having many parts or aspects: the multiplex problem of drug abuse.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.