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12-letter words containing s, a, l, g

  • ligurian sea — a part of the Mediterranean between Corsica and the NW coast of Italy.
  • limacologist — a person who specialises in the study of slugs
  • line spacing — (in a book, computer-produced document, etc) the spacing between lines of type
  • linguistical — (not in technical use) linguistic.
  • lip-smacking — tasty, mouth-watering
  • lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
  • liquid glass — any of several clear, white, or greenish water-soluble compounds of formulas varying in ratio from Na 2 O⋅3.75SiO 2 to 2Na 2 O⋅SiO 2 : used chiefly in dyeing, printing, and fireproofing textiles and in the manufacture of paper products and cement.
  • lithophagous — swallowing or feeding on stones
  • living space — home: rooms, etc.
  • loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
  • loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
  • loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
  • logistically — of or relating to logistics.
  • logodaedalus — a person who uses words with skill or cunning
  • long measure — Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
  • long-handles — long underwear.
  • long-lasting — enduring or existing for a long period of time: a long-lasting friendship.
  • long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
  • longirostral — (of birds) having a long beak
  • longshoreman — a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
  • 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.
  • loose change — money in the form of coins suitable for small expenditures
  • los angeleno — Angeleno (def 1).
  • louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
  • ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
  • lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
  • lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
  • macroglossia — Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
  • magnet steel — steel used for the manufacture of permanent magnets, often having a high cobalt content and smaller amounts of nickel, aluminium, or copper
  • magnetotails — Plural form of magnetotail.
  • magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
  • mailing list — a list of addresses to which mail, especially advertisements, can be sent.
  • malacologist — A person who studies molluscs, who specializes in malacology.
  • malignancies — Plural form of malignancy.
  • mallophagous — of or relating to any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga
  • manila grass — a compact, shade-tolerant, turf-forming grass, Zoysia matrella, of southeastern Asia, having stiff leaves and flowering spikelets.
  • manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
  • 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.
  • marginal sea — water that lies alongside a state, falls under its authority, and extends about 3½ statute miles (6 kilometers) from the coast.
  • marginalised — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
  • marginalises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marginalise.
  • marginalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marginalize.
  • marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
  • mass mailing — sending a bulk e-mail
  • megamillions — Plural form of megamillion.
  • melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
  • melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
  • metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
  • metallurgist — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
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