12-letter words containing s, i, g
- legislatures — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
- legitimising — Present participle of legitimise.
- legitimistic — inclined towards, or relating to, the opinions of legitimists
- lexicologist — the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words.
- liberalising — Present participle of liberalise.
- life goes on — You can say 'Life goes on' after mentioning something very sad to indicate that, although people are very upset or affected by it, they have to carry on living normally.
- life savings — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifting sail — a sail that when filled tends to raise the hull of a ship or boat (opposed to driving sail).
- light switch — lever or knob for controlling a light
- light-struck — (of a film or the like) damaged by accidental exposure to light.
- lightweights — Plural form of lightweight.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- 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 fishing — the activity and sport of fishing using a line
- line segment — segment (def 2b).
- 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.
- 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
- lithogenesis — (geology) The formation of sedimentary rock.
- lithophagous — swallowing or feeding on stones
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- living trust — a trust that takes effect during the lifetime of the settlor.
- loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
- lobotomising — Present participle of lobotomise.
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- logistically — of or relating to logistics.
- 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-lasting — enduring or existing for a long period of time: a long-lasting friendship.
- 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.
- longirostral — (of birds) having a long beak
- longstanding — existing or occurring for a long time: a longstanding feud.
- loosefitting — fitting loosely
- louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
- 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.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- lugubriosity — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- lugubriously — In a lugubrious manner.
- lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
- lysogenicity — the quality or condition of being lysogenic