12-letter words containing t, e, l, g, r
- intervillage — occurring between two or more villages
- irregularity — the quality or state of being irregular.
- king vulture — a large, black-and-white vulture, Sarcorhamphus papa, of Central and South America, having colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on its head and neck.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- landgraviate — the office, jurisdiction, or territory of a landgrave.
- lantern gear — a gear mechanism including a lantern wheel.
- lantern ring — gland2 (def 1).
- large-format — of or relating to a camera with an image area of 5 inches by 4 inches or more
- largehearted — having or showing generosity; charitable; understanding.
- larval stage — Describes a period of monomaniacal concentration on coding apparently passed through by all fledgling hackers. Common symptoms include the perpetration of more than one 36-hour hacking run in a given week; neglect of all other activities including usual basics like food, sleep, and personal hygiene; and a chronic case of advanced bleary-eye. Can last from 6 months to 2 years, the apparent median being around 18 months. A few so afflicted never resume a more "normal" life, but the ordeal seems to be necessary to produce really wizardly (as opposed to merely competent) programmers. See also wannabee. A less protracted and intense version of larval stage (typically lasting about a month) may recur when one is learning a new OS or programming language.
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- laser tuning — a technique for adjusting a laser's output frequency to within a specific range, especially in semiconductors.
- late trading — trading carried out after the standard national exchanges have closed, and which is usually illegal
- lateenrigged — having lateen sails.
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- ledger plate — a strip of wood laid flat across the tops of studding as a support for joists.
- ledger strip — a piece attached to the face of a beam at the bottom as a support for the ends of joists.
- legal tender — currency that may be lawfully tendered in payment of a debt, such as paper money, Federal Reserve notes, or coins.
- 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.
- lending rate — The lending rate is the rate of interest that you have to pay when you are repaying a loan.
- lethargizing — Present participle of lethargize.
- letterboxing — Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
- letters page — the page in a newspaper or magazine containing letters sent to the editor by readers
- liberatingly — In a liberating manner.
- light bomber — a small airplane designed to carry light bomb loads relatively short distances, especially one having a gross loaded weight of less than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg).
- light breeze — a wind of 4–7 miles per hour (2–3 m/sec). Compare breeze1 (def 2).
- light bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- light-haired — having light-coloured hair
- lighter fuel — the fuel used in a cigarette or cigar lighter
- lighthearted — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- 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
- literalizing — Present participle of literalize.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithographer — a person who works at lithography.
- little egret — any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- little grebe — a small grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis, of the Old World.
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- 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-termism — the tendency to focus attention on long-term gains
- malt vinegar — acidic condiment made from malted barley
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- matrilineage — lineal descent traced through the female line.
- meeting rail — (in a double-hung window) the rail of each sash that meets a rail of the other when the window is closed.
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- mercy flight — an aircraft flight to bring a seriously ill or injured person to hospital from an isolated community
- mergenthaler — Ottmar [ot-mahr;; German awt-mahr] /ˈɒt mɑr;; German ˈɔt mɑr/ (Show IPA), 1854–99, U.S. inventor of the Linotype, born in Germany.
- metallograph — a microscope for observing the microstructure of metals.
- metallurgist — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.