12-letter words containing eg
- first degree — People who have gained a higher qualification after completing a basic university degree such as a BA or a BSc refer to that basic degree as their first degree.
- first-degree — of or relating to the lowest or first in a series.
- flegenheimer — Arthur ("Dutch Schultz") 1902–35, U.S. gangster.
- foregathered — Simple past tense and past participle of foregather.
- foregrounded — Simple past tense and past participle of foreground.
- geostrategic — Of, pertaining to, or using geostrategy.
- gobbledegook — language characterized by circumlocution and jargon, usually hard to understand: the gobbledegook of government reports.
- googleganger — a person with whom one shares one’s name, discovered when typing one’s name into an internet search engine
- goosegrasses — Plural form of goosegrass.
- gregarianism — the practice of living or clustering together in crowds or flocks
- gregariously — fond of the company of others; sociable.
- gregory viii — (Alberto de MoraorAlberto di Morra) died 1187, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1187.
- gregory xiii — (Ugo Buoncompagni) 1502–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1572–85, educator and innovator of the modern calendar.
- hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- hippo regius — a seaport of ancient Numidia: St. Augustine was bishop here a.d. 395–430; the site of modern Annaba, in Algeria.
- hiv-negative — not infected with the HIV virus
- illegalising — Present participle of illegalise.
- illegalities — Plural form of illegality.
- illegalizing — Present participle of illegalize.
- illegibility — not legible; impossible or hard to read or decipher because of poor handwriting, faded print, etc.: This letter is completely illegible.
- illegitimacy — the state or quality of being illegitimate.
- illegitimate — born of parents who are not married to each other; born out of wedlock: an illegitimate child.
- illegitimise — illegitimatize.
- illegitimize — illegitimatize.
- impregnating — Present participle of impregnate.
- impregnation — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- in regard to — to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
- integralness — Integrality.
- integrations — Plural form of integration.
- intercollege — intercollegiate.
- interregnums — Plural form of interregnum.
- intersegment — Between segments.
- irregardless — regardless.
- irregularity — the quality or state of being irregular.
- lay siege to — attack
- legal entity — a person or organization that can enter into contracts, and take part in legal action
- legal memory — a period of time, now usually established by statute, during which custom, conduct, or a state of affairs must have existed or continued in order for it to have taken on the force of law or to establish a legal right or title not otherwise provable.
- legal system — judicial structures and processes: law
- legal tender — currency that may be lawfully tendered in payment of a debt, such as paper money, Federal Reserve notes, or coins.
- legal weight — the weight of merchandise itself plus that of its immediate wrapping material but not of the outside shipping container: used especially in some Latin American countries for the purpose of assessing import duties.
- legalisation — Alternative spelling of legalization.
- legalization — to make legal; authorize.
- legionnaires — Plural form of legionnaire.
- legislations — the act of making or enacting laws.
- 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.
- legitimately — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
- legitimating — Present participle of legitimate.
- legitimation — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
- legitimatize — to make legitimate.