12-letter words that end in l
- franked mail — official mail sent by members of Congress, the vice president, and other authorized officials. Compare frank1 (defs 6–9).
- free on rail — (of a consignment of goods) delivered to a railway station and loaded onto a train without charge to the buyer
- free radical — an atom or molecule that bears an unpaired electron and is extremely reactive, capable of engaging in rapid chain reactions that destabilize other molecules and generate many more free radicals: in the body, deactivated by antioxidants, uric acid, and certain enzyme activities.
- free-for-all — a fight, argument, contest, etc., open to everyone and usually without rules.
- freezer foil — a type of tinfoil used to wrap food that is to be frozen
- full frontal — showing the entire front: full-frontal nudity.
- full-frontal — showing the entire front: full-frontal nudity.
- gaff topsail — Also called fore-and-aft topsail. a jib-headed fore-and-aft sail set above a gaff.
- gaff-topsail — Also called fore-and-aft topsail. a jib-headed fore-and-aft sail set above a gaff.
- garbological — Of or relating to garbology.
- garden snail — Zoology
- gastric mill — a gizzard in decapod crustaceans, as lobsters, crabs, and shrimps, having an arrangement of teeth and small bones for grinding food and bristles for filtering small particles.
- gastrodermal — the inner cell layer of the body of an invertebrate.
- genealogical — a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
- general will — (in the philosophy of Rousseau) the source of legitimate authority residing in the collective will as contrasted with individual interests
- generational — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- geobotanical — of or relating to geobotany
- geocentrical — Alternative form of geocentric.
- geographical — of or relating to geography.
- geopolitical — the study or the application of the influence of political and economic geography on the politics, national power, foreign policy, etc., of a state.
- geopotential — the difference between the potential energy of a mass at a given altitude and the potential energy of an identical mass at sea level, equivalent to the energy required to move the mass from sea level to the given altitude.
- geosynclinal — Geology. pertaining to a synclinal fold that involves a relatively large part of the earth's surface.
- geotechnical — of or relating to practical applications of geological science in civil engineering, mining, etc.
- giant fennel — a plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, having feathery leaves and umbels of small, yellow flowers.
- give sb hell — If you say that something is giving you hell, you are emphasizing that it is causing you a lot of trouble or pain.
- glacial meal — finely ground rock material produced by the grinding action of a glacier on its bed.
- gladiatorial — of or relating to gladiators or to their combats.
- glamour girl — a girl or woman whose appearance or lifestyle is considered glamorous by popular standards.
- glenohumeral — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the glenoid fossa and the humerus.
- glockenspiel — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated steel bars mounted in a frame and struck with hammers, used especially in bands.
- governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
- grallatorial — belonging or pertaining to the wading birds, as the snipes, cranes, storks, and herons, many species of which have very long legs.
- gravity cell — a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.
- great laurel — a tall shrub, Rhododendron maximum, of eastern North America, having rose-pink flowers.
- great vassal — (in feudal society) a man who entered into a personal relationship with a king to whom he paid homage and fealty in return for protection and often a fief.
- grey wagtail — a greyish species of wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, found in temperate regions
- ground level — ground state.
- guide fossil — index fossil.
- gutturonasal — articulated in the back of the mouth and given resonance in the nasal cavity, as the sound represented by (ng) in (ring).
- habitational — a place of residence; dwelling; abode.
- hagiological — Relating to hagiology.
- haikwan tael — the customs unit in China, which is the basis for other local taels, equal to 1.20666 troy ounces of fine silver.
- hair removal — depilatory treatment
- hammer drill — a rock drill operated by compressed air in which the boring bit is not attached to the reciprocating piston
- hanging wall — Mining. the underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore. Compare footwall (def 1).
- harbour seal — a common earless seal, Phoca vitulina, that is greyish-black with paler markings: found off the coasts of North America, N Europe, and NE Asia
- hardy annual — a plant that can withstand freezing temperatures and which completes its life cycle within a year
- has no equal — If you say that someone or something has no equal, you think that there is nothing that is as good as them or that reaches the same standard.
- hazelnut oil — an oil extracted from hazelnuts and used mostly in cooking