12-letter words containing a, g, m, o, e, n
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- game console — Also called game(s) console, gaming console, video-game console. a computer system specially made for playing video games by connecting it to a television or other display for video and sound.
- gamesomeness — The quality of being gamesome.
- gammon steak — a thick cut of meat made from smoked or cured bacon or ham and often served with pineapple or fried egg
- gangliectomy — (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
- gastrocnemii — Plural form of gastrocnemius.
- gastronomies — Plural form of gastronomy.
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- genoa salami — a hard, garlic-flavored salami of pork and veal or, especially in the U.S., pork and beef.
- geomagnetism — the earth's magnetic field and associated phenomena.
- geomagnetist — someone who studies, or is an expert in, geomagnetism
- geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
- geometrician — a person skilled in geometry.
- george meany — George, 1894–1980, U.S. labor leader: 3rd president of the AFL 1952–55; 1st president of the AFL-CIO 1955–79.
- german ocean — an arm of the Atlantic between Great Britain and the European mainland. About 201,000 sq. mi. (520,600 sq. km); greatest depth, 1998 feet (610 meters).
- germanophile — a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.
- germanophobe — a person who hates or fears Germany, Germans, or German culture.
- germinations — Plural form of germination.
- gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
- gladsomeness — (archaic) gladness.
- glenohumeral — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the glenoid fossa and the humerus.
- gnathostomes — Plural form of gnathostome.
- gormandizers — gourmandise1 .
- gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
- 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.
- graeco-roman — of or having both Greek and Roman characteristics: the Greco-Roman influence.
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- graminivores — Plural form of graminivore.
- grandmothers — Plural form of grandmother.
- gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- haemogenesis — Haematopoiesis.
- halogen lamp — a gas-filled, high-intensity incandescent lamp having a tungsten filament and containing a small amount of a halogen, such as iodine, that vaporizes on heating and redeposits any evaporated tungsten particles back onto the filament: used especially in motion-picture projectors and automobile headlights.
- hamming code — (algorithm) Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
- hemangiomata — See under angioma.
- hematogenous — originating in the blood.
- hemorrhaging — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- home banking — a system whereby a person at home or in an office can use a computer with a modem to call up information from a bank or to transfer funds electronically
- home staging — the professional service of preparing homes for sale in such a way as to appeal to potential buyers and generate higher selling prices: Realtors who encourage sellers to invest in home staging are reporting substantial monetary returns—for both themselves and their clients.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- homologumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- human genome — genetic code of human beings
- imogene coca — Imogene, 1908–2001, U.S. comic actress.
- impregnation — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- ingemination — Repetition; reduplication; reiteration.
- kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- legitimation — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
- 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.