12-letter words containing a, g, r, o, n
- linear logic — (theory) A logic invented by Girard in 1987 that can be used in proofs related to resource usage.
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
- loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
- locoregional — Restricted to a localized region of the body.
- loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
- lognormality — the condition of having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
- long gallery — a large gallery, found especially in the uppermost stories of Elizabethan and Jacobean manor houses, used as a family room and as a promenade.
- 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.
- long-wearing — Something that is long-wearing is strong and well made so that it lasts for a long time and stays in good condition even though it is used a lot.
- longirostral — (of birds) having a long beak
- longshoreman — a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- longyearbyen — a village on Spitsbergen island, administrative centre of the Svalbard archipelago: coal-mining
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macrosegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- magnetograph — a recording magnetometer, used especially for recording variations in the earth's magnetic field.
- magnetometer — an instrument for measuring the intensity of a magnetic field, especially the earth's magnetic field.
- magnetometry — (physics) The measurement of magnetic fields (strength and direction etc).
- magnitogorsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River, near the boundary between Europe and Asia.
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- manoeuvering — Present participle of manoeuver.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- microgranite — an igneous rock with an identical composition and mineral content to granite, but having a finer texture
- micromanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of micromanage.
- micromanager — One who micromanages.
- migrationist — a person who considers it important for species of animals and plants to migrate for the purposes of distribution and evolution
- mineralogies — Plural form of mineralogy.
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.
- mineralogize — (intransitive) To study mineralogy by collecting and examining minerals.
- minor league — professional non-premier sports association
- minor-league — of or relating to a minor league.
- miscegenator — a person who advocates or engages in miscegenation
- mixing ratio — the ratio of the mass of water vapor in the air to the mass of the dry air, a measure of atmospheric humidity.
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- moneychanger — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- monographing — Present participle of monograph.
- monsignorial — having the ecclesiastical title of a Monsignor
- mooring mast — the mast or tower to which a dirigible is moored.
- mooring rack — a row of piles, connected at the tops, to which ships or boats can be moored.
- moralizingly — In a moralizing fashion.
- morigeration — (obsolete) obsequiousness; obedience.
- morning coat — a man's cutaway for wear as part of morning dress.
- morning star — a bright planet, especially Venus, seen in the east immediately before sunrise.