12-letter words containing a, g, r, o, n
- motor racing — sport: competing in fast cars
- motorboating — a boat propelled by an inboard or outboard motor.
- movie rating — a classification of a film as according to the age of viewers thought suitable to see it, and which can differ according to the level in the film of violent content, sexual content, etc
- munro-bagger — a person who climbs as many Munros as possible
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- narcological — Relating to narcology.
- narrow gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
- natal orange — a spiny shrub, Strychnos spinosa, of the logania family, of central and southern Africa, having yellowish-white flowers and edible, berrylike, yellow fruit.
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- navel orange — a seedless variety of orange having at the apex a navellike formation containing a small secondary fruit.
- necrographer — a person who writes obituaries
- necrological — a list of persons who have died within a certain time.
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- nemorivagant — Lb rare wandering in the woods.
- nephrography — Diagnostic imaging of the kidneys.
- neuroimaging — (neurology) The generation of images showing brain activity (or activity in other parts of the nervous system). (from 20th c.).
- neurological — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- nitrogelatin — gelatin dynamite.
- noise margin — (electronics) The voltage difference between the guaranteed output level and the required input voltage level of a logic gate.
- non-arguable — susceptible to debate, challenge, or doubt; questionable: Whether this is the best plan of action or not is arguable.
- non-graduate — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- non-granular — of the nature of granules; grainy.
- non-marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- nonabsorbing — That does not absorb (sound, radiation, fluid etc.).
- nonagenarian — of the age of 90 years, or between 90 and 100 years old.
- nonagreement — Absence of agreement; disagreement, discord.
- nonbreaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- nonbreathing — not breathing
- nonglamorous — not glamorous
- nonimmigrant — A person who is not an immigrant.
- nonirrigated — not irrigated; dry
- nonladdering — (of garments made of knitted material) designed so that the interconnected stitches will not come undone if snagged
- nonmigratory — Not migratory; that does not migrate.
- nonoperating — Not operating.
- nonpassenger — One who is not a passenger.
- nonregulated — Alternative spelling of non-regulated.
- nonstrategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- nothingarian — A person of no particular beliefs.
- nueva gerona — a town on the Isle of Pines, S of Cuba.
- nugatoriness — Quality of being nugatory.
- obliterating — Present participle of obliterate.
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- octagenarian — One who is between the ages of 80 and 89, inclusive.
- octogenarian — of the age of 80 years.
- odontography — a treatise regarding the teeth
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- omega baryon — a negative baryon having a mass 3272 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of 8 X 10 -11 seconds.
- on aggregate — If one team beats another on aggregate, it wins because it has a higher total score than the other team after a series of games.
- opera singer — a professional singer of opera