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12-letter words containing a, m, i, n, o, g

  • onomasiology — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
  • organic farm — a farm where organic methods are used for agriculture and animal husbandry
  • organic mode — (programming)   A term used by COCOMO to describe a project that is developed in a familiar, stable environment. The product is similar to previously developed products. Most people connected with the project have extensive experience in working with related systems and have a thorough understanding of the project. The project contains a minimum of innovative data processing architectures or algorithms. The product requires little innovation and is relatively small, rarely greater than 50,000 DSIs.
  • organigramme — (British, management) An organisation chart.
  • original gum — See o.g (def 1).
  • ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
  • outmigration — to leave a region, community, etc., to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory: People are no longer out-migrating from the South in such large numbers.
  • overcramming — excessive cramming
  • oxidant smog — photochemical smog.
  • parmigianino — (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) 1503–40, Italian painter.
  • phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
  • pigmentation — coloration, especially of the skin.
  • ping command — ping
  • plumbaginous — containing graphite.
  • policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
  • premigration — occurring before migration
  • primogenital — relating to primogeniture
  • progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
  • promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
  • pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
  • race norming — the process of statistically adjusting the scores of minority job applicants on job-qualification tests by rating each test-taker's score against the results of others in his or her racial or ethnic group.
  • racing homer — a kind of homing pigeon used for racing
  • reading room — a room set aside for reading, as in a library or club.
  • reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
  • salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
  • segmentation — division into segments.
  • semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
  • semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
  • shaving foam — lather used for shaving
  • sigma baryon — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • single modal — modal (def 3).
  • smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
  • smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
  • smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
  • smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
  • somaticizing — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
  • spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
  • sporangiolum — a small sporangium
  • storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
  • svga monitor — (hardware, graphics)   A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
  • terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
  • transforming — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
  • unglamorized — not glamorized
  • unmoralising — not moralising
  • unmoralizing — not moralizing
  • unmotivating — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
  • video gaming — the playing of video or computer games.
  • waiting room — a room for the use of persons waiting, as in a railroad station or a physician's office.
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