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.