12-letter words containing a, m, u, g, i
- mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
- mutagenicity — capable of inducing mutation or increasing its rate.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- neuroimaging — (neurology) The generation of images showing brain activity (or activity in other parts of the nervous system). (from 20th c.).
- nonambiguous — not ambiguous, clear
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- original gum — See o.g (def 1).
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- out-marriage — a marriage to someone outside one's ethnic group
- 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.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- 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.).
- quadragesima — the first Sunday in Lent.
- quitclaiming — Present participle of quitclaim.
- quiz program — a radio or television program in which contestants compete, often for prizes, by answering questions.
- ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
- running mate — a candidate for an office linked with another and more important office, as for the vice-presidency.
- rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
- septuagesima — the third Sunday before Lent.
- simple sugar — monosaccharide.
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- submicrogram — containing or relating to a mass of less than one microgram
- tasting menu — a fixed-price restaurant meal or menu consisting of small portions of numerous dishes: We ordered the 6-course tasting menu for $125.
- thaumaturgic — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
- tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
- traumatising — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- traumatizing — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- tsunamigenic — producing a tsunami or tsunamis
- unassumingly — modest; unpretentious.
- undermanning — the condition of not having enough employees to function properly
- undermeaning — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- ungerminated — to begin to grow or develop.
- unglamorized — not glamorized
- unguentarium — a vessel for holding an unguent
- unimaginable — capable of being imagined or conceived.
- unimpugnable — not capable of being challenged or criticized
- unmeaningful — not meaningful; without significance.
- unmoralising — not moralising
- unmoralizing — not moralizing
- unmotivating — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- williamsburg — a city in SE Virginia: colonial capital of Virginia; now restored to its original pre-Revolutionary style.
- wing formula — a numerical representation of the relative lengths of the primary feathers of a bird's wing, used in identifying similar species, as flycatchers.