12-letter words containing a, n, g, i, o
- noise-making — a person or thing that makes noise, as a reveler on New Year's Eve, Halloween, etc., or a rattle, horn, or similar device used on such an occasion.
- non-damaging — causing or capable of causing damages; harmful; injurious.
- non-decaying — to become decomposed; rot: vegetation that was decaying.
- non-diagonal — Mathematics. connecting two nonadjacent angles or vertices of a polygon or polyhedron, as a straight line. extending from one edge of a solid figure to an opposite edge, as a plane.
- non-dogmatic — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
- non-magnetic — of or relating to a magnet or magnetism.
- 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.
- non-matching — not matching: a nonmatching set of furniture.
- non-tangible — capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.
- nonabsorbing — That does not absorb (sound, radiation, fluid etc.).
- nonaddicting — Not addicting.
- nonagenarian — of the age of 90 years, or between 90 and 100 years old.
- nonalignment — the state or condition of being nonaligned.
- nonambiguous — not ambiguous, clear
- nonantigenic — not antigenic
- nonbreaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- nonbreathing — not breathing
- nondemanding — not demanding
- nonfattening — Not fattening; not causing one to become fat.
- nonhappening — an event that fails to occur
- 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
- nonmalignant — Not malignant, without malice.
- nonmigratory — Not migratory; that does not migrate.
- nonoperating — Not operating.
- nonstrategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- nonvanishing — (mathematics) (of a quantity) that is nonzero at all points in a space.
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- nothingarian — A person of no particular beliefs.
- nugatoriness — Quality of being nugatory.
- obligational — obligatory.
- obliterating — Present participle of obliterate.
- oceanologist — the practical application of oceanography.
- octagenarian — One who is between the ages of 80 and 89, inclusive.
- octogenarian — of the age of 80 years.
- oil painting — the art or technique of painting with oil colors.
- oleaginously — In an oleaginous manner.
- olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- onomasiology — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
- onychophagia — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- opera singer — a professional singer of opera
- opinionating — Present participle of opinionate.
- orange juice — fruit drink: nectar of orange
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- orange-river — a member of a European princely family ruling in the United Kingdom from 1688 to 1694 and in the Netherlands since 1815.
- oregon trail — a route used during the U.S. westward migrations, especially in the period from 1840 to 1860, starting in Missouri and ending in Oregon. About 2000 miles (3200 km) long.
- 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.