12-letter words containing a, r, g, o, m
- infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
- karyomapping — a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives
- kashmir goat — one of a long-haired breed of goat raised in Tibet and the higher elevations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Turkey for its meat, milk, and cashmere wool.
- king-of-arms — a title of certain of the principal heralds of England and certain other kingdoms empowered by their sovereigns to grant armorial bearings.
- kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
- large-format — of or relating to a camera with an image area of 5 inches by 4 inches or more
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- laryngospasm — An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx.
- legal memory — a period of time, now usually established by statute, during which custom, conduct, or a state of affairs must have existed or continued in order for it to have taken on the force of law or to establish a legal right or title not otherwise provable.
- loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
- logical form — the syntactic structure that may be shared by different expressions as abstracted from their content and articulated by the logical constants of a particular logical system, esp the structure of an argument by virtue of which it can be shown to be formally valid. Thus John is tall and thin, so John is tall has the same logical form as London is large and dirty, so London is large, namely P & Q, so P
- lognormality — the condition of having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
- long measure — Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
- longshoreman — a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- lymphography — lymphangiography.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macrogametes — Plural form of macrogamete.
- macroglossia — Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- macrosegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- magnetograph — a recording magnetometer, used especially for recording variations in the earth's magnetic field.
- magnetometer — an instrument for measuring the intensity of a magnetic field, especially the earth's magnetic field.
- magnetometry — (physics) The measurement of magnetic fields (strength and direction etc).
- magnitogorsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River, near the boundary between Europe and Asia.
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- magyarorszag — Hungarian name of Hungary.
- major league — The major leagues are groups of professional sports teams that compete against each other, especially in American baseball.
- major-league — Sports. of, relating to, or characteristic of the major leagues.
- majorleaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
- mammographic — Of, or pertaining to, mammography.
- manoeuvering — Present participle of manoeuver.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
- mastigophora — a phylum of protozoans comprising nonphotosynthetic, chiefly free-living flagellates: some species are important pathogens of humans and other animals.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- matto grosso — Mato Grosso.
- meadow grass — any grass of the genus Poa, especially P. pratensis, the Kentucky bluegrass.
- megalocardia — hypertrophy of the heart.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- memphremagog — Lake, a lake on the boundary between the U.S. and Canada, between N Vermont and S Quebec. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- mesogastrium — the mesentery of the embryonic stomach.
- messageboard — Alternative spelling of message board.
- metallograph — a microscope for observing the microstructure of metals.
- metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- meteorograph — an instrument for automatically recording various meteorological conditions, as barometric pressure and temperature, at the same time.
- metrological — the science of weights and measures.
- metrorrhagia — nonmenstrual discharge of blood from the uterus; uterine hemorrhage.
- microgranite — an igneous rock with an identical composition and mineral content to granite, but having a finer texture