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12-letter words containing a, r, m, i, g

  • gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
  • gendarmeries — Plural form of gendarmerie.
  • generic name — non-brand name of a product
  • geometrician — a person skilled in geometry.
  • germ carrier — an organism carrying microorganisms, esp microorganisms that produce disease in animals or plants
  • german sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and a perfect fifth between the root and the augmented sixth
  • germanophile — a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.
  • germinations — Plural form of germination.
  • giant fulmar — either of two large white or brownish petrels of the genus Macronectes, of the Antarctic Ocean and adjacent seas.
  • gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
  • glacier milk — water flowing in a stream from the snout of a glacier and containing particles of rock
  • glamour girl — a girl or woman whose appearance or lifestyle is considered glamorous by popular standards.
  • godzillagram — (networking)   /god-zil'*-gram/ (From Japan's national hero and datagram) 1. A network packet that in theory is a broadcast to every machine in the universe. The typical case is an IP datagram whose destination IP address is [255.255.255.255]. Fortunately, few gateways are foolish enough to attempt to implement this case! 2. A network packet of maximum size. An IP Godzillagram has 65,536 octets. Compare super source quench.
  • gold farming — the practice of selling virtual assets gained in a computer game for real money
  • gordian worm — nematomorph.
  • gormandising — Present participle of gormandise.
  • gormandizers — gourmandise1 .
  • gormandizing — Present participle of gormandize.
  • gothic armor — white armor of the 15th century, marked especially by much fluting and ornamentation.
  • gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
  • gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
  • gram calorie — calorie (def 1a). Abbreviation: g-cal.
  • graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
  • graminivores — Plural form of graminivore.
  • grammaticise — to make grammatical
  • grammaticism — a point or principle of grammar.
  • grammaticize — (transitive) To render grammatical.
  • gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
  • gran turismo — (of an automobile) certified as conforming to the specifications, as fuel capacity and engine displacement, for a class of standard automobiles (Gran Turismo) qualified to engage in various types of competitions. Abbreviation: GTO.
  • granny smith — a variety of crisp, green-skinned apple, for eating raw or for cooking.
  • grape family — the plant family Vitaceae, characterized by woody climbing vines with tendrils, having alternate, simple or compound leaves, and bearing clusters of small flowers and berries, and including Boston ivy, grape, grape ivy, and Virginia creeper.
  • grass family — the large plant family Gramineae (or Poaceae), characterized by mostly herbaceous but sometimes woody plants with hollow and jointed stems, narrow sheathing leaves, petalless flowers borne in spikelets, and fruit in the form of seedlike grain, and including bamboo, sugar cane, numerous grasses, and cereal grains such as barley, corn, oats, rice, rye, and wheat.
  • graven image — an idol.
  • gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
  • gravitometer — an instrument that measures specific gravities
  • gravitropism — (biology, botany) a plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity.
  • great primer — an 18-point type of a size larger than Columbian, formerly used for Bibles.
  • great schism — a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378–1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office.
  • greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
  • gregarianism — the practice of living or clustering together in crowds or flocks
  • grimaldi man — a type of Aurignacian man having a negroid appearance, thought to be a race of Cro-Magnon man
  • grimsel pass — an Alpine pass in S Switzerland. 7159 feet (2184 meters) high.
  • gross margin — the difference between total revenue and the cost of goods sold
  • gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
  • haemorrhagic — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of hemorrhagic.
  • hamartiology — the doctrine of sin in Christian theology
  • hamstringing — Present participle of hamstring.
  • haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
  • heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
  • heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
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