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12-letter words containing c, o, m, a, n, g

  • gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
  • gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
  • hamming code — (algorithm)   Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
  • high command — the leadership or highest authority of a military command or other organization.
  • imogene coca — Imogene, 1908–2001, U.S. comic actress.
  • incompassing — Present participle of incompass.
  • laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
  • limnological — Of or pertaining to limnology, the study of freshwater bodies of water.
  • macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
  • macrosegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
  • magnetooptic — pertaining to the effect of magnetism upon the propagation of light.
  • managed code — (operating system)   Code that is executed by the .NET common language runtime (CLR). VB.NET code is always managed code but C++ .NET can optionally use unmanaged code. Managed code provides metadata allowing the CLR to manage security (role-based as well as new approaches to code access security). The CLR also handles errors, manages the program stack and finds methods in assembly modules. Managed data is memory that's subject to garbage collection. There are additional restrictions to permit interoperability of different languages, for example, Visual Basic arrays must be zero-based.
  • marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
  • megalomaniac — a person afflicted with megalomania.
  • metagenomics — (genetics) The study of genomes recovered from environmental samples; especially the differentiation of genomes from multiple organisms or individuals, either in a symbiotic relationship, or at a crime scene.
  • metallogenic — relating to metallogeny
  • metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.
  • michelangelo — (Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
  • microgranite — an igneous rock with an identical composition and mineral content to granite, but having a finer texture
  • micromanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of micromanage.
  • micromanager — One who micromanages.
  • miscegenator — a person who advocates or engages in miscegenation
  • misconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
  • mockingboard — (hardware)   A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
  • moneychanger — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
  • mooring rack — a row of piles, connected at the tops, to which ships or boats can be moored.
  • morning coat — a man's cutaway for wear as part of morning dress.
  • motor racing — sport: competing in fast cars
  • mucilaginous — of, relating to, or secreting mucilage.
  • 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-matching — not matching: a nonmatching set of furniture.
  • orange march — a parade on Orangemen's day
  • 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.
  • overcramming — excessive cramming
  • 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).
  • ping command — ping
  • policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • somaticizing — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
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