12-letter words containing g, a, m, e
- mona passage — a strait between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. 80 miles (129 km) wide.
- moneychanger — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- monkey gland — the testicle of an ape or monkey, said to have a revitalizing effect on humans when administered by grafting or adding the essence to the bloodstream
- morigeration — (obsolete) obsequiousness; obedience.
- mosaic image — the collective image produced by the ommatidia of a compound eye
- mother image — a person substituted in one's mind for one's mother and often the object of emotions felt toward the mother
- movie rating — a classification of a film as according to the age of viewers thought suitable to see it, and which can differ according to the level in the film of violent content, sexual content, etc
- muddle along — If you muddle along, you live or exist without a proper plan or purpose in your life.
- muir glacier — a glacier in SE Alaska, flowing SE from Mt. Fairweather into Glacier Bay. About 350 sq. mi. (905 sq. km).
- multi-garnet — A better constraint system for Garnet. Version 2.1 by Michael Sannella <[email protected]>.
- multimegaton — (of a nuclear weapon) having several megatons of explosive power
- multungulate — a hoofed animal with three or more toes on each foot
- munro-bagger — a person who climbs as many Munros as possible
- museological — Pertaining to museology.
- 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.
- myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
- myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
- mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
- name-calling — the use of abusive names to belittle or humiliate another person in a political campaign, an argument, etc.
- nematologist — One who studies nematology.
- nemean games — one of the great national festivals of ancient Greece, held at Nemea in the second and fourth year of each Olympiad.
- nemorivagant — Lb rare wandering in the woods.
- neuroimaging — (neurology) The generation of images showing brain activity (or activity in other parts of the nervous system). (from 20th c.).
- new paradigm — a set of beliefs that replaces another set which is believed no longer to apply
- newsmagazine — a periodical specializing in reports and commentaries on current events, usually issued weekly.
- noise margin — (electronics) The voltage difference between the guaranteed output level and the required input voltage level of a logic gate.
- 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-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.
- nonagreement — Absence of agreement; disagreement, discord.
- nonalignment — the state or condition of being nonaligned.
- nondemanding — not demanding
- nonsegmental — Not segmental.
- numbers game — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
- nutmeg state — Connecticut (used as a nickname).
- oberammergau — a village in S Germany, SW of Munich: famous for the passion play performed there every ten years.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- omega baryon — a negative baryon having a mass 3272 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of 8 X 10 -11 seconds.
- orange march — a parade on Orangemen's day
- 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.
- organigramme — (British, management) An organisation chart.
- oto-manguean — a family of American Indian languages spoken in central and southern Mexico, including Mixtec, Zapotec, and Otomi.
- out-marriage — a marriage to someone outside one's ethnic group
- overcramming — excessive cramming
- palm cabbage — cabbage palm.
- paramagnetic — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- parlour game — A parlour game is a game that is played indoors by families or at parties, for example a guessing game.
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs