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12-letter words containing g, e, m, s

  • nonsegmental — Not segmental.
  • nonsegmented — one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
  • 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.
  • numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
  • nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
  • nutmeg state — Connecticut (used as a nickname).
  • oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
  • or something — You use something in expressions such as 'or something' and 'or something like that' to indicate that you are referring to something similar to what you have just mentioned but you are not being exact.
  • phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
  • phrasemonger — phrasemaker (def 2).
  • quadragesima — the first Sunday in Lent.
  • reassemblage — a new or further gathering or collection
  • reassignment — something assigned, as a particular task or duty: She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs.
  • reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
  • risk manager — A risk manager is a person who works in risk management.
  • risk-manager — the technique or profession of assessing, minimizing, and preventing accidental loss to a business, as through the use of insurance, safety measures, etc.
  • risorgimento — the period of or the movement for the liberation and unification of Italy 1750–1870.
  • rummage sale — a sale of miscellaneous articles, old or new, as items contributed to raise money for charity, of unclaimed goods at a wharf or warehouse, or of odds and ends of merchandise at a shop.
  • sausage meat — minced and processed pork
  • scapegoatism — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
  • seam binding — a narrow strip of fabric attached to the unfinished edge of a seam or hem to keep it from raveling.
  • sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
  • segmentalize — to make segmentalized.
  • segmentation — division into segments.
  • seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
  • seismologist — the science or study of earthquakes and their phenomena.
  • self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
  • self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
  • self-priming — the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
  • 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.
  • semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
  • semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
  • semiological — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
  • septuagesima — the third Sunday before Lent.
  • seringapatam — a town in S Karnataka, in S India, former capital of Mysore state: taken by the British 1799.
  • service game — a game in which a particular tennis player is the one who serves
  • simon legree — Simon, Simon Legree.
  • simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
  • simple sugar — monosaccharide.
  • singing game — a children's game in which the players perform certain actions to the words of a song.
  • single cream — dairy product: thin or light cream
  • single modal — modal (def 3).
  • single rhyme — a rhyme of monosyllables, as in heart, part.
  • slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
  • sledgehammer — a large heavy hammer wielded with both hands.
  • slumberingly — in a slumbering manner
  • small change — coins of small denomination.
  • small magpie — an unrelated micro, Eurrhypara hortulata
  • smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
  • smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
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