12-letter words containing g, i, l, m, a
- phlegmagogic — a medication that is intended to dislodge and evacuate mucus from the respiratory system
- plagioclimax — the climax stage of a community, influenced by man or some other outside factor
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
- potamologist — a specialist in potamology
- premalignant — occurring before a state of malignancy
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- pyramidology — a belief system based on the supposed occult significance of the Egyptian pyramids
- quitclaiming — Present participle of quitclaim.
- re-alignment — an adjustment to a line; arrangement in a straight line.
- reading lamp — A reading lamp is a small lamp that you keep on a desk or table. You can move part of it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading.
- ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
- 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.
- self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
- 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.
- simple sugar — monosaccharide.
- single cream — dairy product: thin or light cream
- single modal — modal (def 3).
- slam dancing — the act of hurling oneself repeatedly into or through a crowd at a rock-music concert
- slimming aid — food or food supplements that can help you lose weight
- small magpie — an unrelated micro, Eurrhypara hortulata
- smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- 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 lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
- storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- the almighty — God
- thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
- tragicomical — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- trailing arm — A trailing arm is part of the suspension for the axle of a vehicle which moves up and down as the vehicle travels over a bumpy surface.
- unassumingly — modest; unpretentious.
- unglamorized — not glamorized
- unimaginable — capable of being imagined or conceived.
- unimpugnable — not capable of being challenged or criticized
- unmeaningful — not meaningful; without significance.
- unmoralising — not moralising
- unmoralizing — not moralizing
- valve timing — Valve timing is the exact timing of the opening and closing of the valves in a piston engine.
- virgin metal — primary metal.
- walking beam — an overhead oscillating lever, pivoted at the middle, for transmitting force from a vertical connecting rod below one end to a vertical connecting rod, pump rod, etc., below the other end.