11-letter words containing g, i, o, r
- modernising — Present participle of modernise.
- modernizing — Present participle of modernize.
- monergistic — the doctrine that the Holy Ghost acts independently of the human will in the work of regeneration. Compare synergism (def 3).
- mongrelized — Simple past tense and past participle of mongrelize.
- monogastric — (biology) Having a simple single-chambered stomach.
- monogrammic — Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a monogram.
- monographic — a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist.
- monseigneur — a French title of honor given to princes, bishops, and other persons of eminence.
- montenegrin — a republic in S Europe since 2006: formerly a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, in the SW part (1918–2006); an independent kingdom 1878–1918. 6333 sq. mi. (13,812 sq. km). Capital: Podgorica.
- montgolfier — a balloon raised by air heated from a fire in the lower part.
- moonlighter — the light of the moon.
- morgan city — a city in S Louisiana: headquarters for offshore oil drilling and base for shrimp fleet.
- morgan hill — a town in W California.
- morning gun — a gun fired at the first note of reveille.
- morning tea — a mid-morning snack with a cup of tea
- morningstar — Alternative spelling of morning star.
- morningtide — (poetic) Morning time.
- morphogenic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- morphologic — Of or pertaining to morphology; morphological.
- mortalizing — Present participle of mortalize.
- moving part — a part in a machine that has power to move
- mushrooming — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- myographist — a person who has expert knowledge of muscles
- myringotomy — surgical incision of the tympanic membrane.
- narcotizing — Present participle of narcotize.
- nasi goreng — a dish, originating in Malaysia, consisting of rice fried with a selection of other ingredients
- nasogastric — of, relating to, or involving the nose and stomach.
- nearshoring — the practice of moving one's employees or business activities from a distant country back to a country that is nearby: The U.S.-based company is focusing on the nearshoring of its customer-service operations from India to Canada. Compare offshoring.
- necrologies — Plural form of necrology.
- necrologist — a list of persons who have died within a certain time.
- necrophagia — the eating of dead bodies; esp., the practice of feeding on carrion
- necrotizing — Causing or accompanied by necrosis.
- negentropic — Of or characterized by a reduction in entropy (and corresponding increase in order).
- negotiators — Plural form of negotiator.
- negotiatory — Of or pertaining to negotiation.
- negotiatrix — (obsolete) A female negotiator.
- negrophobia — strong fear or dislike of black people.
- neighboring — situated or living near another: one of our neighbor nations.
- neighbourly — (British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
- nephrogenic — (medicine, anatomy) that forms the tissues of the kidney.
- neuroglobin — (protein) Any of a class of vertebrate globins involved in cellular oxygen homeostasis.
- neurologist — a physician specializing in neurology.
- new georgia — a group of islands in the Solomon Islands.
- niger-congo — a subfamily of Niger-Kordofanian, that comprises a large number of languages of Africa, as Ewe, Ibo, Yoruba, and the Bantu languages, spoken in nearly all of the equatorial forest region and in much of southern Africa.
- night court — a criminal court that convenes at night for the quick disposition of charges and the granting of bail.
- night heron — any of several thick-billed, crepuscular or nocturnal herons of the genus Nycticorax and related genera, as N. nycticorax (black-crowned night heron) of the Old and New Worlds, and Nyctanassa violacea (yellow-crowned night heron) of America.
- nitro group — the univalent group –NO 2 .
- nitrogenase — an enzyme complex that catalyzes the reduction of molecular nitrogen in the nitrogen-fixation process of bacteria.
- nitrogenate — (transitive) to treat something with nitrogen gas, especially with the intent of replacing gaseous oxygen.
- nitrogenise — Alternative spelling of nitrogenize.