12-letter words containing g, i, o, r
- morning line — a list of entries for a horse race with the probable betting odds as estimated by a bookmaker or track handicapper, usually issued the morning of the race, before wagering begins.
- morning room — In some large, old houses, the morning room is a living room which gets the sun in the morning.
- morning star — a bright planet, especially Venus, seen in the east immediately before sunrise.
- morphologies — Plural form of morphology.
- morphologist — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- mortifyingly — In a mortifying manner; so as to cause great embarrassment.
- mother image — a person substituted in one's mind for one's mother and often the object of emotions felt toward the mother
- mothproofing — Present participle of mothproof.
- motor racing — sport: competing in fast cars
- motorboating — a boat propelled by an inboard or outboard motor.
- motorcycling — Present participle of motorcycle.
- moulin rouge — a dance hall in the Montmartre section of Paris, France, opened in 1889 and famous for its cancan dancers and the drawings of its performers and customers made there by Toulouse-Lautrec.
- 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
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- myringoscope — an instrument for examining the eardrum
- mythologizer — One who, or that which, mythologizes.
- narcological — Relating to narcology.
- necrological — a list of persons who have died within a certain time.
- neighborhood — the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity: the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets.
- neighbouring — (British, Canada) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.
- nemorivagant — Lb rare wandering in the woods.
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
- neurobiology — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- neurogenesis — The growth and development of nervous tissue.
- neurogenetic — (medicine) Of or pertaining to neurogenetics, the study of the genetic basis of nerve and brain function.
- neuroimaging — (neurology) The generation of images showing brain activity (or activity in other parts of the nervous system). (from 20th c.).
- neurological — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- neurologists — Plural form of neurologist.
- new brighton — a town in E Minnesota.
- nigger brown — a dark brown colour
- night editor — an editor responsible for getting a morning newspaper to press, for the night operations of a wire service, or the like.
- night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- night porter — A night porter is a person whose job is to be on duty at the main reception desk of a hotel throughout the night.
- night terror — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- nitrogelatin — gelatin dynamite.
- nitrogenized — Treated with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound.
- noise margin — (electronics) The voltage difference between the guaranteed output level and the required input voltage level of a logic gate.
- 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.
- nonabsorbing — That does not absorb (sound, radiation, fluid etc.).
- nonagenarian — of the age of 90 years, or between 90 and 100 years old.
- nonbreaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- nonbreathing — not breathing
- noncorroding — That cannot be corroded.
- nondeforming — not causing deformity
- nonflowering — (biology) Of a plant, not flowering; reproducing by means other than pollination from flowers.
- nonimmigrant — A person who is not an immigrant.
- nonirrigated — not irrigated; dry
- nonladdering — (of garments made of knitted material) designed so that the interconnected stitches will not come undone if snagged
- nonmigratory — Not migratory; that does not migrate.