12-letter words containing g, l, o, m, s
- onomasiology — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
- oscillograms — Plural form of oscillogram.
- phragmoplast — the cytoplasmic structure that forms at the equator of the spindle after the chromosomes have divided during the anaphase of plant mitosis, and that initiates cell division.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- pomona glass — an American art glass having one of its surfaces stained a pale amber color and the other surface etched.
- pompholygous — characterized by pompholyx
- potamologist — a specialist in potamology
- prosyllogism — a syllogism the conclusion of which is used as a premise of another syllogism; any of the syllogisms included in a polysyllogism except the last.
- psychologism — emphasis upon psychological factors in the development of a theory, as in history or philosophy.
- ragman rolls — Usually, ragman rolls. a series of documents in which the Scottish nobles acknowledged their allegiance to Edward I of England, 1291–92 and 1296.
- reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- seismologist — the science or study of earthquakes and their phenomena.
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- 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.
- simon legree — Simon, Simon Legree.
- simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
- single modal — modal (def 3).
- 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.
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- sodium light — the light produced by a sodium lamp
- splenomegaly — enlargement of the spleen.
- 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.
- timbrologist — a stamp-collector
- troglodytism — the condition of being a troglodyte
- unglamourous — full of glamour; charmingly or fascinatingly attractive, especially in a mysterious or magical way.
- unmoralising — not moralising
- womb-leasing — bearing a child on behalf of a couple unable to have a child; surrogacy