12-letter words containing g, m, a, p
- laryngospasm — An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx.
- lip-smacking — tasty, mouth-watering
- loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
- lymphangioma — a benign tumor composed of dilated and newly formed lymph vessels.
- lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
- lymphography — lymphangiography.
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- magic carpet — flying rug in fantasy stories
- magnetic dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- magnetograph — a recording magnetometer, used especially for recording variations in the earth's magnetic field.
- magnetooptic — pertaining to the effect of magnetism upon the propagation of light.
- magnetopause — the boundary between the earth's magnetosphere and interplanetary space, about 40,000 miles (65,000 km) above the earth, marked by an abrupt decrease in the earth's magnetic induction.
- magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- magpie goose — a black-and-white gooselike bird, Anseranas semipalmatus, of Australia, believed to be the most primitive waterfowl in existence.
- make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- mallophagous — of or relating to any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga
- mammographic — Of, or pertaining to, mammography.
- manipulating — Present participle of manipulate.
- mansplaining — (informal, pejorative) The act of condescendingly explaining something, particularly by a man to a female listener in order to appear knowledgable or from a mistaken presumption that she has an inferior understanding of the topic.
- manspreading — the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him
- marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
- margin plank — a plank forming a border for wooden decking.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- martempering — a quenching process used to harden austenitic steel.
- masking tape — an easily removed adhesive tape used temporarily for defining margins, protecting surfaces, etc., as when painting, and sometimes also for binding, sealing, or mending.
- mastigophora — a phylum of protozoans comprising nonphotosynthetic, chiefly free-living flagellates: some species are important pathogens of humans and other animals.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- meat packing — the business or industry of slaughtering cattle and other meat animals and processing the carcasses for sale, sometimes including the packaging of processed meat products.
- megacephalic — macrocephalic.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- memphremagog — Lake, a lake on the boundary between the U.S. and Canada, between N Vermont and S Quebec. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- metallograph — a microscope for observing the microstructure of metals.
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- meteorograph — an instrument for automatically recording various meteorological conditions, as barometric pressure and temperature, at the same time.
- micrographia — minute handwriting.
- micrographic — Pertaining to micrographics.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microprogram — Computers. a set of microinstructions that defines the individual operations that a computer carries out in response to a machine-language instruction.
- mimeographed — Simple past tense and past participle of mimeograph.
- mishappening — Present participle of mishappen.
- mispleadings — Plural form of mispleading.
- mole mapping — the procedure of using a digital camera to record the positions and appearances of moles on a person's body so that regular checks will detect any changes that might lead to skin cancer
- mona passage — a strait between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. 80 miles (129 km) wide.
- monographing — Present participle of monograph.
- morphographs — Plural form of morphograph.
- morphography — the scientific description of an external form
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- multipathing — (computing) A network facility providing fault tolerance and load-spreading for network interface cards, each interface being assigned a static