12-letter words containing g, o, n, c
- loading coil — an inductance coil used to improve the characteristics of a transmission line.
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- locoregional — Restricted to a localized region of the body.
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- logical unit — (networking) (LU) A primary component of SNA, an LU is a type of NAU that enables end users to communicate with each other and gain access to SNA network resources.
- logocentrism — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- long account — the account of a customer who buys securities or commodities on margin.
- long clothes — dress-like garments formerly worn by a baby
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- loose change — money in the form of coins suitable for small expenditures
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- lounge music — a type of popular music often including jazz, swing, and pop elements and played in cocktail lounges, piano bars, etc.
- lysogenicity — the quality or condition of being lysogenic
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macrosegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- magnetooptic — pertaining to the effect of magnetism upon the propagation of light.
- managed code — (operating system) Code that is executed by the .NET common language runtime (CLR). VB.NET code is always managed code but C++ .NET can optionally use unmanaged code. Managed code provides metadata allowing the CLR to manage security (role-based as well as new approaches to code access security). The CLR also handles errors, manages the program stack and finds methods in assembly modules. Managed data is memory that's subject to garbage collection. There are additional restrictions to permit interoperability of different languages, for example, Visual Basic arrays must be zero-based.
- marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
- megalomaniac — a person afflicted with megalomania.
- meningococci — Plural form of meningococcus.
- metagenomics — (genetics) The study of genomes recovered from environmental samples; especially the differentiation of genomes from multiple organisms or individuals, either in a symbiotic relationship, or at a crime scene.
- metallogenic — relating to metallogeny
- metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.
- michelangelo — (Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
- microbrewing — Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
- microcopying — the act of copying onto microfilm
- microfilming — Present participle of microfilm.
- microgranite — an igneous rock with an identical composition and mineral content to granite, but having a finer texture
- microlending — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- micromanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of micromanage.
- micromanager — One who micromanages.
- microphoning — Present participle of microphone.
- microsegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by juncture.
- microsurgeon — a person who performs microsurgery
- middle congo — former name of the People's Republic of the Congo.
- miscegenator — a person who advocates or engages in miscegenation
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- misconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- misogynistic — reflecting or exhibiting hatred, dislike, mistrust, or mistreatment of women.
- misreckoning — Present participle of misreckon.
- misrecognize — (psychology, computing) To recognize in error.
- mitogenicity — Quality or degree of being mitogenic.
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- moneychanger — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- monocropping — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
- mooring rack — a row of piles, connected at the tops, to which ships or boats can be moored.
- morning coat — a man's cutaway for wear as part of morning dress.
- motor racing — sport: competing in fast cars
- motorcycling — Present participle of motorcycle.