12-letter words containing g, o, r, m, l
- microbiology — study of microorganisms
- microblogger — to post very short entries, as a brief update or a photo, on a blog or social media website: A lot of people were microblogging during the crisis.
- microecology — the ecology of a microhabitat.
- microfilming — Present participle of microfilm.
- microlending — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- mineralogies — Plural form of mineralogy.
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.
- mineralogize — (intransitive) To study mineralogy by collecting and examining minerals.
- minor league — professional non-premier sports association
- minor-league — of or relating to a minor league.
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- mongrelizing — Present participle of mongrelize.
- monotriglyph — (in the Doric order) any intercolumniation having one whole triglyph.
- monsignorial — having the ecclesiastical title of a Monsignor
- moralizingly — In a moralizing fashion.
- 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.
- morphologies — Plural form of morphology.
- morphologist — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- morphonology — morphophonemics (def 1).
- mortifyingly — In a mortifying manner; so as to cause great embarrassment.
- 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.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- mythologizer — One who, or that which, mythologizes.
- nonglamorous — not glamorous
- numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- original gum — See o.g (def 1).
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- oscillograms — Plural form of oscillogram.
- overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- parlour game — A parlour game is a game that is played indoors by families or at parties, for example a guessing game.
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs
- pharmacology — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- 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.
- pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- problem page — a feature in a newspaper, magazine, etc in which readers' problems are published and answers supplied
- programmable — capable of being programmed.
- prolegomenon — a preliminary discussion; introductory essay, as prefatory matter in a book; a prologue.
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- 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.
- pyramidology — a belief system based on the supposed occult significance of the Egyptian pyramids
- 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.
- reflectogram — an image of an under-drawing or image taken from beneath the surface of paint in a work of art
- reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
- remote login — (networking) A client-server program and protocol that provides an interactivel command line interface to a remote computer, using a protocol over a computer network, simulating a locally attached terminal.
- repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).