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12-letter words containing g, o, r, m

  • 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
  • pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
  • quiz program — a radio or television program in which contestants compete, often for prizes, by answering questions.
  • race norming — the process of statistically adjusting the scores of minority job applicants on job-qualification tests by rating each test-taker's score against the results of others in his or her racial or ethnic group.
  • racing homer — a kind of homing pigeon used for racing
  • 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.
  • reading room — a room set aside for reading, as in a library or club.
  • recommending — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
  • reflectogram — an image of an under-drawing or image taken from beneath the surface of paint in a work of art
  • reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
  • 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.).
  • retromingent — urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
  • rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
  • rigid motion — any transformation, as a translation or rotation, of a set such that the distance between points is preserved.
  • rigor mortis — the stiffening of the body after death.
  • risorgimento — the period of or the movement for the liberation and unification of Italy 1750–1870.
  • road manager — The road manager of someone such as a singer or sports player is the person who organizes their travel and other arrangements during a tour.
  • rod from god — a weapon, currently in the development stage, that consists of a metal cylinder that is fired from an orbiting spacecraft at a target on earth. The cylinder is calculated to reach speeds in excess of 7000 mph, hitting its target with the power of a small atomic weapon
  • rolling mill — a mill where ingots, slabs, sheets, etc., of usually hot metal are passed between rolls to give them a certain thickness or cross-sectional form.
  • romp through — If you romp through something, you do it or deal with it quickly and easily.
  • rumor-monger — a person given to spreading rumors, often maliciously.
  • running room — the space between a racer and the nearby competitors in a running race, especially enough to run and maneuver as desired.
  • seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
  • semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
  • semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
  • shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
  • sigma baryon — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • simon legree — Simon, Simon Legree.
  • simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
  • sitting room — a small living room, often one that forms part of a suite in a hotel, private house, etc.
  • smart growth — People such as architects and environmentalists use smart growth to refer to the construction of new buildings and roads within a town or city so that they are close to people's workplaces and mass transit systems and so that open spaces are not built on.
  • smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
  • smoking room — a room set apart for smoking, as in a hotel or clubhouse.
  • smotheringly — in a smothering manner
  • sorghum beer — beer made from sorghum or millet
  • spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
  • spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
  • sphygmograph — an instrument for recording the rapidity, strength, and uniformity of the arterial pulse.
  • sphygmometer — a device which measures the rate of the pulse
  • 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.
  • sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
  • submicrogram — containing or relating to a mass of less than one microgram
  • superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
  • svga monitor — (hardware, graphics)   A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
  • terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
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