12-letter words containing g, o, s, m
- museological — Pertaining to museology.
- musicologist — the scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, musical theory, or the physical nature of sound.
- myringoscope — an instrument for examining the eardrum
- mystagogical — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- mythogenesis — the creation and development of myths
- mythologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mythologize.
- nematologist — One who studies nematology.
- noise margin — (electronics) The voltage difference between the guaranteed output level and the required input voltage level of a logic gate.
- noise-making — a person or thing that makes noise, as a reveler on New Year's Eve, Halloween, etc., or a rattle, horn, or similar device used on such an occasion.
- nonambiguous — not ambiguous, clear
- nonconsuming — not consuming a resource, product, or service
- nonglamorous — not glamorous
- nonsegmental — Not segmental.
- nonsegmented — one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
- numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- onomasiology — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
- or something — You use something in expressions such as 'or something' and 'or something like that' to indicate that you are referring to something similar to what you have just mentioned but you are not being exact.
- oscillograms — Plural form of oscillogram.
- oxidant smog — photochemical smog.
- 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.
- phrasemonger — phrasemaker (def 2).
- physiognomic — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- 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
- postmidnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
- postorgasmic — of or relating to the period after an orgasm
- postsphygmic — of or relating to the pulse.
- postvagotomy — of or occurring in the period after a vagotomy
- potamologist — a specialist in potamology
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
- 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.
- pygmy possum — any of various small Australasian marsupials, esp the burramys
- 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.
- 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.
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- scapegoatism — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- segmentation — division into segments.
- seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
- seismologist — the science or study of earthquakes and their phenomena.
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- 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.