12-letter words containing g, u, m, a, o
- majorleaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
- mallophagous — of or relating to any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga
- manoeuvering — Present participle of manoeuver.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- mao tse-tung — 1893–1976, Chinese Communist leader: chairman of the People's Republic of China 1949–59; chairman of the Chinese Communist Party 1943–76.
- mcleod gauge — a device for determining very low gas pressures by manometrically measuring the pressure of a sample after its compression to a known fraction of its original volume.
- 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
- mesogastrium — the mesentery of the embryonic stomach.
- mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- metagnathous — Ornithology. having the tips of the mandibles crossed, as the crossbills.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- minor league — professional non-premier sports association
- minor-league — of or relating to a minor league.
- 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.”.
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- monogamously — In a monogamous manner.
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- mucilaginous — of, relating to, or secreting mucilage.
- muddle along — If you muddle along, you live or exist without a proper plan or purpose in your life.
- multimegaton — (of a nuclear weapon) having several megatons of explosive power
- munro-bagger — a person who climbs as many Munros as possible
- museological — Pertaining to museology.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- neuroimaging — (neurology) The generation of images showing brain activity (or activity in other parts of the nervous system). (from 20th c.).
- nonambiguous — not ambiguous, clear
- nonglamorous — not glamorous
- oberammergau — a village in S Germany, SW of Munich: famous for the passion play performed there every ten years.
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- original gum — See o.g (def 1).
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- oto-manguean — a family of American Indian languages spoken in central and southern Mexico, including Mixtec, Zapotec, and Otomi.
- out-marriage — a marriage to someone outside one's ethnic group
- outmigration — to leave a region, community, etc., to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory: People are no longer out-migrating from the South in such large numbers.
- parlour game — A parlour game is a game that is played indoors by families or at parties, for example a guessing game.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- quiz program — a radio or television program in which contestants compete, often for prizes, by answering questions.
- repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- 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
- thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
- thaumatology — the study or description of miracles.