12-letter words containing i, g, n, o, m
- gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
- gran turismo — (of an automobile) certified as conforming to the specifications, as fuel capacity and engine displacement, for a class of standard automobiles (Gran Turismo) qualified to engage in various types of competitions. Abbreviation: GTO.
- gross income — Accounting. total revenue received before any deductions or allowances, as for rent, cost of goods sold, taxes, etc.
- gross margin — the difference between total revenue and the cost of goods sold
- gum ammoniac — a brownish-yellow gum resin, having an acrid taste, occurring in tearlike fragments from a plant, Dorema ammoniacum, of western Asia: used in porcelain ceramics and in medicine as an expectorant and counterirritant.
- gymnosophist — one of a group of Jainist philosophers, existing from ancient times to c1000, characterized by refusal to wear clothes and the abandonment of caste marks; a member of the Digambara sect.
- gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
- gynodioecism — the condition of having flowers that are only female in one example of a plant and flowers that have stamens and pistils in another example of a plant of the same species
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- haemogenesis — Haematopoiesis.
- hamming code — (algorithm) Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
- hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- hemangiomata — See under angioma.
- hemorrhaging — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- high command — the leadership or highest authority of a military command or other organization.
- hippodroming — (baseball) present participle of hippodrome; Staging games to suit gamblers, especially baseball.
- hobgoblinism — a belief in hobgoblins
- hologonidium — soredium.
- home banking — a system whereby a person at home or in an office can use a computer with a modem to call up information from a bank or to transfer funds electronically
- home cooking — home-made food
- home posting — an appointment to a position within one's own country
- home staging — the professional service of preparing homes for sale in such a way as to appeal to potential buyers and generate higher selling prices: Realtors who encourage sellers to invest in home staging are reporting substantial monetary returns—for both themselves and their clients.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- hominy grits — grits (def 1).
- homogenising — Present participle of homogenise.
- homogenizing — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homologation — to approve; confirm or ratify.
- homologizing — Present participle of homologize.
- honeycombing — Present participle of honeycomb.
- honeymooning — (of a married couple) On a honeymoon.
- hood molding — a molding or dripstone over a door or window.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- hydroforming — the production of high-octane aromatic compounds for motor fuels by catalytic reforming of naphthas in the presence of hydrogen.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- immigrations — Plural form of immigration.
- immobilising — Present participle of immobilise.
- immobilizing — Present participle of immobilize.
- immunoglobin — (immunology, protein) Any protein that functions as an antibody.
- immunologist — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
- imogene coca — Imogene, 1908–2001, U.S. comic actress.
- impassioning — Present participle of impassion.
- impetiginous — a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
- implantology — the branch of dentistry dealing with the permanent implantation or attachment of artificial teeth in the jaw.
- imposingness — The quality of being imposing.
- impregnation — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- in good form — fit, healthy
- in good time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- in-migration — to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory.
- income group — a group in a given population having incomes within a certain range