12-letter words containing i, g, n, o, m
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- onomasiology — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
- opening time — You can refer to the time that a shop, bank, library, or bar opens for business as its opening time.
- 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.
- organic farm — a farm where organic methods are used for agriculture and animal husbandry
- organic mode — (programming) A term used by COCOMO to describe a project that is developed in a familiar, stable environment. The product is similar to previously developed products. Most people connected with the project have extensive experience in working with related systems and have a thorough understanding of the project. The project contains a minimum of innovative data processing architectures or algorithms. The product requires little innovation and is relatively small, rarely greater than 50,000 DSIs.
- organigramme — (British, management) An organisation chart.
- original gum — See o.g (def 1).
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- outcompeting — to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in a race; to compete in business.
- 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.
- outnumbering — Present participle of outnumber.
- overbrimming — Present participle of overbrim.
- overcramming — excessive cramming
- overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- oxidant smog — photochemical smog.
- parmigianino — (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) 1503–40, Italian painter.
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- physiognomic — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- pigmentation — coloration, especially of the skin.
- ping command — ping
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- postmidnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
- premigration — occurring before migration
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- primogenitor — a first parent or earliest ancestor: Adam and Eve are the primogenitors of the human race.
- 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.).
- propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- retromingent — urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
- rigid motion — any transformation, as a translation or rotation, of a set such that the distance between points is preserved.
- risorgimento — the period of or the movement for the liberation and unification of Italy 1750–1870.
- 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.
- running room — the space between a racer and the nearby competitors in a running race, especially enough to run and maneuver as desired.
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- segmentation — division into segments.
- 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.
- semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
- shaving foam — lather used for shaving
- shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- show jumping — sport: horseriding event