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12-letter words containing i, r, m, n, g

  • 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
  • pump priming — the spending of government funds in commercial enterprises, to stimulate the national economy.
  • pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
  • race meeting — A race meeting is an occasion when a series of horse races are held at the same place, often during a period of several days.
  • 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
  • re-alignment — an adjustment to a line; arrangement in a straight line.
  • reading lamp — A reading lamp is a small lamp that you keep on a desk or table. You can move part of it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading.
  • reading room — a room set aside for reading, as in a library or club.
  • reassignment — something assigned, as a particular task or duty: She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs.
  • 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.
  • reprimanding — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
  • retromingent — urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
  • rhyming game — a game played using rhyme
  • right-minded — having correct, honest, or good opinions or principles.
  • rigid motion — any transformation, as a translation or rotation, of a set such that the distance between points is preserved.
  • rim lighting — backlighting.
  • ring machine — a Linotype used primarily for making corrections.
  • risk manager — A risk manager is a person who works in risk management.
  • risk-manager — the technique or profession of assessing, minimizing, and preventing accidental loss to a business, as through the use of insurance, safety measures, etc.
  • 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.
  • ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
  • running jump — a jump made after running a short distance
  • running mate — a candidate for an office linked with another and more important office, as for the vice-presidency.
  • running room — the space between a racer and the nearby competitors in a running race, especially enough to run and maneuver as desired.
  • running time — Movies. the length or duration, usually expressed in minutes, of a feature film: The running time of the average film is 90–100 minutes.
  • rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
  • scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
  • self-priming — the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
  • 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.
  • seringapatam — a town in S Karnataka, in S India, former capital of Mysore state: taken by the British 1799.
  • 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.
  • single cream — dairy product: thin or light cream
  • single rhyme — a rhyme of monosyllables, as in heart, part.
  • sitting room — a small living room, often one that forms part of a suite in a hotel, private house, etc.
  • slumberingly — in a slumbering manner
  • 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
  • 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.
  • sporangiolum — a small sporangium
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