12-letter words containing m, a, c, i, n, g
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- emancipating — Present participle of emancipate.
- emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.
- encompassing — Present participle of encompass.
- epoch-making — An epoch-making change or declaration is considered to be extremely important because it is likely to have a significant effect on a particular period of time.
- film-coating — Film-coating is a process in which a tablet, capsule, or pellet is covered by a thin layer of film to protect it or make it easier to swallow.
- gamification — the process of turning an activity or task into a game or something resembling a game: Teachers can use gamification to motivate their students.
- gangliectomy — (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
- gas dynamics — the study of the dynamic properties of gases and their thermal effects.
- gastrocnemii — Plural form of gastrocnemius.
- gastronomics — the cooking style typical of a region or country
- gemeinschaft — an association of individuals having sentiments, tastes, and attitudes in common; fellowship.
- generic name — non-brand name of a product
- geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
- geometrician — a person skilled in geometry.
- gigantomachy — (in Greek mythology) the struggle between the gods and the giants.
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- 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.
- gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- 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.
- high command — the leadership or highest authority of a military command or other organization.
- imogene coca — Imogene, 1908–2001, U.S. comic actress.
- incompassing — Present participle of incompass.
- itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
- jumping jack — a toy consisting of a jointed figure that is made to jump, move, or dance by pulling a string or stick attached to it.
- limnological — Of or pertaining to limnology, the study of freshwater bodies of water.
- lip-smacking — tasty, mouth-watering
- macadamizing — Present participle of macadamize.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- magic number — the atomic number or neutron number of an exceptionally stable nuclide.
- magnetic dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- magnetic ink — ink containing particles of a magnetic material used for printing characters for magnetic character recognition
- magnetically — By or as by, magnetism.
- magnetooptic — pertaining to the effect of magnetism upon the propagation of light.
- magnificence — the quality or state of being magnificent; splendor; grandeur; sublimity: the magnificence of snow-covered mountains; the magnificence of his achievements.
- magnus hitch — a knot similar to a clove hitch but taking one more turn around the object to which the line is being bent; rolling hitch.
- malignancies — Plural form of malignancy.
- marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
- match-fixing — the act of arranging the outcome of a sports match prior to its being played
- meat packing — the business or industry of slaughtering cattle and other meat animals and processing the carcasses for sale, sometimes including the packaging of processed meat products.
- medicalizing — Present participle of medicalize.
- megalomaniac — a person afflicted with megalomania.
- metagenomics — (genetics) The study of genomes recovered from environmental samples; especially the differentiation of genomes from multiple organisms or individuals, either in a symbiotic relationship, or at a crime scene.
- metallogenic — relating to metallogeny
- metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.
- metamagnetic — (physics) Describing the transition from an antiferromagnetic to a ferromagnetic state.
- michelangelo — (Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
- microgranite — an igneous rock with an identical composition and mineral content to granite, but having a finer texture