12-letter words containing m, a, c, i, n
- 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.
- haemodynamic — Alternative spelling of hemodynamic.
- 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.
- harmonic law — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
- harmonically — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- harmonichord — a musical instrument resembling an upright piano intended to fuse the sound of a violin with the functionality of a piano, the tone therefore produced using friction rather than through striking
- hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- high command — the leadership or highest authority of a military command or other organization.
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- home machine — 1. Synonym home box. 2. The machine that receives your e-mail. These senses might be distinct, for example, for a hacker who owns one computer at home, but reads e-mail at work.
- homoromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the same gender.
- humification — the formation of humus.
- hydrodynamic — pertaining to forces in or motions of liquids.
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- ian maclaren — James Dewey, born 1928, U.S. biologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1962.
- iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
- iconomachist — a person who campaigns against the use of icons in religious worship
- idiodynamics — a system of beliefs in psychology emphasizing the role of the personality in choosing stimuli and in organizing responses.
- imogene coca — Imogene, 1908–2001, U.S. comic actress.
- impeachments — Plural form of impeachment.
- impermanence — not permanent or enduring; transitory.
- impermanency — Alternative form of impermanence.
- implications — something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood: to resent an implication of dishonesty.
- importancies — Plural form of importancy.
- imprecations — Plural form of imprecation.
- in-compliant — not compliant; unyielding.
- incendiarism — the act or practice of an arsonist; malicious burning.
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incommutably — In an incommutable manner.
- incomparable — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incomparably — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incompassing — Present participle of incompass.
- incompassion — (obsolete) Lack of compassion.
- incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incompatibly — In an incompatible manner.
- incompliance — not compliant; unyielding.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.