12-letter words containing m, a, g, u, e
- multungulate — a hoofed animal with three or more toes on each foot
- munro-bagger — a person who climbs as many Munros as possible
- museological — Pertaining to museology.
- mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
- mutagenicity — capable of inducing mutation or increasing its rate.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- neuroimaging — (neurology) The generation of images showing brain activity (or activity in other parts of the nervous system). (from 20th c.).
- numbers game — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
- nutmeg state — Connecticut (used as a nickname).
- oberammergau — a village in S Germany, SW of Munich: famous for the passion play performed there every ten years.
- oto-manguean — a family of American Indian languages spoken in central and southern Mexico, including Mixtec, Zapotec, and Otomi.
- out-marriage — a marriage to someone outside one's ethnic group
- parlour game — A parlour game is a game that is played indoors by families or at parties, for example a guessing game.
- pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- quadragesima — the first Sunday in Lent.
- refugee camp — a camp for sheltering and protecting people who have fled from some danger or problem, esp political persecution
- regular army — the permanent army maintained in peace as well as in war; the standing army: one of the major components of the Army of the United States.
- repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- rummage sale — a sale of miscellaneous articles, old or new, as items contributed to raise money for charity, of unclaimed goods at a wharf or warehouse, or of odds and ends of merchandise at a shop.
- running mate — a candidate for an office linked with another and more important office, as for the vice-presidency.
- sausage meat — minced and processed pork
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
- septuagesima — the third Sunday before Lent.
- simple sugar — monosaccharide.
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- take umbrage — If you say that a person takes umbrage, you mean that they are upset or offended by something that someone says or does to them, often without much reason.
- tasting menu — a fixed-price restaurant meal or menu consisting of small portions of numerous dishes: We ordered the 6-course tasting menu for $125.
- thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
- tour manager — the person in charge of an organized trip that people such as musicians, or actors go on to several different places, stopping to meet people or perform
- tsunamigenic — producing a tsunami or tsunamis
- tumbler gear — a transmission having gears actuated by a tumbler.
- under-manage — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- undergarment — an article of underwear.
- undermanning — the condition of not having enough employees to function properly
- undermeaning — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- unfragmented — existing or functioning as though broken into separate parts; disorganized; disunified: a fragmented personality; a fragmented society.
- ungerminated — to begin to grow or develop.
- unglamorized — not glamorized
- unguentarium — a vessel for holding an unguent
- unimaginable — capable of being imagined or conceived.
- unimpugnable — not capable of being challenged or criticized
- unjudgmental — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- unmanageable — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- unmanageably — in a way that is unmanageable, or to an unmanageable extent
- unmeaningful — not meaningful; without significance.
- unprogrammed — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.