12-letter words containing m, e, l, o
- galactometer — a lactometer.
- galactosemia — an inherited disorder characterized by the inability to metabolize galactose and requiring a galactose-free diet to avoid consequent mental retardation and eye, spleen, and liver abnormalities.
- galvanometer — an instrument for detecting the existence of small electric currents and determining their strength.
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- gambrel roof — a gable roof, each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one. Compare mansard (def 1).
- game console — Also called game(s) console, gaming console, video-game console. a computer system specially made for playing video games by connecting it to a television or other display for video and sound.
- gamopetalous — having the petals united.
- gamosepalous — having the sepals united.
- gangliectomy — (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
- gastrodermal — the inner cell layer of the body of an invertebrate.
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- gemel bottle — a bottle consisting of two flasks set side by side with the necks curving in opposite directions.
- genoa salami — a hard, garlic-flavored salami of pork and veal or, especially in the U.S., pork and beef.
- geothermally — By geothermal means, especially by means of geothermal energy.
- germanophile — a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.
- gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
- gladsomeness — (archaic) gladness.
- glenohumeral — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the glenoid fossa and the humerus.
- glomerulitis — inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney.
- glossematics — a school of linguistic analysis developed by Louis Hjelmslev (1899–1965) in Copenhagen in the 1930s based on the study of the distribution of glossemes.
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- gormlessness — The state of being gormless.
- gospel music — a now popularized form of impassioned rhythmic spiritual music rooted in the solo and responsive church singing of rural blacks in the American South, central to the development of rhythm and blues and of soul music.
- governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- gram calorie — calorie (def 1a). Abbreviation: g-cal.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- haematoblast — any of the undifferentiated cells in the bone marrow that develop into blood cells
- haematolyses — Plural form of haematolysis.
- haematolysis — Haemolysis.
- haematoxylin — Alternative spelling of hematoxylin.
- haematoxylon — any thorny leguminous tree of the genus Haematoxylon, esp the logwood, of tropical America and SW Africa. The heartwood yields the dye haematoxylin
- haemophiliac — A person with haemophilia.
- hair removal — depilatory treatment
- hall bedroom — a small bedroom off a corridor, esp. a small bedroom formed by partitioning off the end of an upstairs corridor
- hall of fame — a national shrine in New York City commemorating the names of outstanding Americans.
- halogen lamp — a gas-filled, high-intensity incandescent lamp having a tungsten filament and containing a small amount of a halogen, such as iodine, that vaporizes on heating and redeposits any evaporated tungsten particles back onto the filament: used especially in motion-picture projectors and automobile headlights.
- hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
- harmonizable — That can be harmonized.
- hebdomadally — taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly: hebdomadal meetings; hebdomadal groups; hebdomadal journals.
- heliotropism — heliotropic tendency or growth.
- helmspersons — Plural form of helmsperson.
- hematoblasts — Plural form of hematoblast.
- hematocolpos — (medicine) A medical condition in which the vagina fills with menstrual blood, often caused by the combination of menstruation with an imperforate hymen.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hemerocallis — the genus comprising the day lilies.
- hemimetaboly — Hemimetabolism.
- hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
- hemodialyses — Plural form of hemodialysis.
- hemodialysis — dialysis of the blood, especially with an artificial kidney, for the removal of waste products.
- hemodialyzer — artificial kidney.