12-letter words containing m, g, c, p
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- magic carpet — flying rug in fantasy stories
- 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.
- magnetooptic — pertaining to the effect of magnetism upon the propagation of light.
- mammographic — Of, or pertaining to, mammography.
- marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
- 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.
- megacephalic — macrocephalic.
- microcopying — the act of copying onto microfilm
- micrographia — minute handwriting.
- micrographic — Pertaining to micrographics.
- microgripper — (engineering) A microscopic device used to grasp and manipulate microscale objects safely.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microphoning — Present participle of microphone.
- microprogram — Computers. a set of microinstructions that defines the individual operations that a computer carries out in response to a machine-language instruction.
- monocropping — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
- myringoscope — an instrument for examining the eardrum
- myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
- myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
- noncomplying — the failure to comply; non-compliance
- outcompeting — to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in a race; to compete in business.
- palm cabbage — cabbage palm.
- paradigmatic — of or relating to a paradigm.
- paramagnetic — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- perfect game — a baseball game in which the same player pitches throughout the full game without allowing any player of the opposing team to reach first base by a base hit, base on balls, error, or any other means. Compare no-hitter.
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- pharmacology — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- phlegmagogic — a medication that is intended to dislodge and evacuate mucus from the respiratory system
- physiognomic — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- ping command — ping
- plagioclimax — the climax stage of a community, influenced by man or some other outside factor
- policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- postorgasmic — of or relating to the period after an orgasm
- postsphygmic — of or relating to the pulse.
- pragmaticism — the pragmatist philosophy of C. S. Peirce, chiefly a theory of meaning: so called by him to distinguish it from the pragmatism of William James.
- pragmaticist — a follower of the doctrine of pragmatism
- preemergence — occurring or applied before the emergence of a plant from the soil: preemergence herbicide.
- programmatic — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling program music.
- psychologism — emphasis upon psychological factors in the development of a theory, as in history or philosophy.
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- refugee camp — a camp for sheltering and protecting people who have fled from some danger or problem, esp political persecution
- scapegoatism — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- sphygmoscope — a device for studying or examining the pulse
- swimming cap — A swimming cap is a rubber cap which you wear to keep your hair dry when you are swimming.
- uncompelling — tending to compel, as to force or push toward a course of action; overpowering: There were compelling reasons for their divorce.