12-letter words containing m, i, g, a, t
- magnetotaxis — movement or orientation of an organism in response to a magnetic field.
- magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
- magnitogorsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River, near the boundary between Europe and Asia.
- 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.
- mail gateway — (messaging) A machine that connects two or more electronic mail systems (including dissimilar mail systems) and transfers messages between them. Sometimes the mapping and translation can be quite complex, and it generally requires a store and forward scheme whereby the message is received from one system completely before it is transmitted to the next system, after suitable translations.
- mailing list — a list of addresses to which mail, especially advertisements, can be sent.
- mailing tube — an elongated cylinder of cardboard, used for mailing rolled-up papers, magazines, etc.
- malacologist — A person who studies molluscs, who specializes in malacology.
- malt vinegar — acidic condiment made from malted barley
- manipulating — Present participle of manipulate.
- margrethe ii — born 1940, queen of Denmark since 1972.
- martempering — a quenching process used to harden austenitic steel.
- masking tape — an easily removed adhesive tape used temporarily for defining margins, protecting surfaces, etc., as when painting, and sometimes also for binding, sealing, or mending.
- mass meeting — a large or general assembly to discuss or hear discussed some matter of common interest or concern: a mass meeting to protest the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
- mass wasting — downhill movement of soil and rock fragments induced by gravity.
- masterbating — Misspelling of masturbating.
- mastersinger — Meistersinger (def 1).
- mastigonemes — Plural form of mastigoneme.
- mastigophora — a phylum of protozoans comprising nonphotosynthetic, chiefly free-living flagellates: some species are important pathogens of humans and other animals.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- masturbating — Present participle of masturbate.
- match-fixing — the act of arranging the outcome of a sports match prior to its being played
- matrilineage — lineal descent traced through the female line.
- meat grinder — machine: minces meat
- 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.
- meeting rail — (in a double-hung window) the rail of each sash that meets a rail of the other when the window is closed.
- megalecithal — having a large amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- menstruating — to undergo menstruation.
- mental image — sth imagined
- mesogastrium — the mesentery of the embryonic stomach.
- message unit — a measure of the duration of and distance covered by local telephone calls, used by telephone companies as a basis for assessing service charges.
- metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
- metabolizing — Present participle of metabolize.
- 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
- metallurgist — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- metamagnetic — (physics) Describing the transition from an antiferromagnetic to a ferromagnetic state.
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- metathinking — Thought about the process of thinking.
- metrological — the science of weights and measures.
- metrorrhagia — nonmenstrual discharge of blood from the uterus; uterine hemorrhage.
- microgranite — an igneous rock with an identical composition and mineral content to granite, but having a finer texture
- microgravity — a condition, especially in space orbit, where the force of gravity is so weak that weightlessness results.
- migrationist — a person who considers it important for species of animals and plants to migrate for the purposes of distribution and evolution
- militarizing — Present participle of militarize.
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.
- ming dynasty — the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644
- misalignment — improperly aligned.