12-letter words containing m, i, g, r, a
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hellgrammite — the aquatic larva of a dobsonfly, used as bait in fishing.
- hemorrhaging — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- hierogrammat — a writer of hierograms.
- hill farming — the activity and business of having a hill farm
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- hydrargyrism — mercurialism.
- hypermagical — produced by or as if by magic: The change in the appearance of the room was magical.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- iambographer — a person who writes iambs
- imagineering — the implementing of creative ideas into practical form.
- immigrations — Plural form of immigration.
- imparadising — Present participle of imparadise.
- impregnating — Present participle of impregnate.
- impregnation — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- in agreement — of the same opinion
- in-migration — to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory.
- infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
- ivy geranium — a trailing geranium, Pelargonium peltatum, of southern Africa, having a fleshy stem that becomes woody with age, glossy, ivy-shaped leaves, and clusters of flowers ranging from white to deep rose in color.
- jumping hare — springhare.
- jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
- karyomapping — a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives
- kashmir goat — one of a long-haired breed of goat raised in Tibet and the higher elevations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Turkey for its meat, milk, and cashmere wool.
- king-of-arms — a title of certain of the principal heralds of England and certain other kingdoms empowered by their sovereigns to grant armorial bearings.
- lammergeiers — Plural form of lammergeier.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- large-minded — having tolerant views or liberal ideas; broad-minded.
- laue diagram — a diffraction pattern used to study crystal structure, consisting of symmetrically arranged spots obtained when a beam of x-rays, electrons, or neutrons is passed through a thin crystal and exposes a photographic plate.
- leading mark — either of two conspicuous objects regarded as points on a line (leading line) upon which a vessel can sail a safe course.
- line manager — immediate supervisor
- loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
- logical form — the syntactic structure that may be shared by different expressions as abstracted from their content and articulated by the logical constants of a particular logical system, esp the structure of an argument by virtue of which it can be shown to be formally valid. Thus John is tall and thin, so John is tall has the same logical form as London is large and dirty, so London is large, namely P & Q, so P
- lognormality — the condition of having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macroglossia — Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
- magic carpet — flying rug in fantasy stories
- magic circle — the British association of magicians, traditionally forbidden to reveal any of the secrets of their art
- magic marker — felt-tip pen
- magic number — the atomic number or neutron number of an exceptionally stable nuclide.
- magic square — a square containing integers arranged in an equal number of rows and columns so that the sum of the integers in any row, column, or diagonal is the same.
- magistracies — Plural form of magistracy.
- magnitogorsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River, near the boundary between Europe and Asia.
- mail merging — a software facility that can produce a large number of personalized letters by combining a file containing a list of names and addresses with one containing a single standard document
- main bearing — one of the bearings in an internal combustion engine upon which the crankshaft rotates
- make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- malt vinegar — acidic condiment made from malted barley
- mammographic — Of, or pertaining to, mammography.
- managerially — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
- maneuverings — Plural form of maneuvering.