13-letter words containing m, i, o, g, r
- pharmacologic — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- pivot grammar — a loose grammar said to govern two-word utterances by children
- plagiotropism — plagiotropic tendency or growth.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- post-marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- pre-migration — the process or act of migrating.
- predominating — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- primary group — a group of individuals living in close, intimate, and personal relationship.
- primatologist — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
- primogenitrix — a primogenitor who is female
- primogeniture — the state or fact of being the firstborn of children of the same parents.
- profit margin — the percentage that profit constitutes of total sales.
- profit-making — A profit-making business or organization makes a profit.
- progametangia — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- program music — music intended to convey an impression of a definite series of images, scenes, or events.
- progressivism — the principles and practices of progressives.
- radiotelegram — a message transmitted by radiotelegraphy.
- rambling rose — any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation
- reconsignment — a consigning again.
- reggio emilia — a city in N Italy.
- regimentation — the act of regimenting or the state of being regimented.
- regiomontanus — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
- remythologize — to mythologize anew, to make a new mythological system out of (an existing one)
- retromingency — urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
- ring compound — a compound whose structural formula contains a closed chain or ring of atoms; a cyclic compound. Compare cyclic (def 3).
- rock climbing — the sport of climbing sheer rocky surfaces on the sides of mountains, often with the aid of special equipment.
- romanticising — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- rooming house — a house with furnished rooms to rent; lodging house.
- rose geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium graveolens, cultivated for its fragrant, lobed or narrowly divided leaves.
- rough diamond — gemstone: uncut diamond
- roughing mill — a rolling mill for converting steel ingots into blooms, billets, or slabs.
- rumelgumption — commonsense
- rumlegumption — commonsense
- semireligious — having a somewhat religious character.
- shipping room — a place in a business concern where goods are packed and shipped.
- single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- standing room — space in which to stand, as in a theater, stadium, or the like.
- storm warning — a showing of storm signals.
- strong-minded — having a forceful and independent mind.
- sugar of milk — lactose.
- superorganism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
- tangata māori — someone of Māori origin
- temporizingly — in a yielding manner
- thermogenesis — the production of heat, especially in an animal body by physiological processes.
- thermosetting — pertaining to a type of plastic, as the urea resins, that sets when heated and cannot be remolded.
- thermostating — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thigmotropism — oriented growth of an organism in response to mechanical contact, as a plant tendril coiling around a string support.