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12-letter words containing m, i, s, g, o

  • or something — You use something in expressions such as 'or something' and 'or something like that' to indicate that you are referring to something similar to what you have just mentioned but you are not being exact.
  • oscillograms — Plural form of oscillogram.
  • oxidant smog — photochemical smog.
  • physiognomic — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
  • plumbaginous — containing graphite.
  • polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
  • postmidnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
  • postorgasmic — of or relating to the period after an orgasm
  • postsphygmic — of or relating to the pulse.
  • potamologist — a specialist in potamology
  • progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
  • propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
  • prosyllogism — a syllogism the conclusion of which is used as a premise of another syllogism; any of the syllogisms included in a polysyllogism except the last.
  • psychologism — emphasis upon psychological factors in the development of a theory, as in history or philosophy.
  • reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
  • rigor mortis — the stiffening of the body after death.
  • risorgimento — the period of or the movement for the liberation and unification of Italy 1750–1870.
  • salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
  • scapegoatism — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
  • segmentation — division into segments.
  • seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
  • seismologist — the science or study of earthquakes and their phenomena.
  • self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
  • semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
  • semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
  • semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
  • semiological — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
  • shaving foam — lather used for shaving
  • shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
  • show jumping — sport: horseriding event
  • sigma baryon — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • simon legree — Simon, Simon Legree.
  • simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
  • single modal — modal (def 3).
  • sitting room — a small living room, often one that forms part of a suite in a hotel, private house, etc.
  • smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
  • smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
  • smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
  • smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
  • smoking room — a room set apart for smoking, as in a hotel or clubhouse.
  • smotheringly — in a smothering manner
  • sodium light — the light produced by a sodium lamp
  • somaticizing — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
  • spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
  • spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
  • sporangiolum — a small sporangium
  • stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
  • storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
  • submicrogram — containing or relating to a mass of less than one microgram
  • superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
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