12-letter words containing m, i, s, g
- envisagement — The act of envisaging.
- enzymologist — A specialist in enzymology.
- epistemology — The theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. Epistemology is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion.
- etymologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of etymologize.
- fish farming — the job of rearing fish for commercial purposes
- fishing worm — an earthworm.
- fishmonger's — a shop that sells fish
- flying mouse — pygmy glider.
- gaius marius — Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
- galactosemia — an inherited disorder characterized by the inability to metabolize galactose and requiring a galactose-free diet to avoid consequent mental retardation and eye, spleen, and liver abnormalities.
- gamesmanship — the use of methods, especially in a sports contest, that are dubious or seemingly improper but not strictly illegal.
- garnishments — Plural form of garnishment.
- gas dynamics — the study of the dynamic properties of gases and their thermal effects.
- gastric mill — a gizzard in decapod crustaceans, as lobsters, crabs, and shrimps, having an arrangement of teeth and small bones for grinding food and bristles for filtering small particles.
- gastrocnemii — Plural form of gastrocnemius.
- gastrodermis — the inner cell layer of the body of an invertebrate.
- gastronomics — the cooking style typical of a region or country
- gastronomies — Plural form of gastronomy.
- gastronomist — a connoisseur of good food; gourmet; epicure.
- gastrotomies — Plural form of gastrotomy.
- gemeinschaft — an association of individuals having sentiments, tastes, and attitudes in common; fellowship.
- gendarmeries — Plural form of gendarmerie.
- genoa salami — a hard, garlic-flavored salami of pork and veal or, especially in the U.S., pork and beef.
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- geoeconomics — The study of the economic trends and conditions of the world’s countries and how they are related; economics considered on the broadest global scale.
- geomagnetism — the earth's magnetic field and associated phenomena.
- geomagnetist — someone who studies, or is an expert in, geomagnetism
- geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
- german sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and a perfect fifth between the root and the augmented sixth
- germinations — Plural form of germination.
- ghost shrimp — a shrimplike crustacean of the genus Callianassa, of the Pacific coast of North America, having a pinkish, transparent body.
- giant slalom — a slalom race in which the course has more gates and is longer and steeper than that in a regular slalom.
- gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
- glioblastoma — A highly invasive glioma in the brain.
- glomerulitis — inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney.
- glossematics — a school of linguistic analysis developed by Louis Hjelmslev (1899–1965) in Copenhagen in the 1930s based on the study of the distribution of glossemes.
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- goldsmithing — The work of a goldsmith; the forging of gold.
- gormandising — Present participle of gormandise.
- gormandizers — gourmandise1 .
- gospel music — a now popularized form of impassioned rhythmic spiritual music rooted in the solo and responsive church singing of rural blacks in the American South, central to the development of rhythm and blues and of soul music.
- gossipmonger — a person especially fond of or addicted to gossiping.
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- graminivores — Plural form of graminivore.
- grammaticise — to make grammatical
- grammaticism — a point or principle of grammar.
- gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
- gran turismo — (of an automobile) certified as conforming to the specifications, as fuel capacity and engine displacement, for a class of standard automobiles (Gran Turismo) qualified to engage in various types of competitions. Abbreviation: GTO.
- granny smith — a variety of crisp, green-skinned apple, for eating raw or for cooking.
- grass family — the large plant family Gramineae (or Poaceae), characterized by mostly herbaceous but sometimes woody plants with hollow and jointed stems, narrow sheathing leaves, petalless flowers borne in spikelets, and fruit in the form of seedlike grain, and including bamboo, sugar cane, numerous grasses, and cereal grains such as barley, corn, oats, rice, rye, and wheat.