12-letter words containing m, o, g, i, l, a
- mole mapping — the procedure of using a digital camera to record the positions and appearances of moles on a person's body so that regular checks will detect any changes that might lead to skin cancer
- monsignorial — having the ecclesiastical title of a Monsignor
- moon landing — the act of landing on the moon
- moralizingly — In a moralizing fashion.
- mosaic glass — glass having a polychrome pattern made by fusing colors or variously colored canes, rods, strips, or squares together.
- mucilaginous — of, relating to, or secreting mucilage.
- multimegaton — (of a nuclear weapon) having several megatons of explosive power
- museological — Pertaining to museology.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- mystagogical — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- mythological — of or relating to mythology.
- nematologist — One who studies nematology.
- nonalignment — the state or condition of being nonaligned.
- nonmalignant — Not malignant, without malice.
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- onomasiology — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
- original gum — See o.g (def 1).
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- oscillograms — Plural form of oscillogram.
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs
- phlegmagogic — a medication that is intended to dislodge and evacuate mucus from the respiratory system
- plagioclimax — the climax stage of a community, influenced by man or some other outside factor
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
- potamologist — a specialist in potamology
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- pyramidology — a belief system based on the supposed occult significance of the Egyptian pyramids
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- 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.
- single modal — modal (def 3).
- 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 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.
- 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.
- tragicomical — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- unglamorized — not glamorized
- unmoralising — not moralising
- unmoralizing — not moralizing
- wall molding — back molding.
- wing formula — a numerical representation of the relative lengths of the primary feathers of a bird's wing, used in identifying similar species, as flycatchers.
- womb-leasing — bearing a child on behalf of a couple unable to have a child; surrogacy