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

  • pigmentation — coloration, especially of the skin.
  • ping command — ping
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
  • potamologist — a specialist in potamology
  • premigration — occurring before migration
  • primogenital — relating to primogeniture
  • primogenitor — a first parent or earliest ancestor: Adam and Eve are the primogenitors of the human race.
  • programmatic — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling program music.
  • progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
  • promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • 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.
  • pyramidology — a belief system based on the supposed occult significance of the Egyptian pyramids
  • pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
  • quiz program — a radio or television program in which contestants compete, often for prizes, by answering questions.
  • race norming — the process of statistically adjusting the scores of minority job applicants on job-qualification tests by rating each test-taker's score against the results of others in his or her racial or ethnic group.
  • racing homer — a kind of homing pigeon used for racing
  • reading room — a room set aside for reading, as in a library or club.
  • recommending — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
  • reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
  • reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
  • remote login — (networking)   A client-server program and protocol that provides an interactivel command line interface to a remote computer, using a protocol over a computer network, simulating a locally attached terminal.
  • retromingent — urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
  • rigid motion — any transformation, as a translation or rotation, of a set such that the distance between points is preserved.
  • 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.
  • rolling mill — a mill where ingots, slabs, sheets, etc., of usually hot metal are passed between rolls to give them a certain thickness or cross-sectional form.
  • running room — the space between a racer and the nearby competitors in a running race, especially enough to run and maneuver as desired.
  • 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.
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