12-letter words containing m, u, n, g
- multipathing — (computing) A network facility providing fault tolerance and load-spreading for network interface cards, each interface being assigned a static
- multiplexing — having many parts or aspects: the multiplex problem of drug abuse.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- multitasking — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- multungulate — a hoofed animal with three or more toes on each foot
- munro-bagger — a person who climbs as many Munros as possible
- mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
- mutagenicity — capable of inducing mutation or increasing its rate.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- neuroimaging — (neurology) The generation of images showing brain activity (or activity in other parts of the nervous system). (from 20th c.).
- nonambiguous — not ambiguous, clear
- nonconsuming — not consuming a resource, product, or service
- nonglamorous — not glamorous
- nothing much — not a lot
- numbers game — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
- numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- nutmeg melon — netted melon.
- nutmeg state — Connecticut (used as a nickname).
- original gum — See o.g (def 1).
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- oto-manguean — a family of American Indian languages spoken in central and southern Mexico, including Mixtec, Zapotec, and Otomi.
- outcompeting — to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in a race; to compete in business.
- outmigration — to leave a region, community, etc., to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory: People are no longer out-migrating from the South in such large numbers.
- outnumbering — Present participle of outnumber.
- pama-nyungan — a family of Australian aboriginal languages, the most widespread within the Australian group of languages.
- plum pudding — a rich steamed or boiled pudding containing raisins, currants, citron, spices, etc.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- pneumonology — the study of the respiratory system
- prejudgement — to judge beforehand.
- 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.).
- pump priming — the spending of government funds in commercial enterprises, to stimulate the national economy.
- quitclaiming — Present participle of quitclaim.
- ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
- rumor-monger — a person given to spreading rumors, often maliciously.
- running jump — a jump made after running a short distance
- running mate — a candidate for an office linked with another and more important office, as for the vice-presidency.
- running room — the space between a racer and the nearby competitors in a running race, especially enough to run and maneuver as desired.
- running time — Movies. the length or duration, usually expressed in minutes, of a feature film: The running time of the average film is 90–100 minutes.
- rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
- show jumping — sport: horseriding event
- sigismund ii — called Sigismund Augustus. 1520–72, king of Poland (1548–72), who united Poland, Lithuania, and their dependencies by the Union of Lublin (1569)
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- slumberingly — in a slumbering manner
- 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