12-letter words containing n, a, g, m, i
- non-damaging — causing or capable of causing damages; harmful; injurious.
- non-dogmatic — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
- non-magnetic — of or relating to a magnet or magnetism.
- non-marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- non-matching — not matching: a nonmatching set of furniture.
- nonalignment — the state or condition of being nonaligned.
- nonambiguous — not ambiguous, clear
- nondemanding — not demanding
- nonimmigrant — A person who is not an immigrant.
- nonmalignant — Not malignant, without malice.
- nonmigratory — Not migratory; that does not migrate.
- onomasiology — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
- organic farm — a farm where organic methods are used for agriculture and animal husbandry
- organic mode — (programming) A term used by COCOMO to describe a project that is developed in a familiar, stable environment. The product is similar to previously developed products. Most people connected with the project have extensive experience in working with related systems and have a thorough understanding of the project. The project contains a minimum of innovative data processing architectures or algorithms. The product requires little innovation and is relatively small, rarely greater than 50,000 DSIs.
- organigramme — (British, management) An organisation chart.
- original gum — See o.g (def 1).
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- 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.
- overcramming — excessive cramming
- oxidant smog — photochemical smog.
- palm springs — a city in S California: resort.
- paragnathism — the condition or fact of having upper and lower jaws of equal length
- paramagnetic — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- parking ramp — apron (def 6).
- parmigianino — (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) 1503–40, Italian painter.
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
- pigmentation — coloration, especially of the skin.
- ping command — ping
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- premalignant — occurring before a state of malignancy
- premarketing — before the development of a market
- premigration — occurring before migration
- primary gain — the removal of emotional conflict or relief of anxiety that is the immediate benefit of a defense mechanism or neurotic symptom.
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- 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
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- quitclaiming — Present participle of quitclaim.
- race meeting — A race meeting is an occasion when a series of horse races are held at the same place, often during a period of several days.
- 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
- re-alignment — an adjustment to a line; arrangement in a straight line.
- reading lamp — A reading lamp is a small lamp that you keep on a desk or table. You can move part of it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading.
- reading room — a room set aside for reading, as in a library or club.
- reassignment — something assigned, as a particular task or duty: She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs.
- 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.
- reprimanding — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.