12-letter words containing n, a, g, m
- graven image — an idol.
- green manure — a crop of growing plants, as clover and other nitrogen-fixing plants, plowed under to enrich the soil.
- greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- greenmarkets — Plural form of greenmarket.
- gregarianism — the practice of living or clustering together in crowds or flocks
- grimaldi man — a type of Aurignacian man having a negroid appearance, thought to be a race of Cro-Magnon man
- gross margin — the difference between total revenue and the cost of goods sold
- gubernaculum — a part or organ that directs the movement or course of another part.
- gulf of oman — a strait that ultimately links the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf
- gum ammoniac — a brownish-yellow gum resin, having an acrid taste, occurring in tearlike fragments from a plant, Dorema ammoniacum, of western Asia: used in porcelain ceramics and in medicine as an expectorant and counterirritant.
- gum-benjamin — Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- haemogenesis — Haematopoiesis.
- halogen lamp — a gas-filled, high-intensity incandescent lamp having a tungsten filament and containing a small amount of a halogen, such as iodine, that vaporizes on heating and redeposits any evaporated tungsten particles back onto the filament: used especially in motion-picture projectors and automobile headlights.
- hamming code — (algorithm) Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
- hamstringing — Present participle of hamstring.
- harmonograph — an instrument using a system of pendulums to produce geometric images
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- hemangiomata — See under angioma.
- hematogenous — originating in the blood.
- hemorrhaging — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- high command — the leadership or highest authority of a military command or other organization.
- hill farming — the activity and business of having a hill farm
- home banking — a system whereby a person at home or in an office can use a computer with a modem to call up information from a bank or to transfer funds electronically
- home staging — the professional service of preparing homes for sale in such a way as to appeal to potential buyers and generate higher selling prices: Realtors who encourage sellers to invest in home staging are reporting substantial monetary returns—for both themselves and their clients.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- homologation — to approve; confirm or ratify.
- homologumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- human genome — genetic code of human beings
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- hunger march — a procession of protest or demonstration by the unemployed
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- illuminating — to enlighten, as with knowledge.
- imagineering — the implementing of creative ideas into practical form.
- immigrations — Plural form of immigration.
- imogene coca — Imogene, 1908–2001, U.S. comic actress.
- imparadising — Present participle of imparadise.
- impassioning — Present participle of impassion.
- implantology — the branch of dentistry dealing with the permanent implantation or attachment of artificial teeth in the jaw.
- impregnating — Present participle of impregnate.
- impregnation — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- in agreement — of the same opinion
- in-migration — to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory.
- incompassing — Present participle of incompass.
- infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
- ingeminating — Present participle of ingeminate.