12-letter words containing n, i, a, m, e
- gemeinschaft — an association of individuals having sentiments, tastes, and attitudes in common; fellowship.
- gendarmeries — Plural form of gendarmerie.
- gene mapping — any of a number of methods used to construct a model of the linear sequence of genes of a particular chromosome.
- generic name — non-brand name of a product
- genoa salami — a hard, garlic-flavored salami of pork and veal or, especially in the U.S., pork and beef.
- geomagnetism — the earth's magnetic field and associated phenomena.
- geomagnetist — someone who studies, or is an expert in, geomagnetism
- geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
- geometrician — a person skilled in geometry.
- german sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and a perfect fifth between the root and the augmented sixth
- germanophile — a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.
- germinations — Plural form of germination.
- gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
- gormandizers — gourmandise1 .
- gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- graminivores — Plural form of graminivore.
- graven image — an idol.
- 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.
- gregarianism — the practice of living or clustering together in crowds or flocks
- 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.
- gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- habilimented — Clothed.
- haematoxylin — Alternative spelling of hematoxylin.
- haemodynamic — Alternative spelling of hemodynamic.
- haemogenesis — Haematopoiesis.
- haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
- haemosiderin — Alternative form of hemosiderin.
- hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
- 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.
- harmonizable — That can be harmonized.
- haussmannize — to rebuild in a similar fashion as Haussmann rebuilt Paris
- have in mind — to remember
- 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.
- helianthemum — (botany) Any of the genus Helianthemum of rockroses.
- helmsmanship — the skill or function of a helmsman
- hemangiomata — See under angioma.
- hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
- hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- hemorrhaging — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- hereditament — any inheritable estate or interest in property.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- 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 machine — 1. Synonym home box. 2. The machine that receives your e-mail. These senses might be distinct, for example, for a hacker who owns one computer at home, but reads e-mail at work.
- 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.
- homo sapiens — (italics) the species of bipedal primates to which modern humans belong, characterized by a brain capacity averaging 1400 cc (85 cubic in.) and by dependence upon language and the creation and utilization of complex tools.