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12-letter words containing n, o, m, i, c

  • gastronomics — the cooking style typical of a region or country
  • geo-economic — the study or application of the influence of geography on domestic and international economics.
  • geoeconomics — The study of the economic trends and conditions of the world’s countries and how they are related; economics considered on the broadest global scale.
  • geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
  • geometrician — a person skilled in geometry.
  • gigantomachy — (in Greek mythology) the struggle between the gods and the giants.
  • gingivectomy — surgical removal of gum tissue.
  • graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
  • gross income — Accounting. total revenue received before any deductions or allowances, as for rent, cost of goods sold, taxes, etc.
  • 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.
  • gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
  • gynodioecism — the condition of having flowers that are only female in one example of a plant and flowers that have stamens and pistils in another example of a plant of the same species
  • gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
  • haemodynamic — Alternative spelling of hemodynamic.
  • 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.
  • harmonic law — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
  • harmonically — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
  • harmonichord — a musical instrument resembling an upright piano intended to fuse the sound of a violin with the functionality of a piano, the tone therefore produced using friction rather than through striking
  • hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
  • hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
  • high command — the leadership or highest authority of a military command or other organization.
  • hire company — a company that hires things out to people
  • home cooking — home-made food
  • 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.
  • homesickness — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
  • homocysteine — An amino acid that occurs in the body as an intermediate in the metabolism of methionine and cysteine.
  • homoromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the same gender.
  • honeycombing — Present participle of honeycomb.
  • humification — the formation of humus.
  • hydrodynamic — pertaining to forces in or motions of liquids.
  • hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
  • ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
  • iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
  • iconomachist — a person who campaigns against the use of icons in religious worship
  • iconophilism — a taste for pictures and symbols
  • idiodynamics — a system of beliefs in psychology emphasizing the role of the personality in choosing stimuli and in organizing responses.
  • imogene coca — Imogene, 1908–2001, U.S. comic actress.
  • imperception — lack of perception.
  • imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
  • implications — something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood: to resent an implication of dishonesty.
  • importancies — Plural form of importancy.
  • imprecations — Plural form of imprecation.
  • improvidence — not provident; lacking foresight; incautious; unwary.
  • in committee — under consideration by a committee, as a resolution or bill
  • in-compliant — not compliant; unyielding.
  • inclinometer — Aeronautics. an instrument for measuring the angle an aircraft makes with the horizontal.
  • income group — a group in a given population having incomes within a certain range
  • incommodious — inconvenient, as not affording sufficient space or room; uncomfortable: incommodious hotel accommodations.
  • incommutable — not exchangeable.
  • incommutably — In an incommutable manner.
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