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12-letter words containing r, a, g, m

  • 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
  • oscillograms — Plural form of oscillogram.
  • out-marriage — a marriage to someone outside one's ethnic group
  • 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
  • palm springs — a city in S California: resort.
  • pampas grass — a tall, ornamental grass, Cortaderia selloana, native to South America, having large, thick, feathery, silvery-white panicles.
  • paradigmatic — of or relating to a paradigm.
  • 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).
  • parlour game — A parlour game is a game that is played indoors by families or at parties, for example a guessing game.
  • parmigianino — (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) 1503–40, Italian painter.
  • paroemiology — the study of proverbs
  • perfect game — a baseball game in which the same player pitches throughout the full game without allowing any player of the opposing team to reach first base by a base hit, base on balls, error, or any other means. Compare no-hitter.
  • permanganate — a salt of permanganic acid, as potassium permanganate.
  • 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).
  • pharmacology — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
  • pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
  • phragmoplast — the cytoplasmic structure that forms at the equator of the spindle after the chromosomes have divided during the anaphase of plant mitosis, and that initiates cell division.
  • phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
  • phrasemonger — phrasemaker (def 2).
  • pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
  • postorgasmic — of or relating to the period after an orgasm
  • pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
  • pragmaticism — the pragmatist philosophy of C. S. Peirce, chiefly a theory of meaning: so called by him to distinguish it from the pragmatism of William James.
  • pragmaticist — a follower of the doctrine of pragmatism
  • pre-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.
  • 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.
  • primigravida — a woman pregnant for the first time.
  • primogenital — relating to primogeniture
  • problem page — a feature in a newspaper, magazine, etc in which readers' problems are published and answers supplied
  • program note — A program note is an article written in a program for a play or concert that gives information about the performance or production.
  • programmable — capable of being programmed.
  • programmatic — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling program music.
  • 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
  • pyjama rugby — an uncomplimentary term for the Super 12 Rugby Union competition that involves teams from South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, and which is noted for its free-flowing nature and lack of attritional play between the forwards
  • pyramidology — a belief system based on the supposed occult significance of the Egyptian pyramids
  • pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
  • quadragesima — the first Sunday in Lent.
  • quiz program — a radio or television program in which contestants compete, often for prizes, by answering questions.
  • 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.
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