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

  • bottom grass — any grass that grows on bottoms or lowlands.
  • boxgrove man — a type of primitive man, probably Homo heidelbergensis, and probably dating from the Middle Palaeolithic period some 500 000 years ago; remains were found at Boxgrove in West Sussex in 1993 and 1995
  • brain damage — If someone suffers brain damage, their brain is damaged by an illness or injury so that they cannot function normally.
  • brigham city — a city in N Utah.
  • bumper guard — either of two vertical crosspieces attached to a bumper of a motor vehicle to prevent it from locking bumpers with another vehicle.
  • bumping race — (esp at Oxford and Cambridge) a race in which rowing eights start an equal distance one behind the other and each tries to bump the boat in front
  • bur marigold — any plant of the genus Bidens that has yellow flowers and pointed fruits that cling to fur and clothing: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • camp springs — a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
  • camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
  • campo grande — a city in SW Brazil, capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state on the São Paulo–Corumbá railway: market centre. Pop: 746 000 (2005 est)
  • candygrammar — (language)   A programming-language grammar that is mostly syntactic sugar; a play on "candygram". COBOL, Apple Computer's Hypertalk language, and many 4GLs share this property. The intent is to be as English-like as possible and thus easier for unskilled people to program. However, syntax isn't what makes programming hard; it's the mental effort and organisation required to specify an algorithm precisely. Thus "candygrammar" languages are just as difficult to program in, and far more painful for the experienced hacker.
  • canting arms — a coat of arms making visual reference to the surname of its owner
  • caramelizing — Present participle of caramelize.
  • cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
  • carpetmonger — a person who frequently visits women's boudoirs
  • case grammar — a system of grammatical description based on the functional relations that noun groups have to the main verb of a sentence
  • centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
  • ceramography — the study, analysis, and preparation of ceramic microstructures, usually for industrial use
  • chambersburg — a city in central Pennsylvania.
  • change-maker — a person or thing that changes bills or coins for ones of smaller denominations.
  • charmingness — pleasing; delightful: a charming child.
  • chaulmoogras — Plural form of chaulmoogra.
  • chromatogram — a column or strip of material containing constituents of a mixture separated by chromatography
  • chromatology — chromatics.
  • chromography — (obsolete) chromolithography.
  • circumgyrate — to cause (something) to move in a circular motion
  • city manager — (in the US) an administrator hired by a municipal council to manage its affairs
  • clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
  • clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
  • coir matting — a floor covering or packing material made of coir
  • cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
  • compurgation — (formerly) a method of trial whereby a defendant might be acquitted if a sufficient number of persons swore to his innocence
  • computer age — modern society regarded as the period when the widespread use of computers has fundamentally changed people's lives
  • conglomerate — A conglomerate is a large business firm consisting of several different companies.
  • cosmographer — (astrophysics) A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
  • cosmographic — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
  • counterimage — a corresponding image
  • crimson flag — a southern African plant, Schizostylis coccinea, of the iris family, having tubular red flowers.
  • cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
  • cryptogamist — a botanist specializing in the study of cryptogams
  • cryptogamous — Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
  • danger money — extra money paid to compensate for the risks involved in certain dangerous jobs
  • dealing room — A dealing room is a place where shares, currencies, or commodities are bought and sold.
  • defragmented — Simple past tense and past participle of defragment.
  • defragmenter — (computing) That which defragments; a program that performs defragmentation.
  • degerminated — degerm (def 2).
  • deglamorized — Simple past tense and past participle of deglamorize.
  • demagnetizer — Any device (often a furnace) that is used to remove magnetization.
  • demographers — Plural form of demographer.
  • demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
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