12-letter words containing r, a, m, g, u
- major-league — Sports. of, relating to, or characteristic of the major leagues.
- majorleaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
- make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- maneuverings — Plural form of maneuvering.
- mangelwurzel — a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
- manoeuvering — Present participle of manoeuver.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- masturbating — Present participle of masturbate.
- megachurches — Plural form of megachurch.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- menstruating — to undergo menstruation.
- mesogastrium — the mesentery of the embryonic stomach.
- metallurgist — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- middle guard — a defensive lineman positioned opposite the offensive center and between the defensive tackles, as in a three- or five-man line.
- minor league — professional non-premier sports association
- minor-league — of or relating to a minor league.
- miracle drug — wonder drug.
- misfeaturing — distorting the features
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- muir glacier — a glacier in SE Alaska, flowing SE from Mt. Fairweather into Glacier Bay. About 350 sq. mi. (905 sq. km).
- multi-garnet — A better constraint system for Garnet. Version 2.1 by Michael Sannella <[email protected]>.
- multiangular — having many angles; polyangular.
- multigravida — a pregnant woman who has been pregnant two or more times.
- munro-bagger — a person who climbs as many Munros as possible
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- neuroimaging — (neurology) The generation of images showing brain activity (or activity in other parts of the nervous system). (from 20th c.).
- nonglamorous — not glamorous
- numbers game — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
- oberammergau — a village in S Germany, SW of Munich: famous for the passion play performed there every ten years.
- old guardism — political conservatism.
- original gum — See o.g (def 1).
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- 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.
- parlour game — A parlour game is a game that is played indoors by families or at parties, for example a guessing game.
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- 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.).
- 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
- quadragesima — the first Sunday in Lent.
- quiz program — a radio or television program in which contestants compete, often for prizes, by answering questions.
- refugee camp — a camp for sheltering and protecting people who have fled from some danger or problem, esp political persecution
- regular army — the permanent army maintained in peace as well as in war; the standing army: one of the major components of the Army of the United States.
- repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
- rummage sale — a sale of miscellaneous articles, old or new, as items contributed to raise money for charity, of unclaimed goods at a wharf or warehouse, or of odds and ends of merchandise at a shop.