12-letter words containing r, m, e
- funeral home — an establishment where the dead are prepared for burial or cremation, where the body may be viewed, and where funeral services are sometimes held.
- furnace room — a room containing a furnace or an enclosed chamber for producing heat, often on the bottom floor of the building that it heats
- furnishments — Plural form of furnishment.
- galactometer — a lactometer.
- galvanometer — an instrument for detecting the existence of small electric currents and determining their strength.
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- gamal nasser — Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- gamboge tree — any of several tropical Asian trees of the genus Garcinia, esp G. hanburyi, that yield this resin: family Clusiaceae
- gambrel roof — a gable roof, each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one. Compare mansard (def 1).
- game reserve — wildlife park, safari park
- game-changer — Sports. an athlete, play, etc., that suddenly changes the outcome of a game or contest.
- games master — a man who teaches games and sports in a school
- gametophores — Plural form of gametophore.
- gamma camera — a medical apparatus that detects gamma rays emitted from a person's body after the administration of a radioactive drug and so produces images of the organ being investigated
- garbage dump — rubbish tip, place where refuse is disposed of
- garde manger — a cool room used for storing foods and for preparing certain dishes, especially cold buffet dishes.
- garde-manger — a cool room used for storing foods and for preparing certain dishes, especially cold buffet dishes.
- garment rack — A garment rack is a rail used in stores to hang items of clothing on display, such as shirts and coats.
- garnishments — Plural form of garnishment.
- gastrocnemii — Plural form of gastrocnemius.
- gastrodermal — the inner cell layer of the body of an invertebrate.
- gastrodermis — the inner cell layer of the body of an invertebrate.
- gastronomies — Plural form of gastronomy.
- gastrotomies — Plural form of gastrotomy.
- gay 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.
- gaya maretan — Gayomart.
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- gendarmeries — Plural form of gendarmerie.
- generic name — non-brand name of a product
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- geometrician — a person skilled in geometry.
- geometricize — to draw, design, or form in geometrical shapes or patterns.
- george meany — George, 1894–1980, U.S. labor leader: 3rd president of the AFL 1952–55; 1st president of the AFL-CIO 1955–79.
- geothermally — By geothermal means, especially by means of geothermal energy.
- germ carrier — an organism carrying microorganisms, esp microorganisms that produce disease in animals or plants
- germ warfare — biological warfare.
- german ocean — an arm of the Atlantic between Great Britain and the European mainland. About 201,000 sq. mi. (520,600 sq. km); greatest depth, 1998 feet (610 meters).
- 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.
- germanophobe — a person who hates or fears Germany, Germans, or German culture.
- germinations — Plural form of germination.
- gerrymanders — Plural form of gerrymander.
- 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.
- gimme birdie — a birdie in which the final putt is a gimme
- glacier milk — water flowing in a stream from the snout of a glacier and containing particles of rock
- glenohumeral — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the glenoid fossa and the humerus.
- glimmeringly — a faint or unsteady light; glimmer.
- glomerulitis — inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney.
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- good-humored — having or showing a pleasant, amiable mood: a good-humored man; a good-humored remark.