14-letter words containing a, d, r, m
- golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
- good samaritan — a person who gratuitously gives help or sympathy to those in distress. Luke 10:30–37.
- graeffe method — a method, involving the squaring of roots, for approximating the solutions to algebraic equations.
- granny dumping — the abandonment of an elderly person, especially a relative, at a hospital, bus station, etc.
- gregorian mode — church mode.
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- guided imagery — a relaxation technique in which words, sounds, etc., are used to evoke positive mental images, feelings, and thoughts.
- gynandromorphs — Plural form of gynandromorph.
- half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- handicraftsman — a person skilled in a handicraft; craftsman.
- hardshell clam — quahog.
- hardy ageratum — the mistflower.
- headmastership — The role or position of headmaster.
- headmistresses — Plural form of headmistress.
- heidelberg man — the primitive human being reconstructed from the Heidelberg jaw.
- hermaphrodites — Plural form of hermaphrodite.
- hermaphroditic — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- hiram woodruff — Hiram, 1817–67, Canadian driver, trainer, and breeder of harness-racing horses.
- hold to ransom — to keep (prisoners, property, etc) in confinement until payment for their release is made or received
- homeward bound — going home
- homework diary — a record of homework that has been set
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- hospital drama — a TV programme or series based on events in a hospital
- hydraulic ramp — a movable ramp operated by pressure transmitted through a pipe by a liquid
- hydrodynamical — Hydrodynamic.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hydrothermally — By hydrothermal means.
- hyperlipidemia — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; lipemia.
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- hypodermically — By hypodermic means.
- ice-cream soda — An ice-cream soda is a dessert made from ice cream, fruit-flavoured syrup, and soda water. It is usually served in a tall glass.
- ijsselmeer dam — a dam in the NW Netherlands
- immaterialized — Simple past tense and past participle of immaterialize.
- immoderateness — The quality of being immoderate, lack of moderation or temperance.
- imparidigitate — having an odd number of fingers on each limb
- impersonalised — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of impersonalize.
- implied reader — the hypothetical reader that a work is addressed to, whose thoughts, attitudes, etc, may differ from an actual reader's
- imponderabilia — Those things that are imponderable.
- indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- indeterminable — not determinable; incapable of being ascertained.
- indeterminably — In an indeterminable manner.
- indeterminates — Plural form of indeterminate.
- indian mustard — leaf mustard.