11-letter words containing a, n, m, i
- formication — a tactile hallucination involving the belief that something is crawling on the body or under the skin.
- formulating — Present participle of formulate.
- formulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- fragmenting — a part broken off or detached: scattered fragments of the broken vase.
- fragmentise — Alternative form of fragmentize.
- fragmentize — to break (something) into fragments; break (something) apart.
- francomania — an obsession with France or French things
- freemartins — Plural form of freemartin.
- freudianism — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- friar minor — a friar belonging to the branch of the Franciscan order that observes the strict rule of St. Francis. Compare capuchin (def 4), Friar Minor Conventual.
- fulminating — Present participle of fulminate.
- fulmination — a violent denunciation or censure: a sermon that was one long fulmination.
- fulminatory — Thundering; striking terror.
- funambulism — The art of walking on a tightrope or a slack-rope.
- funambulist — a tightrope walker.
- galantamine — (organic compound) An alkaloid, obtained synthetically or from various plants, used for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease and various memory impairments.
- gallicanism — the movement or body of doctrines, chiefly associated with the Gallican church, advocating the restriction of papal authority in certain matters.
- gamekeeping — a person employed, as on an estate or game preserve, to prevent poaching and provide a natural environment conducive to the propagation of game, as by thinning brush, scattering food after a snowstorm, and the like.
- gametangium — an organ or body bearing gametes, as in mosses and liverworts.
- gametogenic — Of or pertaining to gametogenesis.
- gaming laws — laws relating to gambling and playing games for money
- gamma knife — a machine that uses radiation with extreme accuracy to destroy abnormal tissue, esp in the brain
- gamogenesis — sexual reproduction.
- gangsterism — the methods or behavior of gangsters.
- garnishment — Law. a warning, served on a third party to hold, subject to the court's direction, money or property belonging to a debtor who is being sued by a creditor. a summons to a third party to appear in litigation pending between a creditor and debtor.
- gastronomic — the art or science of good eating.
- geitonogamy — pollination of a flower by pollen from another flower on the same plant.
- gel mineral — a colloidal mineral.
- gemmulation — the process of reproduction by gemmules.
- gendarmerie — gendarmes collectively; a body of gendarmes.
- genetic map — an arrangement of genes on a chromosome.
- genomic dna — the DNA constituting the genome of a cell or organism, as distinguished from extrachromosomal DNAs, such as plasmids. Abbreviation: gDNA.
- geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
- geomagnetic — of or relating to geomagnetism.
- germinating — Present participle of germinate.
- germination — to begin to grow or develop.
- germinative — capable of germinating, developing, or creating; of or pertaining to germination.
- giambologna — Giovanni da [jee-uh-vah-nee duh;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /ˌdʒi əˈvɑ ni də;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Jean de Boulogne; Giambologna) c1525–1608, Italian sculptor, born in France.
- gimbal-ring — Sometimes, gimbal. a contrivance, consisting of a ring or base on an axis, that permits an object, as a ship's compass, mounted in or on it to tilt freely in any direction, in effect suspending the object so that it will remain horizontal even when its support is tipped.
- give a damn — to declare (something) to be bad, unfit, invalid, or illegal.
- glamorizing — Present participle of glamorize.
- glassmaking — the art of making glass or glassware.
- glomerating — Present participle of glomerate.
- glomeration — a glomerate condition; conglomeration.
- glucosamine — an aminosugar occurring in many polysaccharides of vertebrate tissue and also as the major component of chitin.
- glutaminase — an enzyme used to treat cancer
- gobsmacking — Causing one to be gobsmacked; astounding, flabbergasting.
- gonimoblast — a spore-bearing filament in the carpogonium of red algae
- gonycampsis — abnormal curvature of the knee.
- gormandized — Simple past tense and past participle of gormandize.