14-letter words containing a, r, c, m, i, n
- generic markup — (text) In computerised document preparation, a method of adding information to the text indicating the logical components of a document, such as paragraphs, headers or footnotes. SGML is an example of such a system. Specific instructions for layout of the text on the page do not appear in the markup.
- genetic marker — any distinct inheritable indicator of identity and ancestry.
- geometric mean — the mean of n positive numbers obtained by taking the n th root of the product of the numbers: The geometric mean of 6 and 24 is 12.
- grammaticizing — Present participle of grammaticize.
- 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.
- handicraftsman — a person skilled in a handicraft; craftsman.
- heracliteanism — the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place.
- heteroromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the opposite gender.
- home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
- hurricane lamp — a candlestick or oil lantern protected against drafts or winds by a glass chimney.
- hydrodynamical — Hydrodynamic.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- ice cream cone — a thin, crisp, hollow conical wafer for holding one or more scoops of ice cream.
- ice-cream cone — a thin, crisp, hollow conical wafer for holding one or more scoops of ice cream.
- image orthicon — a camera tube, more sensitive than the orthicon, in which an electron image generated by a photocathode is focused on one side of a target that is scanned on its other side by a beam of low-velocity electrons to produce the output signal.
- immunoreaction — Immune reaction.
- immunoreactive — Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
- impact printer — (printer) The earlier, noisier kind of printer where part of the mechanism comes into contact with the paper. The term would only be only used in contrast to "non-impact printer". Examples include line printer, daisy wheel printer, golf ball printer, dot matrix printer, Braille printer.
- income bracket — a group or category of people whose income falls within defined upper and lower levels
- incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
- incorporealism — Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.
- incrementalism — a policy of making changes, especially social changes, by degrees; gradualism.
- incrementalist — a policy of making changes, especially social changes, by degrees; gradualism.
- incrementation — The act or process of incrementing.
- indiscriminant — Misspelling of indiscriminate.
- indiscriminate — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
- instant camera — a usually portable camera that produces a finished picture shortly after each exposure. Compare Polaroid (def 2).
- inter-american — of or relating to some or all of the countries of North, Central, and South America.
- interactionism — a theory that the mind and the body may each affect the other.
- intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
- intermunicipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- interracialism — action or policy for establishing equality and cooperation between different racial groups.
- intramercurial — within Mercury's orbit
- intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
- inverted comma — quotation mark.
- jamaica ginger — an alcoholic extract of ginger used as a flavoring.
- karnatak music — the classical music of South India
- kinematic pair — pair1 (def 10).
- lacrimal gland — either of two tear-secreting glands situated in the upper outer angle of the orbit.
- lap microphone — a small microphone that may be clipped to the speaker's lapel, pocket, or the like.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- latin american — the part of the American continents south of the United States in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken.
- livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
- lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
- macaroni wheat — durum wheat.
- mackinaw trout — lake trout.
- macro-mutation — a mutation that has a profound effect on the resulting organism, as a change in a regulatory gene that controls the expression of many structural genes.