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14-letter words containing a, r, m, i

  • geometrization — the application of geometrical concepts to a different field
  • gerrymandering — U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.
  • gewurztraminer — a type of white grape used in winemaking.
  • glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
  • glamourization — Alternative form of glamorization.
  • global warming — an increase in the earth's average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect.
  • good samaritan — a person who gratuitously gives help or sympathy to those in distress. Luke 10:30–37.
  • grammaticality — the state or quality of being grammatical.
  • grammaticalize — to convert (a content word or part of one) into a functor, as in using OE līc, “body,” as a suffix in adjectives and adverbs, such as OE frēondlīc, “friendly.”.
  • grammaticaster — (derogatory) A pedantic, inferior grammarian.
  • grammaticizing — Present participle of grammaticize.
  • granny dumping — the abandonment of an elderly person, especially a relative, at a hospital, bus station, etc.
  • granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
  • great renaming — (history)   The flag day in 1986 on which all of the non-local groups on the Usenet had their names changed from the net.- format to the current multiple-hierarchies scheme. Used especially in discussing the history of newsgroup names. "The oldest sources group is comp.sources.misc; before the Great Renaming, it was net.sources."
  • great zimbabwe — Formerly Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia. a republic in S Africa: a former British colony and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence 1980. 150,330 sq. mi. (389,362 sq. km). Capital: Harare.
  • 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.
  • group marriage — (among primitive peoples) a form of marriage in which a group of males is united with a group of females to form a single conjugal unit.
  • guided imagery — a relaxation technique in which words, sounds, etc., are used to evoke positive mental images, feelings, and thoughts.
  • hamilcar barca — c270–228 b.c, Carthaginian general and statesman (father of Hannibal).
  • hammerstein ii — Oscar. 1895–1960, US librettist and songwriter: collaborated with the composer Richard Rodgers in musicals such as South Pacific (1949) and The Sound of Music (1959)
  • hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
  • handicraftsman — a person skilled in a handicraft; craftsman.
  • harmoniousness — The characteristic of being harmonious.
  • harriet tubmanHarriet (Araminta) 1820?–1913, U.S. abolitionist: escaped slave and leader of the Underground Railroad; served as a Union scout during Civil War.
  • harz mountains — mountain range in central Germany, extending from Lower Saxony to the Elbe River
  • headmastership — The role or position of headmaster.
  • headmistresses — Plural form of headmistress.
  • health tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
  • heartwarmingly — In a heartwarming manner.
  • hebrew-aramaic — a mixture of Hebrew and Jewish Aramaic
  • heidelberg man — the primitive human being reconstructed from the Heidelberg jaw.
  • hemerocallises — Plural form of hemerocallis.
  • hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
  • hephthemimeral — of or relating to a hephthemimer
  • 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.
  • 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
  • hermit warbler — a common wood warbler (Dendroica occidentalis) of W North America, with a yellow-and-black head, a gray back, and white underparts
  • heteroaromatic — a heterocyclic aromatic compound.
  • heteroromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the opposite gender.
  • hierogrammatic — of or relating to a hierogram
  • himalayan tahr — any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
  • hiram woodruffHiram, 1817–67, Canadian driver, trainer, and breeder of harness-racing horses.
  • holy matrimony — marriage
  • home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
  • homework diary — a record of homework that has been set
  • horsehair worm — any long, slender worm of the phylum Nematomorpha, developing parasitically on insects and crustaceans, and free-living as adults in streams and ponds.
  • hospital drama — a TV programme or series based on events in a hospital
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