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13-letter words containing e, m, r, g

  • exterminating — Present participle of exterminate.
  • farmer's lung — a lung disorder caused by inhalation of moldy hay dust, marked by shortness of breath, dry cough, and weight loss.
  • fashionmonger — (derogatory) One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.
  • fast telegram — a type of domestic telegram sent at full rate with a minimum charge for 10 words or less and accepted for immediate delivery.
  • fearmongering — The action of deliberately arousing public fear or alarm about a particular issue.
  • ferrimagnetic — noting or pertaining to a substance, as a ferrite, in which the magnetic moments of some neighboring atoms point in opposite directions, with a net magnetization still resulting because of differences in magnitudes of the opposite moments.
  • ferromagnetic — noting or pertaining to a substance, as iron, that below a certain temperature, the Curie point, can possess magnetization in the absence of an external magnetic field; noting or pertaining to a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned.
  • filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
  • firing hammer — the part of the firing mechanism of a firearm that ignites the charge by striking the primer
  • fish geranium — zonal geranium.
  • flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.
  • flight number — the identifying number of a scheduled flight
  • floor manager — a person assigned to direct the proceedings on the floor of an assembly, as at a political convention.
  • forget-me-not — either of two small Old World plants, Myosotis sylvatica or M. scorpioides, of the borage family, having a light-blue flower commonly regarded as an emblem of constancy and friendship.
  • forgotten man — a person no longer in the mind of the general public.
  • forty-eightmo — a book size of about 2½ × 4 inches (6 × 10 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 48 leaves or 96 pages. Abbreviation: 48mo, 48°.
  • fragmentarily — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
  • fragmentation — the act or process of fragmenting; state of being fragmented.
  • frame grabber — (hardware)   A device that captures a single frame from an analog video signal (from a video camera or VCR) and stores it as a digital image under computer control.
  • free climbing — climbing without using pitons, étriers, etc, as direct aids to ascent, but using ropes, belays, etc, at discretion for security
  • free-swimming — (of aquatic organisms) not attached to a base nor joined in a colony; capable of swimming about freely.
  • fridge magnet — a small flat decorative object with a magnet on its back which is used to attach it to the front door of a fridge or other domestic appliance
  • fromage frais — Fromage frais is a thick, creamy dessert that is made from milk and often flavoured with fruit. A fromage frais is a small pot of fromage frais.
  • gallimaufries — Plural form of gallimaufry.
  • gallo-romance — the vernacular language, a development from Latin, spoken in France from about a.d. 600 to 900. Abbreviation: Gallo-Rom.
  • gallows frame — headframe.
  • galvanometers — Plural form of galvanometer.
  • galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
  • games library — a type of library for video games where games (usually downloaded via the internet) can be paid for per use rather than be bought at full price
  • garcia moreno — Gabriel [gey-bree-uh l,, gah-bree-el;; Spanish gah-vree-el] /ˈgeɪ bri əl,, ˌgɑ briˈɛl;; Spanish ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1821–75, Ecuadorian journalist and political leader: president of Ecuador 1861–65; 1869–75.
  • garden balsam — a fleshy annual garden impatiens (Impatiens balsamina) with roselike white, lavender, yellow, pink, or red blossoms borne along the main stem in leaf axils
  • garnisheement — the process of arresting a debtor's money or property from the hands of a third party
  • gastrectomies — Plural form of gastrectomy.
  • gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
  • gastrostomies — Plural form of gastrostomy.
  • geminiflorous — having flowers arranged in pairs.
  • gemmuliferous — producing or reproducing by gemmules.
  • gender mender — (hardware)   (Or "gender bender", "gender blender", "sex changer", and even "homosexual adaptor") A cable connector shell with either two male or two female connectors on it, used to correct the mismatches that result when some loser didn't understand the EIA-232C specification and the distinction between DTE and DCE. Used especially for EIA-232C parts in either the original D-25 or the IBM PC's D-9 connector. There appears to be some confusion as to whether a "male homosexual adaptor" has pins on both sides (is doubly male) or sockets on both sides (connects two males).
  • general magic — A software company based in Mountain View, California. Products released in 1994 after four years in development include: Telescript - a communications-oriented programming language; Magic Cap - an OOPS designed for PDAs; and a new, third generation GUI. Motorola's Envoy, due for release in the third quarter of 1994, will use Magic Cap as its OS. What PostScript did for cross-platform, device-independent documents, Telescript aims to do for cross-platform, network-independent messaging. Telescript protects programmers from many of the complexities of network protocols. Competitors for Magic Cap include Microsoft's Windows for Pens/Winpad, PenPoint, Apple Computer's Newton Intelligence and GEOS by GeoWorks.
  • generalissimo — the supreme commander of the armed forces.
  • generationism — the belief that some generations are superior to others
  • geocentricism — the belief that the earth lies at the centre of the universe
  • geometrically — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
  • geometricians — Plural form of geometrician.
  • geomorphology — the study of the characteristics, origin, and development of landforms.
  • german africa — the former German colonies in Africa, comprising German East Africa, German Southwest Africa, Cameroons, and Togoland.
  • german silver — any of various alloys of copper, zinc, and nickel, usually white and used for utensils, drawing instruments, etc.; nickel silver.
  • germinability — the degree of ability of a seed to germinate or sprout.
  • germinal disk — blastodisk.
  • gerrymandered — Simple past tense and past participle of gerrymander.
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