11-letter words containing g, a, m, i
- animalizing — Present participle of animalize.
- animatingly — in a quickening, stirring or energizing manner
- anisogamete — heterogamete
- anisogamous — reproducing by the fusion of dissimilar gametes or individuals, usually differing in size.
- anonymising — Present participle of anonymise.
- antagonisms — Plural form of antagonism.
- antidumping — a method of trade protection intended to stop other countries dumping goods cheaply on a domestic market
- antifoaming — acting to prevent the formation of foam
- antimutagen — any substance that acts against a mutagen
- antismoking — intended to prevent people from smoking tobacco
- archegonium — a female sex organ, occurring in mosses, spore-bearing vascular plants, and gymnosperms, that produces a single egg cell in its swollen base
- argumentive — argumentative
- aromatizing — Present participle of aromatize.
- arraignment — Arraignment is when someone is brought before a court of law to answer a particular charge.
- arteriogram — an X-ray of a vein or artery which has been injected with dye in order to diagnose obstruction or damage
- aspergillum — a brush or perforated container for sprinkling holy water
- assignments — Plural form of assignment.
- astigmatism — If someone has astigmatism, the front of their eye has a slightly irregular shape, so they cannot see properly.
- attempering — Present participle of attemper.
- automagical — (of a usually complicated technical or computer process) done, operating, or happening in a way that is hidden from or not understood by the user, and in that sense, apparently “magical”: I just downloaded an automagical update to my word processing software that somehow fixed the problems.
- badmouthing — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- balmain bug — a flattish edible Australian shellfish, Ibacus peronii, similar to the Moreton Bay bug
- bamboozling — Present participle of bamboozle.
- barking mad — If you say that someone is barking mad, you mean that they are insane or are acting very strangely.
- beam engine — an early type of steam engine, in which a pivoted beam is vibrated by a vertical steam cylinder at one end, so that it transmits motion to the workload, such as a pump, at the other end
- beam riding — a method of missile guidance in which the missile steers itself along the axis of a conically scanned microwave beam
- bermuda rig — a fore-and-aft sailing boat rig characterized by a tall mainsail (Bermudian mainsail) that tapers to a point
- betting man — a person who is in the habit of placing bets
- bikram yoga — a form of yoga in which traditional exercises are performed at high temperature and humidity
- black magic — magic used for evil purposes by invoking the power of the devil
- blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- boring clam — piddock
- braggartism — the activity of a braggart
- brand image — The brand image of a particular brand of product is the image or impression that people have of it, usually created by advertising.
- brickmaking — the activity of making bricks
- bridge lamp — a floor lamp, especially one having the light source on an arm so hinged as to be horizontally adjustable.
- brisingamen — the magic necklace worn by Freya.
- calcimining — Present participle of calcimine.
- calligramme — words arranged to form a picture
- camouflagic — relating to camouflage
- campaigners — Plural form of campaigner.
- campaigning — Military. military operations for a specific objective. Obsolete. the military operations of an army in the field for one season.
- caprimulgid — (zoology) Any of the Caprimulgidae, or nightjar family.
- car bombing — an instance when a bomb which someone has hidden under or in a car explodes
- cardiograms — Plural form of cardiogram.
- carpogonium — the female sex organ of red algae, consisting of a swollen base containing the ovum and a long neck down which the male gametes pass
- centigramme — Alternative spelling of centigram.
- centimorgan — a unit of chromosome length, used in genetic mapping, equal to the length of chromosome over which crossing over occurs with 1 per cent frequency
- cga monitor — a type of (early) computer monitor designed to operate with CGA technology
- cgi program — Common Gateway Interface