15-letter words containing g, a, m, o, u
- homing guidance — a method of missile guidance in which internal equipment enables it to steer itself onto the target, as by sensing the target's heat radiation
- human geography — the study of the interaction between human beings and their environment in particular places and across spatial areas.
- human megaphone — the technique of using a crowd of people to repeat a speaker's words in unison
- hump one's swag — (of a tramp) to carry one's belongings from place to place on one's back
- humphrey bogart — Humphrey (DeForest) ("Bogie"or"Bogey") 1899–57, U.S. motion-picture actor.
- hydrometallurgy — the technique or process of extracting metals at ordinary temperatures by leaching ore with liquid solvents.
- image-conscious — concerned about the way one comes across to other people and the impression one creates
- immunodiagnosis — serodiagnosis.
- immunologically — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
- immunopathology — the study of diseases having an immunologic or allergic basis.
- juxtaglomerular — (anatomy) Near, or adjoining a renal glomerulus.
- kissing gourami — a whitish labyrinth fish, Helostoma temmincki, found in southeastern Asia, noted for the habit of pressing its fleshy, protrusible lips against those of another: often kept in aquariums.
- largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- leukaemogenesis — the development of leukaemia
- lymphogranuloma — any of certain diseases characterized by granulomatous lesions of lymph nodes.
- macrosporangium — megasporangium.
- magic mushrooms — a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
- magnanimousness — The quality of being magnanimous.
- magnesium oxide — magnesia.
- magnetic course — a course whose bearing is given relative to the magnetic meridian of the area.
- margaritiferous — yielding or wearing pearls
- marlborough leg — a tapered leg having a square section.
- massage parlour — A massage parlour is a place where people go and pay for a massage. Some places that are called massage parlours are in fact places where people pay to have sex.
- measuring spoon — a spoon for measuring amounts, as in cooking, usually part of a set of spoons of different sizes.
- microsporangium — a sporangium containing microspores.
- modern language — one of the literary languages currently in use in Europe, as French, Spanish, or German, treated as a departmental course of study in a school, college, or university.
- mogi das cruzes — a city in SE Brazil, E of São Paulo.
- monumentalizing — Present participle of monumentalize.
- moreton bay bug — a flattish edible shellfish, Thenus orientalis, of Northern Australian waters
- mother language — a language from which another language is descended; parent language.
- mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
- mucosanguineous — containing or made up of blood and mucus
- nitramino group — the univalent group –NHNO 2 .
- nonjudgmentally — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
- nonmucilaginous — Not mucilaginous.
- numismatologist — One versed in numismatology.
- omnium gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
- omnium-gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
- optical pumping — a method for increasing the number of atoms or molecules occupying higher energy levels by irradiating them with light of the proper frequencies to raise them to those levels.
- opus anglicanum — fine embroidery, esp of church vestments, produced in England c.1200–c.1350; characterized by the rich materials used, esp silver gilt thread
- organomagnesium — pertaining to or noting an organic compound, especially an organic halide, containing magnesium linked to carbon.
- organomercurial — an organic compound containing mercury
- pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
- photofluorogram — a recording on photographic film of images produced by a fluoroscopic examination.
- plagiostomatous — plagiostome
- plug compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
- plug-compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl