11-letter words containing g, a, r, u, m
- great mogul — the emperor of the former Mogul Empire in India founded in 1526 by Baber.
- ground beam — a reinforced concrete beam for supporting walls, joists, etc., at or near ground level, itself either resting directly upon the ground or supported at both ends by piers.
- ground game — game animals, such as hares or deer, found on the earth's surface: distinguished from game birds
- guardswoman — A female guardsman.
- guardswomen — Plural form of guardswoman.
- guinea worm — a long, slender roundworm, Dracunculus medinensis, parasitic under the skin of humans and animals, common in parts of India and Africa.
- gulf stream — a warm ocean current flowing N from the Gulf of Mexico, along the E coast of the U.S., to an area off the SE coast of Newfoundland, where it becomes the western terminus of the North Atlantic Current.
- gutturalism — The quality of being guttural.
- harrumphing — Present participle of harrumph.
- hercogamous — (of flowers) incapable of self-fertilization
- hydrargyrum — mercury.
- ignoramuses — Plural form of ignoramus.
- kashmir rug — a handmade Oriental rug that is woven flat without pile and covered entirely with embroidered patterns of colored yarns.
- kumaratunga — Chandrika (ˈtʃʊnˌdrɪkə) Bandaranaike. born 1945, Sri Lankan politician: prime minister (1994); president (1994–2005)
- la camargue — a delta region in S France, between the channels of the Grand and Petit Rhône: cattle, esp bulls for the Spanish bullrings, and horses are reared
- laryngismus — Laryngospasm.
- maggotorium — a place where maggots are bred for use by fishers
- magisterium — the authority and power of the church to teach religious truth.
- maneuvering — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- mangalsutra — a necklace worn by a Hindu woman to signify that she is married
- manna sugar — mannitol.
- manoeuvring — A manoeuvre.
- maple sugar — a yellowish-brown sugar produced by boiling down maple syrup.
- marguerites — Plural form of marguerite.
- marine glue — a tarlike composition for coating the seams of a planked deck after caulking.
- marivaudage — Writing style characterized by the refined affection, originating from the writing of the French novelist w Pierre de Marivaux.
- marlborough — John Churchill, 1st Duke of, Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
- marsh buggy — swamp buggy.
- martinsburg — a city in NE West Virginia.
- maryborough — a seaport in E Australia.
- maunderings — Plural form of maundering.
- media group — an association of companies involved with the means of mass communication
- megalosaurs — Plural form of megalosaur.
- megatherium — An extinct giant ground sloth of the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs in America, reaching a height of 16 feet (5 m) when standing erect.
- metallurgic — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- micturating — Present participle of micturate.
- miniaturing — Present participle of miniature.
- misregulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- molly-guard — /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] A shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later generalised to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment.
- mount guard — If you mount guard or if you mount a guard, you organize people to watch or protect a person or place.
- mouth guard — protective shield for teeth
- mouth organ — harmonica (def 1).
- muck-raking — If you accuse someone of muck-raking, you are criticizing them for finding and spreading unpleasant or embarrassing information about someone, especially a public figure.
- multangular — having many angles; polyangular.
- multi-grain — a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- murphy game — a confidence game in which the victim pays the swindler (Murphy Man) for something, as the services of a prostitute, which the swindler promises but the victim never receives
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- mustard gas — an oily liquid, C 4 H 8 Cl 2 S, used as a chemical-warfare gas, blistering the skin and damaging the lungs, often causing blindness and death: introduced by the Germans in World War I.
- nonargument — a fallacious or flawed argument
- organistrum — a stringed instrument played by two people