10-letter words containing g, i, m
- atomic age — the period characterized by the use of atomic energy: regarded as beginning with the creation of the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction on December 2, 1942
- atomweight — (martial arts, combat sports) the weightclass below strawweight of less than 105lbs.
- attempting — to make an effort at; try; undertake; seek: to attempt an impossible task; to attempt to walk six miles.
- audiograms — Plural form of audiogram.
- augmenting — to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase: His salary is augmented by a small inheritance.
- ausforming — a treatment to strengthen hard steels, prior to quenching, in which the specimen is plastically deformed while it is in the austenite temperature range
- automaking — The manufacture of automobiles.
- automating — Present participle of automate.
- bantingism — a fat-reducing diet invented by William Banting, involving high protein intake, and low fat and carbohydrate intake
- becomingly — that suits or gives a pleasing effect or attractive appearance, as to a person or thing: a becoming dress; a becoming hairdo.
- bellingham — seaport in NW Wash., at the N end of Puget Sound: pop. 67,000
- bergsonism — the philosophy of Henri Bergson, which emphasizes duration as the basic element of experience and asserts the existence of a life-giving force that permeates the entire natural order
- bigmouthed — having a very large mouth.
- bilge pump — a pump for removing water from a bilge.
- binghamton — city in SC N.Y., on the Susquehanna River: pop. 47,000
- biomagnify — to undergo biological magnification.
- birmingham — an industrial city in central England, in Birmingham unitary authority, in the West Midlands: the second largest city in Great Britain; two cathedrals; three universities (1900, 1966, 1992). Pop: 970 892 (2001)
- body image — an individual's concept of his or her own body
- bombarding — to attack or batter with artillery fire.
- bookmaking — Bookmaking is the activity of taking people's money when they bet and paying them money if they win.
- bootmaking — the activity of making boots and shoes
- borborygmi — a rumbling or gurgling sound caused by the movement of gas in the intestines.
- boulangism — the doctrines of militarism and reprisals against Germany, advocated, especially in the 1880s, by the French general Boulanger.
- bridegroom — A bridegroom is a man who is getting married.
- brightsome — bright or luminous
- bring home — introduce to parents
- brugmansia — any of various solanaceous plants of the genus Brugmansia, native to tropical American regions and closely related to daturas, having sweetly scented flowers
- buckingham — a town in S central England, in Buckinghamshire; university (1975). Pop: 12 512 (2001)
- bumblingly — in a bumbling manner
- bumsucking — obsequious behaviour; toadying
- burlingame — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, U.S. diplomat.
- caml light — A small portable implementation of a version of CAML by Xavier Leroy <[email protected]> and Damien Doligez of INRIA. Caml Light uses a bytecode interpreter written in C. It adds a Modula-2-like module system, separate compilation, lazy streams for parsing and printing, graphics primitives and an interface with C. Version 0.6 runs on Unix, MS-DOS, Macintosh, Atari ST and Amiga. It includes an interpreter, compiler, Emacs mode, libraries, scanner generator, parser generator, run-time support and an interactive development environment. The latest version, as of April 2003, is 0.75 and runs on Unix, Macintosh and Windows. The development of Caml Light has been stopped; current development is on Objective Caml. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Mailing list: <[email protected]>.
- campaigned — Simple past tense and past participle of campaign.
- campaigner — A campaigner is a person who campaigns for social or political change.
- campignian — of or relating to a Mesolithic and Neolithic technological facies characterized by picks and tranchets.
- caporegime — the second in command to a capo; Mafia lieutenant.
- cardiogram — electrocardiogram
- centigrams — Plural form of centigram.
- chambering — a room, usually private, in a house or apartment, especially a bedroom: She retired to her chamber.
- chamfering — Present participle of chamfer.
- champaigne — Philippe de (filip də). 1602–74, French painter, born in Brussels: noted particularly for his portraits and historical and religious scenes
- champignon — any of various agaricaceous edible mushrooms, esp Marasmius oreades and the meadow mushroom
- charmingly — In a charming manner.
- chemicking — (of textiles) the process of bleaching
- chiang mai — city in NW Thailand, on a headstream of the Chao Phraya: pop. 162,000
- chirognomy — the study of the hand in order to discern a person's nature or future events
- cimicifuga — Any member of the genus Cimicifuga of flowering plants: bugbane or cohosh.
- cinemagoer — a person who attends the cinema
- clambering — of or relating to plants that creep or climb like vines, but without benefit of tendrils.
- clamdigger — One who digs for clams.