13-letter words containing g, o, s, m, a
- hematophagous — feeding on blood, as the vampire bat.
- heterogametes — Plural form of heterogamete.
- histogramming — (mathematics) The construction of histograms.
- home straight — the section of a racecourse forming the approach to the finish
- house manager — a business manager responsible for managing a theater and its staff.
- house-warming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- housewarmings — Plural form of housewarming.
- hypermegasoma — gigantism.
- image formats — (graphics, file format) There are many formats used to store images in files. GIF, TIFF and JPEG are very common. Others are BIFF, bmp, Clear, FITS, IFF, NFF, OFF, PCX, PNG, TGA, XBM. Some of these are documented on-line at the following sites:
- impersonating — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- in god's name — If someone uses such expressions as what in God's name, why in God's name, or how in God's name, they are emphasizing how angry, annoyed, or surprised they are.
- isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
- james douglas — Sir James ("the Black Douglas") 1286–1330, Scottish military leader.
- james gosling — (person) The software engineer who wrote GOSMACS, and served as Sun Microsystems, Inc. project leader for both NeWS, and Java. He is currently (1997) a Vice President and "Distinguished Engineer" at Sun.
- kim young sam — born 1927, president of South Korea 1993–98.
- king's ransom — an extremely large amount of money: The painting was sold for a king's ransom.
- lamb's tongue — a molding having a deep, symmetrical profile ending in a narrow edge, as in a sash bar.
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
- lump of sugar — lump1 (def 4).
- lymphangiomas — Plural form of lymphangioma.
- macro-segment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- macroorganism — an organism that can be seen with the naked eye.
- magnanimously — In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind.
- magnesiferous — (geology) Containing magnesium.
- magnet school — a public school with special programs and instruction that are not available elsewhere in a school district and that are specially designed to draw students from throughout a district, especially to aid in desegregation.
- magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
- magnetisation — Alternative spelling of magnetization.
- magnetographs — Plural form of magnetograph.
- magnetometers — Plural form of magnetometer.
- magnetooptics — the branch of physics that deals with magnetooptic phenomena.
- magnetosheath — the region between the magnetopause of the earth or of some other planet and the shock front caused by the solar wind.
- magnetosphere — the outer region of the earth's ionosphere, where the earth's magnetic field controls the motion of charged particles, as in the Van Allen belts. Compare magnetopause.
- magnetostatic — Of or pertaining to magnetostatics.
- magnitudinous — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
- magnoliaceous — belonging to the plant family Magnoliaceae.
- malariologist — An expert in malaria.
- managed bonds — investment in a combination of fixed interest securities, equities, gilts, and property, in which an investment manager, acting on a client's behalf, varies the amount invested in each according to the returns expected
- manganiferous — containing manganese.
- mango madness — the irrational behaviour of a person suffering from the effects of living in tropical heat
- marching song — a song with the rhythm of a march, esp sung by marching soldiers
- mare frigoris — (Sea of Cold) a dark plain in the northern hemisphere, in the first and second quadrants of the face of the moon: about 55 miles (90 km) wide at its narrowest width and 750 miles (1200 km) long: about 67,000 sq. mi. (174,000 sq. km).
- margaret rose — 1930–2002, English princess (daughter of George VI; sister of Elizabeth II).
- marginal cost — the cost of one additional unit of any item produced or bought in quantity.
- marriage vows — promises made as part of wedding ceremony
- martyrologies — Plural form of martyrology.
- massage glove — a type of glove with special surfaces on the palm and fingers, worn by someone giving a massage to improve the effectiveness of the massage
- mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
- mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
- mating season — the period during each year when a particular bird, animal, or fish mates