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14-letter words containing g, r, a, m, i

  • imaginary axis — the vertical axis in an Argand diagram.
  • imaginary part — the coefficient b in the complex number a + bi.
  • imaginary unit — the complex number i.
  • imparidigitate — having an odd number of fingers on each limb
  • imperial eagle — a brown eagle, Aquila heliaca, of Asia and southern Europe: the subspecies A. heliaca adalberti is endangered.
  • impregnability — strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable: an impregnable fort.
  • inner mongolia — an administrative division in NE China, adjoining the Mongolian People's Republic. 174,000 sq. mi. (450,660 sq. km). Capital: Hohhot.
  • intermediating — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
  • intermigration — reciprocal migration; interchange of habitat by migrating groups.
  • intersegmental — of, relating to, or characterized by segments or segmentation.
  • iris diaphragm — a composite diaphragm with a central aperture readily adjustable for size, used to regulate the amount of light admitted to a lens or optical system.
  • jamaica ginger — an alcoholic extract of ginger used as a flavoring.
  • joint mortgage — a loan of money from a bank or building society to buy a house which two or more people are jointly responsible for repaying
  • kilogram-force — a meter-kilogram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity, when acting on a mass of one kilogram. Abbreviation: kgf.
  • kilogram-meter — a meter-kilogram-second unit of work or energy, equal to the work done by a force of one kilogram when its point of application moves through a distance of one meter in the direction of the force; approximately 7.2 foot-pounds. Abbreviation: kg-m.
  • knight templar — Templar.
  • lacrimal gland — either of two tear-secreting glands situated in the upper outer angle of the orbit.
  • laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
  • lathing hammer — a hatchet having a small hammer face for trimming and nailing wooden lath.
  • lemon geranium — a garden geranium, Pelargonium crispum, having lemon-scented leaves.
  • lemongrass oil — an aromatic oil made from lemon grass and used in aromatherapy, as a pesticide, and as a preservative
  • life-affirming — A life-affirming activity or attitude emphasizes the positive aspects of life.
  • light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
  • lipogrammatism — the practice or art of writing lipograms
  • lipogrammatist — a person who writes lipograms
  • logic emulator — A system of FPGAs, programmable interconnect and software which automatically configures itself into an operating prototype of a large-scale logic design, such as a microprocessor. An emulated design can be connected into the target system and really operated and tested before the design is made into an integrated circuit.
  • lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
  • luminous range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible in clear weather, disregarding interference from obstructions and from the curvature of the earth and depending on the power of the light.
  • lymphangiogram — an X-ray of the lymphatic system taken after a contrast agent has been injected, often used to diagnose lymphoma
  • macro-organism — an organism that can be seen with the naked eye.
  • macrobiologist — One who studies macrobiology.
  • macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
  • macromarketing — marketing concerning all marketing as a whole, marketing systems, and the mutual effect that society and marketing systems have on each other
  • macrosociology — the sociological study of large-scale social systems and long-term patterns and processes.
  • macrosporangia — Plural form of macrosporangium.
  • magic mushroom — a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
  • magistral line — the line from which the position of the other lines of fieldworks is determined.
  • magnetic chart — a chart showing the magnetic properties of a portion of the earth's surface, as dip, variation, and intensity.
  • magnetic force — the repelling or attracting force between a magnet and a ferromagnetic material, between a magnet and a current-carrying conductor, etc.
  • magnetic north — north as indicated by a magnetic compass, differing in most places from true north.
  • magnetic storm — a temporary disturbance of the earth's magnetic field, induced by radiation and streams of charged particles from the sun.
  • magnetic strip — a strip of magnetic material on which information may be stored, as by an electromagnetic process, for automatic reading, decoding, or recognition by a device that detects magnetic variations on the strip: a credit card with a magnetic strip to prevent counterfeiting.
  • magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
  • mail exchanger — (messaging)   A server running SMTP Message Transfer Agent software that accepts incoming electronic mail and either delivers it locally or forwards it to another server. The mail exchanger to use for a given domain can be discovered by querying DNS for Mail Exchange Records.
  • make a bargain — to agree on terms
  • manuel noriegaManuel Antonio, born 1934, military leader of Panama 1983–89: captured by U.S. forces and sentenced to prison for drug trafficking 1992.
  • maraging steel — a low-carbon steel that has been heated and quenched to form martensite: contains up to 25 percent nickel.
  • margaritaceous — resembling mother-of-pearl; pearly.
  • margin account — an account opened by a customer with a brokerage house in which listed securities can be purchased on margin.
  • marginal hacks — (humour)   Margaret Jacks Hall, a building into which the Stanford AI Lab was moved near the beginning of the 1980s (from the D.C. Power Lab).
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