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14-letter words containing g, u, i

  • lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.
  • lugubriousness — The property of being lugubrious.
  • 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.
  • lunatic fringe — members on the periphery of any group, especially political, social, or religious, who hold extreme or fanatical views.
  • lupus vulgaris — a rare form of tuberculosis of the skin, characterized by brownish tubercles that often heal slowly and leave scars.
  • macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
  • magic mountain — a novel (1924) by Thomas Mann.
  • magic mushroom — a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
  • magniloquently — In a magniloquent manner.
  • malfunctioning — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
  • malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
  • manual testing — (testing)   That part of software testing that requires human input, analysis, or evaluation.
  • manuel noriegaManuel Antonio, born 1934, military leader of Panama 1983–89: captured by U.S. forces and sentenced to prison for drug trafficking 1992.
  • 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.
  • martin du gard — Roger [raw-zhey] /rɔˈʒeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1958, French novelist: Nobel prize 1937.
  • mastigophorous — carrying a cane or whip
  • meaningfulness — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
  • measuring worm — the larva of any geometrid moth, which progresses by bringing the rear end of the body forward and then advancing the front end.
  • megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
  • merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
  • metalinguistic — Pertaining to metalinguistics.
  • michigan rummy — a variety of five hundred rummy in which each player scores his or her melds as played.
  • microcomputing — the use of microcomputers.
  • middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
  • millennium bug — Year 2000
  • milligram hour — a unit of measure for a dose of radium expressed as the amount of radiation received by exposure to one milligram of radium for one hour.
  • milligram-hour — a unit of measure for a dose of radium expressed as the amount of radiation received by exposure to one milligram of radium for one hour.
  • milling cutter — any of various rotating toothed cutters used in a milling machine to cut or shape metal parts
  • mind uploading — (application)   The science fiction concept of copying one's mind into an artificial body or computer.
  • miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
  • minority group — minority (defs 3, 4).
  • miscalculating — Present participle of miscalculate.
  • miscounselling — the act of giving bad or incorrect counselling
  • misgovernaunce — misgovernment
  • mispronouncing — Present participle of mispronounce.
  • mixed language — any language containing items of vocabulary or other linguistic characteristics borrowed from two or more existing languages
  • molly maguires — a secret society organized in Ireland in 1843 to terrorize landlords' agents in order to prevent evictions
  • money-grubbing — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
  • monolingualism — knowing or able to use only one language; monoglot.
  • mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
  • moulding board — a board on which dough is kneaded
  • mountain guide — a trained professional mountaineer who guides climbers up a mountain
  • mountain range — series or chain of mountains
  • mountaineering — The sport or activity of climbing mountains.
  • mounting-block — a block of stone formerly used to aid a person when mounting a horse
  • mourning bride — a plant, Scabiosa atropurpurea, native to Europe, cultivated for its purple, reddish, or white flowers.
  • mourning cloak — a common butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) having purplish-brown wings with a wide yellow border, found throughout Europe and North America
  • mouth-watering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
  • moving picture — A moving picture is a film.
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