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

  • prayer meeting — a meeting chiefly for prayer.
  • praying mantis — mantis.
  • premier league — a professional football or soccer league consisting of the top teams in England and Wales
  • preprogramming — the action of programming a computer in advance
  • primary growth — growth in vascular plants, especially an increase in length, that results from cell division and differentiation of an apical meristem.
  • primatological — relating to primatology
  • printing frame — a shallow, boxlike device with a glass plate on one side and an opaque, removable back, for holding a negative firmly against printing paper in contact printing.
  • progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
  • proto-germanic — the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Germanic languages; Germanic.
  • proxy marriage — a marriage performed between one of the two contracting parties and a proxy who has been authorized to represent the other.
  • pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
  • pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
  • quadrigeminate — made up of four parts
  • quaker meeting — a meeting of Quakers, at which all members, except those moved to speak, remain silent.
  • quiz programme — a radio or television programme in which the general or specific knowledge of the players is tested by a series of questions
  • rammelsbergite — a mineral, essentially nickel diarsenide, NiAs 2 .
  • ramos gin fizz — a cocktail of gin, egg white, lime and lemon juice, sugar, and cream, shaken with ice and often topped with soda or seltzer.
  • random testing — (programming, testing)   A black-box testing approach in which software is tested by choosing an arbitrary subset of all possible input values. Random testing helps to avoid the problem of only testing what you know will work.
  • reamalgamation — the act or process of amalgamating.
  • reassimilating — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
  • repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • retirement age — law: age sb stops working
  • rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
  • right-hand man — an indispensable or invaluable assistant; right hand.
  • roger williams — Ben Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1889–1953, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
  • rowing machine — an exercise machine having a mechanism with two oarlike handles, foot braces, and a sliding seat, allowing the user to go through the motions of rowing in a racing shell.
  • royal marriage — a meld of the king and queen of trumps, as in pinochle. Compare marriage (def 9).
  • saigo takamori — 1828–77, Japanese samurai, who led (1868) the coup that restored imperial government. In 1877 he reluctantly led a samurai rebellion, committing suicide when it failed
  • scaremongering — a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
  • scrimmage line — line of scrimmage.
  • semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
  • semivegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
  • shaving mirror — small adjustable mirror
  • sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • smear campaign — a campaign to tarnish the reputation of a public figure, especially by vilification or innuendo.
  • soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
  • sparring match — a practice boxing match
  • speaking terms — if you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them
  • spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
  • spinning frame — a machine for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn.
  • springform pan — a metal cake pan with sides that can be unfastened to facilitate releasing the cake when done.
  • steam cracking — Steam cracking is the main method of breaking down large molecules of hydrocarbons, in which a gaseous or liquid hydrocarbon is diluted with steam and then heated.
  • stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
  • stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
  • stomatogastric — relating to the mouth and stomach or the connections between the mouth and stomach
  • storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
  • sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
  • sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
  • tenant farming — farming land owned by sb else
  • terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
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