10-letter words containing i, m, a, t
- frameshift — the addition or deletion of one or more nucleotides in a strand of DNA, which shifts the codon triplets of the genetic code of messenger RNA and causes a misreading during translation, resulting in an aberrant protein and therefore a mutation.
- fraternism — (obsolete) fraternization.
- freemartin — a female calf that is born as a twin with a male and is sterile as a result of exposure to masculinizing hormones produced by the male.
- fruit farm — a farm where fruit is grown
- fulminated — Simple past tense and past participle of fulminate.
- fulminates — Plural form of fulminate.
- fulminator — One who fulminates, or criticizes intensely.
- fumatorium — an airtight structure in which plants are fumigated to destroy fungi or insects.
- fumigating — Present participle of fumigate.
- fumigation — to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
- fumigators — Plural form of fumigator.
- fumigatory — having the ability to fumigate; relating to fumigation
- galimatias — confused or unintelligible talk.
- game point — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the game.
- gametangia — an organ or body bearing gametes, as in mosses and liverworts.
- gametocide — a substance that kills gametes or gametocytes.
- gamotropic — of or relating to gamotropism
- geminating — Present participle of geminate.
- gemination — a doubling; duplication; repetition.
- gentamicin — a highly toxic broad-spectrum antibiotic mixture of related aminoglycoside substances derived from the actinomycete bacterium Micromonospora purpurea, used in its sulfate form in the treatment of severe Gram-negative infections.
- geomatical — Relating to geomatics.
- germinated — Simple past tense and past participle of germinate.
- germinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of germinate.
- gestaltism — Gestalt psychology
- giacometti — Alberto [al-bair-toh;; Italian ahl-ber-taw] /ælˈbɛər toʊ;; Italian ɑlˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1901–66, Swiss sculptor and painter.
- giant clam — any of several huge clams of the family Tridacnidae, inhabiting the shallow waters of coral reefs in the tropical Indo-Pacific, as Tridacna gigas: some may weigh more than 500 pounds (225 kg).
- glutaminic — derived from glutamine
- grammatist — (historical) A teacher of prose literature and letters in Ancient Greece.
- gravimeter — an instrument for measuring the specific gravity of a solid or liquid.
- gravimetry — the measurement of weight or density.
- guestimate — to estimate without substantial basis in facts or statistics.
- gymnasiast — a student in a gymnasium.
- gymnastics — (used with a plural verb) gymnastic exercises.
- gynostemia — the united stamens and pistil of an orchid.
- habiliment — Usually, habiliments. clothes or clothing. clothes as worn in a particular profession, way of life, etc.
- hacktivism — the practice of gaining unauthorized access to a computer system and carrying out various disruptive actions as a means of achieving political or social goals: In this form of hacktivism, the hacker tries to alter or deface a government website.
- haematinic — Alternative form of hematinic.
- haematosis — Alternative form of hematosis.
- haematuria — Alternative spelling of hematuria.
- haemolytic — of or relating to the disintegration of red blood cells
- haemotoxic — destructive to red blood cells
- haemotoxin — a substance that destroys red blood cells
- hailstorms — Plural form of hailstorm.
- ham-fisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- hamstrings — Plural form of hamstring.
- hard times — a period of difficulties or hardship.
- harmonists — Plural form of harmonist.
- hate crime — a crime, usually violent, motivated by prejudice or intolerance toward an individual’s national origin, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability.
- haustorium — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
- heathenism — a belief or practice of heathens; idolatry.