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14-letter words containing i, r, m, n, g, e

  • sitting member — a current member of parliament
  • 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
  • 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.
  • spermiogenesis — the development of a spermatozoon from a spermatid.
  • spinning frame — a machine for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn.
  • 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.
  • stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
  • 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.
  • summer pudding — a pudding made by filling a bread-lined basin with a purée of fruit, leaving it to soak, and then turning it out
  • 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.
  • test marketing — to offer (a new product) for sale, usually in a limited area, in order to ascertain and evaluate consumer response.
  • thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
  • thermomagnetic — of or relating to the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a substance.
  • thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • time signature — a numerical or other indication at the beginning of a piece showing the meter.
  • tumorigenicity — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.
  • turing machine — a hypothetical device with a set of logical rules of computation: the concept is used in mathematical studies of the computability of numbers and in the mathematical theories of automata and computers.
  • ultimogeniture — postremogeniture.
  • unintermitting — (of an activity) having no temporary breaks, intervals, or suspension of action
  • unmarriageable — suitable or attractive for marriage: The handsome and successful young man was considered eminently marriageable.
  • visiting terms — a degree of acquaintance in which you know someone well enough to visit
  • whipping cream — cream with enough butterfat to allow it to be made into whipped cream.
  • whoremongering — someone who consorts with whores; a lecher or pander.
  • winding number — the number of times a closed curve winds around a point not on the curve.
  • wing commander — British. an officer in the Royal Air Force equivalent in rank to a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force.
  • women's rights — the rights, claimed by and for women, of equal privileges and opportunities with men
  • working memory — temporary or short-term recall
  • yearly meeting — any of several associations of local Quaker congregations.
  • young marrieds — young married people
  • zonal geranium — a widely cultivated plant, Pelargonium hortorum, having white, pink, or red flowers and rounded leaves that are sometimes banded or blotched with contrasting colors.
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