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14-letter words containing m, i, l, n, g

  • single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
  • single premium — a single payment that covers the entire cost of an insurance policy.
  • slamming stile — doorstop (def 2).
  • slanging match — A slanging match is an angry quarrel in which people insult each other.
  • slide magazine — a piece of equipment that holds slides and pushes them into a projector
  • smelling salts — a preparation for smelling, essentially of ammonium carbonate with some agreeable scent, used as a stimulant and restorative.
  • smooth-talking — A smooth-talking man talks very confidently in a way that is likely to persuade people, but may not be sincere or honest.
  • smuggling ring — a group of people involved in the secret and illegal importing or exporting of prohibited or dutiable goods
  • social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
  • something else — sth different
  • something like — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
  • spring molding — a molded board, as one forming part of a cornice, placed diagonally and secured at the ends to two surfaces intersecting at a right angle.
  • 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.
  • styling mousse — a light foamy substance applied to the hair before styling in order to retain the shape of the style
  • terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
  • thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
  • typing element — a spherelike device, usually of molded metal, having on its surface raised letters, numerals, and other characters. When actuated by a typewriter keyboard or computer command, the device revolves quickly, striking an inked ribbon and impressing the character on paper.
  • ultimogeniture — postremogeniture.
  • undogmatically — in an undogmatic manner
  • unilluminating — not serving to instruct or give insights
  • unmarriageable — suitable or attractive for marriage: The handsome and successful young man was considered eminently marriageable.
  • vacuum molding — Vacuum molding is a type of molding in which pressure is applied by introducing a vacuum on the side of the mold.
  • vaginal condom — a contraceptive for women, being a thin polyurethane pouch, one end of which is inserted into the vagina and the other end spread over the vulva.
  • wheel clamping — the practice of attaching wheel clamps to vehicles
  • william gibson — (person)   Author of cyberpunk novels such as Neuromancer (1984), Count Zero (1986), Mona Lisa Overdrive, and Virtual Light (1993). Neuromancer, a novel about a computer hacker/criminal "cowboy" of the future helping to free an artificial intelligence from its programmed bounds, won the Hugo and Nebula science fiction awards and is credited as the seminal cyberpunk novel and the origin of the term "cyberspace". Gibson does not have a technical background and supposedly purchased his first computer in 1992.
  • windmill grass — finger grass.
  • wyoming valley — a valley in NE Pennsylvania, along the Susquehanna River: Indian massacre 1778.
  • yearly meeting — any of several associations of local Quaker congregations.
  • 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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