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14-letter words containing m, i, n, u, e

  • fundamentalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
  • fundamentalist — an adherent of fundamentalism, a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts: radical fundamentalists.
  • fundamentality — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
  • gallamine blue — a type of mordant dye
  • gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
  • gamine haircut — a boyish or elfish hairstyle, esp on a woman
  • gaussian image — the point in an optical system with spherical aberration at which the paraxial rays meet.
  • generic markup — (text)   In computerised document preparation, a method of adding information to the text indicating the logical components of a document, such as paragraphs, headers or footnotes. SGML is an example of such a system. Specific instructions for layout of the text on the page do not appear in the markup.
  • gewurztraminer — a type of white grape used in winemaking.
  • go up in smoke — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
  • group medicine — the practice of medicine by a number of specialists working together in association
  • gum turpentine — turpentine (sense 2)
  • gynomonoecious — having both female and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant.
  • haemagglutinin — Alternative spelling of hemagglutinin.
  • harmoniousness — The characteristic of being harmonious.
  • harriet tubman — Harriet (Araminta) 1820?–1913, U.S. abolitionist: escaped slave and leader of the Underground Railroad; served as a Union scout during Civil War.
  • helium balloon — a balloon that is filled with helium and rises up into the air if not held
  • hemagglutinate — to cause the clumping of red blood cells in
  • hemingwayesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.
  • hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
  • hermeneuticist — One who studies hermeneutics.
  • home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
  • honey mesquite — a thorny drought-resistant tree, Prosopis glandulosa, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers.
  • housing market — property trade
  • housing scheme — arrangement offering subsidized housing
  • human interest — a quality of a story or report, as in a newspaper or on a newscast, that engages attention and sympathy by enabling one to identify readily with the people, problems, and situations described.
  • humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
  • humane studies — educational subjects or courses, or texts, that are, or were historically, considered to have a civilizing influence on those who read or studied them
  • hurricane lamp — a candlestick or oil lantern protected against drafts or winds by a glass chimney.
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • image-building — improving the brand image or public image of something or someone by good public relations, advertising, etc
  • immaculateness — The characteristic of being immaculate; spotlessness.
  • immelmann turn — a maneuver in which an airplane makes a half loop, then resumes its normal, level position by making a half roll: used to gain altitude while turning to fly in the opposite direction.
  • immune complex — an aggregate of an antigen and its specific antibody.
  • immunochemical — Pertaining to immunochemistry.
  • immunogenetics — the branch of immunology dealing with the study of immunity in relation to genetic makeup.
  • immunogenicity — causing or capable of producing an immune response.
  • immunophoresis — a technique for identifying the antigens in a blood serum
  • immunoreaction — Immune reaction.
  • immunoreactive — Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
  • immunosuppress — (transitive) To cause immunosuppression in.
  • imperturbation — freedom from perturbation; tranquillity; calmness.
  • imperviousness — not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
  • impulse buying — the buying of retail merchandise prompted by a whim on seeing the product displayed
  • in/out of time — If you are playing, singing, or dancing in time with a piece of music, you are following the rhythm and speed of the music correctly. If you are out of time with it, you are not following the rhythm and speed of the music correctly.
  • income account — an account maintained for a particular item of revenue or income.
  • income support — welfare payment to low earners
  • incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
  • incommunicable — incapable of being communicated, imparted, shared, etc.
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