14-letter words containing m, i, s, g
- fortysomething — A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.
- fragmentations — Plural form of fragmentation.
- framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
- framing square — a steel square usually having on its faces various tables and scales useful to the carpenter.
- galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
- gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
- gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
- games mistress — a woman who teaches games and sports in a school
- garlic mustard — a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- gaussian image — the point in an optical system with spherical aberration at which the paraxial rays meet.
- generalissimos — Plural form of generalissimo.
- gingivectomies — Plural form of gingivectomy.
- ginseng family — the plant family Araliaceae, characterized by often prickly herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having alternate leaves and dense clusters of small, whitish or greenish flowers, and including the devil's-club, ginseng, ivy, schefflera, and wild sarsaparilla.
- glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- gluteus medius — the muscle of the buttocks lying between the gluteus maximus and the gluteus minimus, involved in the abduction of the thigh.
- 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.
- gold medallist — the winner of competition or race, who is awarded a gold medal
- good samaritan — a person who gratuitously gives help or sympathy to those in distress. Luke 10:30–37.
- gosling, james — James Gosling
- grammaticaster — (derogatory) A pedantic, inferior grammarian.
- granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- guided missile — an aerial missile, as a rocket, steered during its flight by radio signals, clockwork controls, etc.
- gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
- gynomonoecious — having both female and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant.
- haematogenesis — (physiology) The origin and development of blood.
- heating system — a system that provides heat to a building or number of buildings
- hemingwayesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.
- highland games — a meeting in which competitions in sport, piping, and dancing are held: originating in the Highlands of Scotland
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- home schooling — Home schooling is the practice of educating your child at home rather than in a school.
- homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
- housing market — property trade
- housing scheme — arrangement offering subsidized housing
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hypophalangism — the condition of having fewer than the normal number of phalanges per finger or toe.
- imaginary axis — the vertical axis in an Argand diagram.
- immunogenetics — the branch of immunology dealing with the study of immunity in relation to genetic makeup.
- immunostaining — (uncountable, immunology) Any of several staining techniques that are used to detect specific proteins.
- imposing stone — a slab, formerly of stone but now usually of metal, on which pages of type or plates are imposed and on which type correcting in the page is done.
- impulse buying — the buying of retail merchandise prompted by a whim on seeing the product displayed
- in a good seam — doing well, esp financially
- intersegmental — of, relating to, or characterized by segments or segmentation.
- iris diaphragm — a composite diaphragm with a central aperture readily adjustable for size, used to regulate the amount of light admitted to a lens or optical system.
- isthmian games — one of the great national festivals of ancient Greece, held every two years on the Isthmus of Corinth.
- judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
- jumping spider — any of several small, hairy spiders, of the family Salticidae, that stalk and jump upon their prey instead of snaring it in a web.
- kings mountain — a ridge in N South Carolina: American victory over the British 1780.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- leamington spa — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.