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17-letter words containing m, i, s, n, g

  • general admission — an admission charge for unreserved seats at a theatrical performance, sports event, etc.
  • general sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
  • general semantics — a philosophical approach to language, developed by Alfred Korzybski, exploring the relationship between the form of language and its use and attempting to improve the capacity to express ideas.
  • geomagnetic storm — magnetic storm.
  • germanicus caesar — 15 b.c.–a.d. 19, Roman general.
  • get someone going — to cause a person to be excited, angry, etc.
  • give someone hell — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
  • glycosaminoglycan — any of a class of polysaccharides derived from hexosamine that form mucins when complexed with proteins: formerly called mucopolysaccharide.
  • grid merchandiser — A grid merchandiser is a lightweight, free-standing, flexible fixture made up of moveable grids of wire and used by retailers can display large volumes of merchandise in a small space.
  • guanine deaminase — an enzyme, found in liver, brain, spleen, pancreas, and kidney, that converts guanine into xanthine and ammonia.
  • guggenheim museum — an international chain of art museums, some of which are architecturally important buildings in their own right, most notably one in New York, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (1956–59), and one in Bilbao, designed by Frank O Gehry (1997)
  • high commissioner — a representative of one sovereign member of the Commonwealth of Nations in the country of another, having a rank and responsibilities generally similar to those of an ambassador.
  • homogentisic acid — an intermediate compound in the metabolism of tyrosine and of phenylalanine, found in excess in the blood and urine of persons affected with alkaptonuria.
  • image intensifier — any of various devices for amplifying the intensity of an optical image, sometimes used in conjunction with an image converter
  • immigrant workers — people who work in a country they arrived to in order to settle there
  • immunodiagnostics — the determination of immunologic characteristics of individuals, cells, and other biologic entities.
  • instant messaging — Instant messaging is a form of written communication that allows you to send messages from one computer to another. The message appears immediately on the screen of the computer you send it to, provided the computer is using the service. The abbreviation IM is also used.
  • instrument flying — the control and navigation of an aircraft by reference to its gauges, with no or only limited visual reference outside the cockpit.
  • intensive farming — battery rearing of animals
  • invisible mending — any form of repair, esp to clothing, in which the aim is to make the finished repair work undetectable
  • irrigation system — a system of supplying (land) with water by means of artificial canals, ditches, etc, esp to promote the growth of food crops
  • isherwood framing — a system for framing steel vessels in which light, closely spaced, longitudinal frames are connected by heavy, widely spaced transverse frames with deep webs.
  • judgment of paris — the decision by Paris to award Aphrodite the golden apple of discord competed for by Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera.
  • khingan mountains — a mountain system of NE China, in W Manchuria. Highest peak: 2034 m (6673 ft)
  • langmuir isotherm — A Langmuir isotherm is a classical relationship between the concentrations of a solid and a fluid, used to describe a state of no change in the sorption process.
  • let something rip — If you let something rip, you do it as quickly or as forcefully as possible. You can say 'let it rip' or 'let her rip' to someone when you want them to make a vehicle go as fast as it possibly can.
  • line of scrimmage — an imaginary line parallel to the goal lines that passes from one sideline to the other through the point of the football closest to the goal line of each team.
  • linear assignment — assignment problem
  • listings magazine — a magazine with lists of TV and radio schedules
  • lyon king of arms — the chief herald of Scotland
  • macro-linguistics — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
  • magellanic clouds — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
  • magnesium sulfate — a white, water-soluble salt, MgSO 4 , used chiefly in medicine and in the processing of leather and textiles.
  • magnetic constant — the permeability of free space, which has the value 4π × 10–7 henry per metre
  • magnetic roasting — roasting of a nonmagnetic ore to render it magnetic so that it can be separated from gangue by means of a magnetic field.
  • magnetoelasticity — the phenomenon, consisting of a change in magnetic properties, exhibited by a ferromagnetic material to which stress is applied.
  • magnetoresistance — a change in the electrical resistance of a material upon exposure to a magnetic field.
  • make no apologies — If you say that you make no apologies for what you have done, you are emphasizing that you feel that you have done nothing wrong.
  • make something of — to find a use for
  • management skills — skills regarding the technique, practice, or science of managing a company, business, etc
  • manganese dioxide — a blackish, crystalline or powdery substance, MnO2, that is a strong oxidizing agent, used in making batteries, matches, etc.
  • marais des cygnes — a river in E central Kansas and W Missouri, flowing SE to the Osage River. 150 miles (241 km) long.
  • melissopalynology — The study of honey and its composition.
  • merchant shipping — shipping which is involved in commerce (rather than defence, etc)
  • mercury poisoning — illness caused by exposure to mercury
  • message switching — store and forward
  • metatungstic acid — an oxyacid acid of tungsten. Formula: H2W4O13
  • midsagittal plane — a plane passing through the nasion when the skull is oriented in the Frankfurt horizontal.
  • ministering angel — a spirit who is believed to look after the needs of a particular person or group
  • mischaracterizing — Present participle of mischaracterize.
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