15-letter words containing m, r, i, g
- erythromelalgia — A rare neurovascular peripheral pain disorder in which blood vessels, usually in the lower extremities or hands, are episodically blocked, then become hyperemic and inflamed.
- ewing's sarcoma — a form of malignant bone tumour most commonly found in children and young people
- examining board — an organization that sets and corrects exams
- extreme ironing — an activity that involves ironing items of laundry while engaged in a sport such as snowboarding or rock climbing
- factory farming — Factory farming is a system of farming which involves keeping animals indoors, often with very little space, and giving them special foods so that they grow more quickly or produce more eggs or milk.
- fairy godmother — a kindly sponsor or guardian; godmother.
- family grouping — a system, used usually in the infant school, of grouping children of various ages together, esp for project work
- fantasmagorical — Alternative form of phantasmagorical.
- farm gate price — the price for the sale of farm produce direct from the producer
- ferrihemoglobin — methemoglobin.
- feynman diagram — a network of lines that represents a series of emissions and absorptions of elementary particles by other elementary particles, from which the probability of the series can be calculated.
- fighter command — a former unit of the Royal Air Force dedicated to the use of fighter aircraft, esp against enemy bombers and their escorts during WWII
- figurate number — a number having the property that the same number of equally spaced dots can be arranged in the shape of a regular geometrical figure.
- figure of merit — a measure of the efficiency of a helicopter in hover
- first gentleman — (often initial capital letters) the husband of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.
- first messenger — a hormone that triggers a biochemical reaction at a site removed from its release.
- flame hardening — the surface hardening of ferrous metals by heating the metal with an oxyacetylene flame followed by rapid cooling
- flame-arc light — an arc light that uses flame carbons to colour the arc
- flamingo-flower — a central American plant, Anthurium scherzeranum, of the arum family, having a red, coiled spadix and a bright red, shiny, heart-shaped spathe, grown as an ornamental.
- fleming's rules — two rules used as mnemonics for the relationship between the directions of current flow, motion, and magnetic field in electromagnetic induction. The hand is held with the thumb, first, and second fingers at right angles, respectively indicating the directions of motion, field, and electric current. The left hand is used for electric motors and the right hand for dynamos
- flowering maple — any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Abutilon, of the mallow family, having large, bright-colored flowers.
- foreign mission — mission (def 10).
- forthcomingness — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
- fortysomethings — Plural form of fortysomething.
- founding member — A founding member of a club, group, or organization is one of the first members, often one who was involved in setting it up.
- fragmentariness — The quality of being fragmentary.
- freedom fighter — a fighter for freedom, especially a person who battles against established forces of tyranny and dictatorship.
- french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
- gambier islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean, in French Polynesia. Chief settlement: Rikitéa. Pop: 1097 (2002). Area: 30 sq km (11 sq miles)
- gaming platform — a computer system specially made for playing video games; a console: The new gaming platforms have much better graphics resolution than previous generation consoles.
- gamma radiation — a photon of penetrating electromagnetic radiation (gamma radiation) emitted from an atomic nucleus.
- garage mechanic — sb employed to repair vehicles
- gastronomically — the art or science of good eating.
- general meeting — business: for all members
- geodemographics — the study and grouping of the people in a geographical area according to socioeconomic criteria, esp for market research
- geometric ratio — the ratio of consecutive terms in a geometric progression.
- geomorphogenist — one who studies, or is an expert in, geomorphogeny
- geomorphologist — A geologist whose speciality is geomorphology.
- georg simon ohm — Georg Simon [gey-awrk zee-mawn] /geɪˈɔrk ˈzi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1787–1854, German physicist.
- gerald mulligan — Gerald Joseph ("Gerry"; "Jeru") 1927–96, U.S. jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.
- geranium family — the plant family Geraniaceae, typified by herbaceous plants or small shrubs having lobed leaves, showy flowers, and slender, beak-shaped fruit, and including the crane's-bills, stork's-bills, and cultivated geraniums of the genus Pelargonium.
- german-speaking — able to speak German
- gesneria family — the plant family Gesneriaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having a basal rosette of usually toothed leaves, tubular two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the African violet, gloxinia, and streptocarpus.
- gingerbread man — biscuit in the shape of a man
- girlie magazine — soft porn magazine
- give me a break — to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase.
- glass harmonica — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated, revolving glass bowls, the rims of which are moistened and set in vibration by friction from the fingertips.
- glass menagerie — a play (1945) by Tennessee Williams.
- gnu mirror site — GNU archive site
- go like a dream — to move, develop, or work very well