13-letter words containing m, r, s, a
- generationism — the belief that some generations are superior to others
- geometricians — Plural form of geometrician.
- german silver — any of various alloys of copper, zinc, and nickel, usually white and used for utensils, drawing instruments, etc.; nickel silver.
- germinal disk — blastodisk.
- glamorisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- glamour stock — a popular stock that rises quickly or continuously in price and attracts large numbers of investors.
- gnu assembler — (GAS) A Unix assembler for the GNU project. Many CPU types are handled and COFF and IEEE-695 formats are supported as well as standard a.out. Current version 2.2 ported to Sun-3, Sun-4, i386, 386BSD, BSD/386, Linux, PS/2-AIX, VAX, Ultrix, BSD, VMS. The assembler has been merged with GNU Binutils. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
- graham island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, in W British Columbia, Canada: largest and northernmost of the Queen Charlotte Islands. 2485 sq. mi. (6436 sq. km).
- grain sorghum — any of several varieties of sorghum, as durra or milo, having starchy seeds, grown for grain and forage.
- gram's method — a method of staining and distinguishing bacteria, in which a fixed bacterial smear is stained with crystal violet, treated with Gram's solution, decolorized with alcohol, counterstained with safranine, and washed with water.
- gram-positive — (of bacteria) retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
- graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
- graminivorous — feeding or subsisting on grass: a graminivorous bird.
- grand marshal — marshal (def 8).
- grand slammer — Bridge. the winning of all thirteen tricks of a deal. Compare little slam.
- grandma moses — Anna Mary Robertson ("Grandma Moses") 1860–1961, U.S. painter.
- grantsmanship — skill in securing grants, as for research, from federal agencies, foundations, or the like.
- granulomatous — an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.
- grass sorghum — any of several varieties of sorghum, as Sudan grass, grown for pasturage and hay.
- grease monkey — a mechanic, especially one who works on automobiles or airplanes.
- great grimsby — seaport in Humberside, NE England, at the mouth of the Humber estuary: county district pop. 91,000
- gresham's law — the tendency of the inferior of two forms of currency to circulate more freely than, or to the exclusion of, the superior, because of the hoarding of the latter.
- grimes graves — an area of Neolithic flint mines in Suffolk, England, comprising more than 300 mine shafts and galleries.
- gross anatomy — the branch of anatomy that deals with structures that can be seen with the naked eye.
- gyrocompasses — Plural form of gyrocompass.
- gyromagnetism — the condition or state of being gyromagnetic
- haemarthrosis — Alternative form of hemarthrosis.
- half measures — inadequate measures or actions
- hampton roads — a channel in SE Virginia between the mouth of the James River and Chesapeake Bay: battle between the Monitor and the Virginia 1862.
- handcraftsman — A handicraftsman.
- harbor master — an official who supervises operations in a harbor area and administers its rules.
- harbourmaster — (British, Canada, nautical) An official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port.
- harmonisation — (British spelling) alternative spelling of harmonization.
- harvest mouse — an Old World field mouse, Micromys minutus, that builds a spherical nest among the stems of grains and other plants.
- he's your man — he's the person needed (for a particular task, role, job, etc)
- headmistressy — typical of the duties and behaviour of a headmistress
- heart massage — rhythmic manual compression of the sternum or heart to restore normal heartbeat, as after cardiac arrest.
- hellgrammites — Plural form of hellgrammite (Alternative spelling of hellgramites).
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- hemiparasitic — Semiparasitic.
- hemispherical — having the form of a hemisphere.
- hereditaments — Plural form of hereditament.
- hermaphrodism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- hermosa beach — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- heterogametes — Plural form of heterogamete.
- histaminergic — releasing histamine
- histogramming — (mathematics) The construction of histograms.
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- home straight — the section of a racecourse forming the approach to the finish