10-letter words containing n, a, g, m
- gentamicin — a highly toxic broad-spectrum antibiotic mixture of related aminoglycoside substances derived from the actinomycete bacterium Micromonospora purpurea, used in its sulfate form in the treatment of severe Gram-negative infections.
- german ivy — a twining composite plant, Senecio mikanioides, native to southern Africa, having ivy-shaped leaves and clusters of yellow flowers.
- germanates — Plural form of germanate.
- germanders — Plural form of germander.
- germantown — a NW section of Philadelphia, Pa.: American defeat by British 1777.
- germinally — By or involving germ cells.
- germinated — Simple past tense and past participle of germinate.
- germinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of germinate.
- gethsemane — a garden east of Jerusalem, near the brook of Kedron: scene of Jesus' agony and betrayal. Matt. 26:36.
- giant clam — any of several huge clams of the family Tridacnidae, inhabiting the shallow waters of coral reefs in the tropical Indo-Pacific, as Tridacna gigas: some may weigh more than 500 pounds (225 kg).
- gillingham — a town in SE England, in Medway unitary authority, Kent, on the Medway estuary: former dockyards. Pop: 98 403 (2001)
- ginnie mae — Government National Mortgage Association.
- given name — the name given to one, as distinguished from an inherited family name; first name; Christian name: His given name is John.
- glamouring — Present participle of glamour.
- glandiform — (anatomy) Shaped like, resembling, or characteristic of glands.
- gleamingly — While gleaming, or so as to gleam.
- gleemaiden — a female minstrel
- glutaminic — derived from glutamine
- gnaphalium — Any of the genus Gnaphalium of flowering plants, the cudweeds.
- gnomically — In a gnomic manner. (In a way apparently clear and simple, but eventually difficult to understand).
- gnomonical — Alternative form of gnomonic.
- god-damned — damned.
- golschmann — Vladimir [vlad-uh-meer] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1893–1972, French orchestra conductor in the U.S.
- gormandise — Alternative spelling of gourmandise.
- gormandism — Alternative form of gourmandism.
- gormandize — gourmandise1 .
- gramicidin — a crystalline, water-insoluble antibiotic obtained from tyrothrycin by extraction, used chiefly in treating local infections caused by Gram-positive organisms.
- gramineous — grasslike.
- grammarian — a specialist or expert in grammar.
- grammaring — Present participle of grammar.
- gramophone — a phonograph.
- gramophony — the art, technique, or practice of recording sound on disc
- grand lama — the chief monk and ruler of Tibet: called the Dalai Lama since the middle of the 17th century.
- grand slam — Bridge. the winning of all thirteen tricks of a deal. Compare little slam.
- grand'mere — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- grandmamas — Plural form of grandmama.
- grandmamma — grandmother.
- granulomas — Plural form of granuloma.
- graplement — a close fight or a close fighting grasp
- green gram — (in the East Indies) the chickpea used as a food for people and cattle.
- grey nomad — any elderly retired person who spends time travelling around the country in a mobile home
- grimaldian — of, relating to, or characteristic of an Upper Paleolithic cultural epoch in northwestern Italy.
- grimalkins — Plural form of grimalkin.
- groceryman — a grocer.
- groundmass — the crystalline, granular, or glassy base or matrix of a porphyritic or other igneous rock, in which the more prominent crystals are embedded.
- groundsman — A male groundskeeper.
- grund mail — payment for the right to be buried
- guantanamo — a city in SE Cuba: U.S. naval base.
- guatemalan — a republic in N Central America. 42,042 sq. mi. (108,889 sq. km).
- gum nebula — a large, almost circular, emission nebula in the constellation Vela and Puppis. Thought to be the remains of a supernova explosion 1 million years ago, it is estimated to lie 1300 light years away