11-letter words containing n, a, g, m
- antimutagen — any substance that acts against a mutagen
- antismoking — intended to prevent people from smoking tobacco
- archegonium — a female sex organ, occurring in mosses, spore-bearing vascular plants, and gymnosperms, that produces a single egg cell in its swollen base
- argand lamp — an oil lamp with a chimney, having a tubular wick that permits air to reach the center of the flame.
- argumentive — argumentative
- armageddons — Plural form of armageddon.
- arms-length — not closely or intimately connected or associated; distant; remote: an arm's-length relationship.
- aromatizing — Present participle of aromatize.
- arraignment — Arraignment is when someone is brought before a court of law to answer a particular charge.
- arrangement — Arrangements are plans and preparations which you make so that something will happen or be possible.
- arrangments — Plural form of arrangement.
- assignments — Plural form of assignment.
- assuagement — to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
- attempering — Present participle of attemper.
- augmentable — Capable of being augmented or increased.
- augmentless — (grammar) lacking augment.
- backgammons — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backgammon.
- badmouthing — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- balmain bug — a flattish edible Australian shellfish, Ibacus peronii, similar to the Moreton Bay bug
- bamboozling — Present participle of bamboozle.
- barking mad — If you say that someone is barking mad, you mean that they are insane or are acting very strangely.
- beam engine — an early type of steam engine, in which a pivoted beam is vibrated by a vertical steam cylinder at one end, so that it transmits motion to the workload, such as a pump, at the other end
- beam riding — a method of missile guidance in which the missile steers itself along the axis of a conically scanned microwave beam
- betting man — a person who is in the habit of placing bets
- blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- boomeranger — a young adult who returns to live with parents after a period of living away from home.
- boring clam — piddock
- bounce game — (esp in soccer) a non-competitive game played as part of training
- brand image — The brand image of a particular brand of product is the image or impression that people have of it, usually created by advertising.
- brickmaking — the activity of making bricks
- brisingamen — the magic necklace worn by Freya.
- bucaramanga — a city in N central Colombia, in the Cordillera Oriental: centre of a district growing coffee, tobacco, and cotton. Pop: 1 069 000 (2005 est)
- calcimining — Present participle of calcimine.
- campaigners — Plural form of campaigner.
- campaigning — Military. military operations for a specific objective. Obsolete. the military operations of an army in the field for one season.
- campanology — the art or skill of ringing bells musically
- campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
- cappa magna — a ceremonial cloak having a long train and a silk or fur-lined hood, worn by cardinals, bishops, and certain other dignitaries.
- car bombing — an instance when a bomb which someone has hidden under or in a car explodes
- carpogonium — the female sex organ of red algae, consisting of a swollen base containing the ovum and a long neck down which the male gametes pass
- centigramme — Alternative spelling of centigram.
- centimorgan — a unit of chromosome length, used in genetic mapping, equal to the length of chromosome over which crossing over occurs with 1 per cent frequency
- cga monitor — a type of (early) computer monitor designed to operate with CGA technology
- champignons — Plural form of champignon.
- championing — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
- changemaker — a person or thing that changes bills or coins for ones of smaller denominations.
- charlemagne — ?742–814 ad, king of the Franks (768–814) and, as Charles I, Holy Roman Emperor (800–814). He conquered the Lombards (774), the Saxons (772–804), and the Avars (791–799). He instituted many judicial and ecclesiastical reforms, and promoted commerce and agriculture throughout his empire, which extended from the Ebro to the Elbe. Under Alcuin his court at Aachen became the centre of a revival of learning
- checkmating — Present participle of checkmate.
- chimichanga — a savoury deep-fried filled tortilla
- chronograms — Plural form of chronogram.