14-letter words containing s, a, g, i, n, m
- flash smelting — a smelting process for sulphur-containing ores in which the dried and powdered ore, mixed with oxygen, is ignited on discharge from a nozzle, melts, and drops to the bottom of a settling chamber. Sulphur is released mainly in its solid form, thus reducing atmospheric pollution
- fragmentations — Plural form of fragmentation.
- framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
- framing square — a steel square usually having on its faces various tables and scales useful to the carpenter.
- galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
- gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
- gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
- gaussian image — the point in an optical system with spherical aberration at which the paraxial rays meet.
- generalissimos — Plural form of generalissimo.
- ginseng family — the plant family Araliaceae, characterized by often prickly herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having alternate leaves and dense clusters of small, whitish or greenish flowers, and including the devil's-club, ginseng, ivy, schefflera, and wild sarsaparilla.
- glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- good samaritan — a person who gratuitously gives help or sympathy to those in distress. Luke 10:30–37.
- gosling, james — James Gosling
- granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- haematogenesis — (physiology) The origin and development of blood.
- heating system — a system that provides heat to a building or number of buildings
- hemingwayesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.
- highland games — a meeting in which competitions in sport, piping, and dancing are held: originating in the Highlands of Scotland
- homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
- housing market — property trade
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hypophalangism — the condition of having fewer than the normal number of phalanges per finger or toe.
- imaginary axis — the vertical axis in an Argand diagram.
- immunostaining — (uncountable, immunology) Any of several staining techniques that are used to detect specific proteins.
- in a good seam — doing well, esp financially
- intersegmental — of, relating to, or characterized by segments or segmentation.
- isthmian games — one of the great national festivals of ancient Greece, held every two years on the Isthmus of Corinth.
- judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
- kings mountain — a ridge in N South Carolina: American victory over the British 1780.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- leamington spa — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.
- legitimateness — The quality of being legitimate.
- legitimisation — (British) alternative spelling of legitimization.
- lemongrass oil — an aromatic oil made from lemon grass and used in aromatherapy, as a pesticide, and as a preservative
- light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- luminous range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible in clear weather, disregarding interference from obstructions and from the curvature of the earth and depending on the power of the light.
- macro-organism — an organism that can be seen with the naked eye.
- macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
- macrosporangia — Plural form of macrosporangium.
- magistral line — the line from which the position of the other lines of fieldworks is determined.
- magnetic storm — a temporary disturbance of the earth's magnetic field, induced by radiation and streams of charged particles from the sun.
- magnetic strip — a strip of magnetic material on which information may be stored, as by an electromagnetic process, for automatic reading, decoding, or recognition by a device that detects magnetic variations on the strip: a credit card with a magnetic strip to prevent counterfeiting.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- magnetostatics — the branch of magnetics that deals with magnetic fields that do not vary with time (magnetostatic fields)
- magnifications — Plural form of magnification.
- magnolia state — Mississippi (used as a nickname).
- manual testing — (testing) That part of software testing that requires human input, analysis, or evaluation.
- maraging steel — a low-carbon steel that has been heated and quenched to form martensite: contains up to 25 percent nickel.
- marginal hacks — (humour) Margaret Jacks Hall, a building into which the Stanford AI Lab was moved near the beginning of the 1980s (from the D.C. Power Lab).