10-letter words containing am
- gammopathy — a disorder of the immune system characterized by abnormally increased levels of immunoglobulins in the blood.
- gamophobia — The fear of marriage.
- gamotropic — of or relating to gamotropism
- 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.
- 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)
- given name — the name given to one, as distinguished from an inherited family name; first name; Christian name: His given name is John.
- glammed up — made to look more glamorous
- glamorised — Simple past tense and past participle of glamorise.
- glamorized — Simple past tense and past participle of glamorize.
- glamorizer — One who glamorizes.
- glamorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glamorize.
- glamorless — Alternative spelling of glamourless.
- glamouring — Present participle of glamour.
- glamourise — to make glamorous.
- glamourize — to make glamorous.
- glamourous — full of glamour; charmingly or fascinatingly attractive, especially in a mysterious or magical way.
- gleamingly — While gleaming, or so as to gleam.
- glutamates — Plural form of glutamate.
- glutaminic — derived from glutamine
- god-damned — damned.
- gram flour — flour prepared from the gram seeds
- 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.
- grammatist — (historical) A teacher of prose literature and letters in Ancient Greece.
- 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.
- grandmamas — Plural form of grandmama.
- grandmamma — grandmother.
- green gram — (in the East Indies) the chickpea used as a food for people and cattle.
- guantanamo — a city in SE Cuba: U.S. naval base.
- gum dammar — dammar (def 1).
- gun camera — an aircraft-mounted motion-picture camera recording the firing of all weapons on the gun-target line of the pilot.
- hackamores — Plural form of hackamore.
- hadhramaut — a region along the S coast of the Arabian peninsula, in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.
- hair cream — a cosmetic preparation used to improve the condition of, and/or to style the hair
- halberstam — David, 1934–2007, U.S. writer.
- half frame — a photograph taking up half the normal area of a frame on a particular film, taken esp on 35-millimetre film
- ham sth up — If actors or actresses ham it up, they exaggerate every emotion and gesture when they are acting, often deliberately because they think that the audience will be more amused.
- ham-fisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- ham-handed — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- hamadryads — Plural form of hamadryad.
- hamantasch — a small triangular cake often made with yeast and filled with a mixture of poppy seeds and honey or with prune paste, prepared especially for the festival of Purim.
- hamburgers — Plural form of hamburger.
- hamesucken — the offence of attacking a person in his or her own dwelling
- hammer out — a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.