14-letter words containing a, m, i, s, g
- semiologically — in a semiological manner; in a way that pertains to semiology
- semivegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
- sewing machine — any of various foot-operated or electric machines for sewing or making stitches, ranging from machines with a shuttle for a spool of thread and a needle for sewing garments to industrial machines for sewing leather, book pages together, etc.
- shaving mirror — small adjustable mirror
- shooting match — a contest in marksmanship.
- shouting match — a loud, often abusive quarrel or argument.
- sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
- slamming stile — doorstop (def 2).
- slanging match — A slanging match is an angry quarrel in which people insult each other.
- slide magazine — a piece of equipment that holds slides and pushes them into a projector
- smear campaign — a campaign to tarnish the reputation of a public figure, especially by vilification or innuendo.
- smelling salts — a preparation for smelling, essentially of ammonium carbonate with some agreeable scent, used as a stimulant and restorative.
- smoking jacket — a loose-fitting jacket for men, often of a heavy fabric and trimmed with braid, worn indoors, especially as a lounging jacket.
- smooth-talking — A smooth-talking man talks very confidently in a way that is likely to persuade people, but may not be sincere or honest.
- social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
- soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
- sowing machine — a machine that scatters seeds on land so that they may grow
- sparring match — a practice boxing match
- speaking terms — if you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them
- spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
- spinning frame — a machine for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn.
- spit and image — a person who bears a strong physical resemblance to another, esp to a relative
- spitting image — spit1 (def 13).
- springform pan — a metal cake pan with sides that can be unfastened to facilitate releasing the cake when done.
- steam cracking — Steam cracking is the main method of breaking down large molecules of hydrocarbons, in which a gaseous or liquid hydrocarbon is diluted with steam and then heated.
- stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
- stigmatization — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- stigmatophilia — a love for body piercing or tattooing that is accompanied by sexual arousal
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- stomatogastric — relating to the mouth and stomach or the connections between the mouth and stomach
- storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
- sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
- submachine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
- sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
- swimming baths — an indoor swimming pool
- test marketing — to offer (a new product) for sale, usually in a limited area, in order to ascertain and evaluate consumer response.
- text messaging — sending typed mobile phone messages
- the game is up — If you say the game is up, you mean that someone's secret plans or activities have been revealed and therefore must stop because they cannot succeed.
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- time signature — a numerical or other indication at the beginning of a piece showing the meter.
- transmigration — the act of transmigrating.
- traumatologist — a branch of surgery dealing with major wounds caused by accidents or violence.
- ultra-rightism — the beliefs of extremely right-wing political parties or groups
- unsympathizing — not sympathizing; not offering sympathy; unsympathetic
- vacuum casting — the casting of metal within a vacuum.
- william gibson — (person) Author of cyberpunk novels such as Neuromancer (1984), Count Zero (1986), Mona Lisa Overdrive, and Virtual Light (1993). Neuromancer, a novel about a computer hacker/criminal "cowboy" of the future helping to free an artificial intelligence from its programmed bounds, won the Hugo and Nebula science fiction awards and is credited as the seminal cyberpunk novel and the origin of the term "cyberspace". Gibson does not have a technical background and supposedly purchased his first computer in 1992.
- windmill grass — finger grass.
- young marrieds — young married people
- zygosporangium — a sporangium that bears a zygospore.