12-letter words containing a, e, g, t, s
- magnetotaxis — movement or orientation of an organism in response to a magnetic field.
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- mao tse-tung — 1893–1976, Chinese Communist leader: chairman of the People's Republic of China 1949–59; chairman of the Chinese Communist Party 1943–76.
- masking tape — an easily removed adhesive tape used temporarily for defining margins, protecting surfaces, etc., as when painting, and sometimes also for binding, sealing, or mending.
- mass meeting — a large or general assembly to discuss or hear discussed some matter of common interest or concern: a mass meeting to protest the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
- masterbating — Misspelling of masturbating.
- mastersinger — Meistersinger (def 1).
- mastigonemes — Plural form of mastigoneme.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- menstruating — to undergo menstruation.
- mesogastrium — the mesentery of the embryonic stomach.
- mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- message unit — a measure of the duration of and distance covered by local telephone calls, used by telephone companies as a basis for assessing service charges.
- metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
- metagenomics — (genetics) The study of genomes recovered from environmental samples; especially the differentiation of genomes from multiple organisms or individuals, either in a symbiotic relationship, or at a crime scene.
- metagnathous — Ornithology. having the tips of the mandibles crossed, as the crossbills.
- metallurgist — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metamessages — Plural form of metamessage.
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.
- misalignment — improperly aligned.
- miscegenator — a person who advocates or engages in miscegenation
- misconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- misfeaturing — distorting the features
- mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
- nai register — (in Britain) a list of children deemed to be at risk of abuse or injury from their parents or guardians, compiled and held by a local authority, area health authority, or NSPCC Special Unit
- narragansett — a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family formerly located in Rhode Island but now almost extinct.
- naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
- nauseatingly — causing sickness of the stomach; nauseous.
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- negativeness — The characteristic of being negative; negativity.
- negativistic — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- negativities — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- negotiations — Plural form of negotiation.
- nematologist — One who studies nematology.
- net earnings — income after tax
- neutralising — Present participle of neutralise.
- newsgatherer — A person involved in newsgathering.
- night sweats — heavy sweating during sleep, especially as a symptom of certain diseases, as tuberculosis.
- nightingales — Plural form of nightingale.
- nonsegmental — Not segmental.
- nonstrategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- nugatoriness — Quality of being nugatory.
- nutmeg state — Connecticut (used as a nickname).
- object glass — objective (def 3).
- obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
- oceanologist — the practical application of oceanography.
- oesophagitis — Alternative spelling of esophagitis.