13-letter words containing a, e, g, y
- integrability — capable of being integrated, as a mathematical function or differential equation.
- integumentary — of, relating to, or like an integument.
- intermarrying — Present participle of intermarry.
- interrogatory — conveying or expressing a question; interrogative.
- intransigency — a person who refuses to agree or compromise, as in politics.
- investigatory — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- judgementally — Alternative form of judgmentally.
- key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
- kilomegacycle — a unit of frequency, equal to 10 9 cycles per second. Abbreviation: kMc.
- kingsley amis — Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- knowledgeably — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
- landed gentry — land-owning class
- laryngectomee — someone who has had a laryngectomy
- laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- laser surgery — the surgical use of lasers.
- lasik surgery — laser surgery to correct short sight
- legacy system — (jargon) A computer system or application program which continues to be used because of the cost of replacing or redesigning it and often despite its poor competitiveness and compatibility with modern equivalents. The implication is that the system is large, monolithic and difficult to modify. If legacy software only runs on antiquated hardware the cost of maintaining this may eventually outweigh the cost of replacing both the software and hardware unless some form of emulation or backward compatibility allows the software to run on new hardware.
- legal holiday — a public holiday established by law, during which certain work, government business, etc., is restricted.
- legionary ant — army ant
- legislatively — By legislation, by the method of enacting laws.
- legume family — the large plant family Leguminosae (or Fabaceae), typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, trees, and vines having usually compound leaves, clusters of irregular, keeled flowers, and fruit in the form of a pod splitting along both sides, and including beans, peas, acacia, alfalfa, clover, indigo, lentil, mesquite, mimosa, and peanut.
- leigh-mallory — Sir Trafford Leigh [traf-erd lee] /ˈtræf ərd li/ (Show IPA), 1892–1944, British Air Force officer.
- lethargically — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- light therapy — therapeutic exposure to full-spectrum artificial light that simulates sunlight, used to treat various conditions, as seasonal affective disorder.
- lightheadedly — In a lightheaded manner.
- like anything — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- lingayen gulf — a gulf in the Philippines, on the NW coast of Luzon.
- lysergic acid — a crystalline solid, C 16 H 16 N 2 O 2 , obtained from ergot or synthesized: used in the synthesis of LSD.
- magdalena bay — a bay in NW Mexico, on the SW coast of Baja California. 17 miles (27 km) long; 12 miles (19 km) wide.
- magisterially — In a magisterial manner; authoritatively.
- magnificently — making a splendid appearance or show; of exceptional beauty, size, etc.: a magnificent cathedral; magnificent scenery.
- maiden voyage — the first voyage of a ship after its acceptance by the owners from the builders.
- manageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- mango chutney — chutney which contains or is made from the fruit mango
- marcus garvey — Marcus (Moziah) [moh-zahy-uh] /moʊˈzaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1940, Jamaican black-rights activist in the U.S. (1916–27): advocated emigration of black Americans to Africa.
- martyrologies — Plural form of martyrology.
- meaninglessly — In a meaningless manner; nonsensically.
- megacaryocyte — Alternative form of megakaryocyte.
- megakaryocyte — a large bone-marrow cell having a lobulate nucleus, regarded as the source of blood platelets.
- megalocephaly — Cephalometry, Craniometry. macrocephalic.
- megasporocyte — a diploid cell in plants that undergoes meiosis to create four haploid megaspores.
- metallography — the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.
- methylglyoxal — pyruvic aldehyde.
- molly maguire — Irish History. a member of a secret terrorist society organized in Ireland in 1843 to prevent evictions by the government: so called because the members disguised themselves as women.
- money-changer — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- moneychangers — Plural form of moneychanger.
- monogenically — In a monogenic manner.
- monogynoecial — (of a fruit) developing from a single pistil.