13-letter words containing a, g, e, n, t, s
- language arts — study of reading and writing
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- last judgment — judgment (def 8).
- letterspacing — the amount of space between each letter in a word, or the adjustment of this amount of space
- lightfastness — The quality of being lightfast.
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
- long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
- losing battle — attempt doomed to failure
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- macro-segment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- magnanimities — Plural form of magnanimity.
- magnet school — a public school with special programs and instruction that are not available elsewhere in a school district and that are specially designed to draw students from throughout a district, especially to aid in desegregation.
- magnetic axis — the straight line joining the two poles of a magnet, as the poles of the earth
- magnetic disk — Also called disk, hard disk. a rigid disk coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
- magnetic lens — Physics. an electron lens using magnetic fields for focusing an electron beam.
- magnetic star — a star having a strong magnetic field.
- magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
- magnetisation — Alternative spelling of magnetization.
- magnetographs — Plural form of magnetograph.
- magnetometers — Plural form of magnetometer.
- magnetooptics — the branch of physics that deals with magnetooptic phenomena.
- magnetosheath — the region between the magnetopause of the earth or of some other planet and the shock front caused by the solar wind.
- magnetosphere — the outer region of the earth's ionosphere, where the earth's magnetic field controls the motion of charged particles, as in the Van Allen belts. Compare magnetopause.
- magnetostatic — Of or pertaining to magnetostatics.
- magnus effect — the thrust on a cylinder rotating about its axis while in motion in a fluid, the thrust being perpendicular to the relative motion of the cylinder in the fluid.
- mainstreaming — the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend: the mainstream of American culture.
- mainstreeting — the practice of a politician walking about the streets of a town or city to gain votes and greet supporters
- marginal seat — a seat in which elections tend to be won by small margins
- mass catering — the trade of supplying food and drink to large numbers of customers at the same time
- masterminding — to plan and direct (a usually complex project or activity), especially skillfully: Two colonels had masterminded the revolt.
- mastersingers — Plural form of mastersinger.
- mating season — the period during each year when a particular bird, animal, or fish mates
- metalanguages — Plural form of metalanguage.
- metamagnetism — (physics) Any of several effects in which a small change in an applied magnetic field causes a sharp change in magnetization.
- metastasising — Present participle of metastasise.
- metastasizing — Present participle of metastasize.
- metatungstate — (inorganic chemistry) Any tungstate that contains multiple atoms of tungsten e.g. W4O132-.
- miscegenation — marriage or cohabitation between two people from different racial groups, especially, in the U.S., between a black person and a white person: In 1968 the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that state laws prohibiting miscegenation were unconstitutional.
- miscegenative — (rare) Miscegenous.
- mismanagement — The process or practice of managing ineptly, incompetently, or dishonestly.
- modern greats — (at Oxford University) the Honour School of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
- mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
- mulligan stew — a stew made of odd bits of meat and vegetables, esp. as prepared by hobos
- navy register — (in the US) an annual publication giving genealogical information about the commissioned and warrant officers in the US Navy.
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- necessitating — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- negative lens — a lens that causes a beam of parallel rays to diverge after refraction, as from a virtual image; a lens that has a negative focal length.
- negative sign — bad omen
- neonatologist — the study of the development and disorders of newborn children.
- nesting table — one of a set of usually three or four small tables that are graduated in size so that they may be stacked on top of one another.