10-letter words containing a, g, e, n, t
- martingale — Also called standing martingale. part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting of a strap that fastens to the girth, passes between the forelegs and through a loop in the neckstrap or hame, and fastens to the noseband: used to steady or hold down the horse's head.
- meat wagon — an ambulance.
- medicating — Present participle of medicate.
- meditating — Present participle of meditate.
- megadontia — macrodontia.
- meganewton — a unit of force equal to one million newtons
- mental age — the level of native mental ability or capacity of an individual, usually as determined by an intelligence test, in relation to the chronological age of the average individual at this level: a ten-year-old child with the mental age of a twelve-year-old; a mental age of twelve.
- metagenome — (genetics) all the genetic material present in an environmental sample, consisting of the genomes of many individual organisms.
- metallings — road metals
- methanogen — any of a diverse group of widely distributed archaebacteria that occur in anaerobic environments, as the intestinal tracts of animals, freshwater and marine sediments, and sewage, and are capable of producing methane from a limited number of substrates, including carbon dioxide and hydrogen, acetate, and methylamines: an important source of natural gas.
- moderating — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- morgenthau — Henry, 1856–1946, U.S. financier and diplomat, born in Germany.
- mostaganem — a port in NW Algeria, on the Mediterranean Sea: exports wine, fruit, and vegetables. Pop: 133 000 (2005 est)
- multirange — having several ranges
- mutagenize — to subject (cells, DNA, etc) to mutagens to induce mutations
- native dog — a dingo
- naughtiest — Superlative form of naughty; most naughty.
- nauseating — causing sickness of the stomach; nauseous.
- near thing — an event or action whose outcome is nearly a failure, success, disaster, etc
- negational — Of, pertaining to or involving negation; negatory, negative.
- negatively — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- negativism — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- negativist — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- negativity — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- negotiable — capable of being negotiated: a negotiable salary demand.
- negotiants — Plural form of negotiant.
- negotiated — to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
- negotiates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of negotiate.
- negotiator — to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
- nematology — the branch of zoology dealing with nematodes.
- news agent — newsdealer
- newsagents — Plural form of newsagent.
- night safe — a safe built into the outside wall of a bank, in which customers can deposit money at times when the bank is closed
- nightdream — A dream that is experienced at night, sometimes as distinguished from a daydream. (from 16th c.).
- nightmares — Plural form of nightmare.
- nightscape — a scene viewed at night, especially as represented in art.
- nightshade — any of various plants of the genus Solanum, especially the black nightshade or the bittersweet.
- no-tillage — the planting of crops by direct seeding without plowing, using herbicides as necessary to control weeds.
- nongenital — not related to, or involving, the genitals
- nonvintage — the wine from a particular harvest or crop.
- notetaking — The practice of writing down pieces of information gained from a particular source, such as a lecture or presentation.
- nucleating — Present participle of nucleate.
- numerating — Present participle of numerate.
- octogenary — (obsolete) Of eighty years of age.
- orange-tip — a European butterfly, Anthocharis cardamines, having whitish wings with orange-tipped forewings: family Pieridae
- orangequat — A citrus tree, a cross between an orange and a kumquat.
- orangeroot — The plant goldenseal.
- originated — Simple past tense and past participle of originate.
- originates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of originate.
- outgeneral — to outdo or surpass in generalship.