13-letter words containing a, g, n, o, s, t
- noncontagious — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- nonimmigrants — Plural form of nonimmigrant.
- nonpractising — of or relating to a person who no longer observes or pursues his or her religious faith
- nonsegregated — Not segregated.
- nonsustaining — Not sustaining; having an end.
- north augusta — a city in W South Carolina.
- north sea gas — natural gas extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
- nostalgically — experiencing or exhibiting nostalgia, a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation.
- not a sausage — nothing at all
- numismatology — Numismatics.
- octagon house — a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.
- octagon scale — a scale used in laying out octagonal figures of various sizes.
- octogenarians — Plural form of octogenarian.
- old stone age — the Paleolithic period.
- onomatologist — One versed in the history of names.
- onychophagist — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- organisations — Plural form of organisation.
- organizations — The action of organizing something.
- organotropism — Physiology. the attraction of microorganisms or chemical substances to particular organs or tissues of the body.
- originalities — Plural form of originality.
- orthognathous — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
- orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
- outdistancing — Present participle of outdistance.
- outstandingly — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).
- pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
- pastel orange — suntan (def 3).
- persona grata — an acceptable person, especially a diplomatic representative acceptable to the government to which he or she is accredited.
- phantasmagory — phantasmagoria.
- photo-sharing — the publishing of digital photographs on the internet
- photo-stating — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- pigeon breast — chicken breast.
- planetologist — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- point shaving — (especially in basketball) the illegal practice, by one or more bribed players, of deliberately limiting the number of points scored to conform to the desires of corrupt gamblers.
- point-shaving — (especially in basketball) the illegal practice, by one or more bribed players, of deliberately limiting the number of points scored to conform to the desires of corrupt gamblers.
- post exchange — a retail store on an army installation that sells goods and services to military personnel and their dependents and to certain authorized civilian personnel. Abbreviation: PX.
- postinaugural — of or relating to the period after an inauguration
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
- prognosticate — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- prostaglandin — Biochemistry. any of a class of unsaturated fatty acids that are involved in the contraction of smooth muscle, the control of inflammation and body temperature, and many other physiological functions.
- reassignation — an appointment for a meeting, especially a lover's secret rendezvous.
- redesignation — an act of designating.
- regiomontanus — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
- regionalistic — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
- resegregation — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
- rising action — a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.