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14-letter words containing a, l, i, n, g

  • luminous range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible in clear weather, disregarding interference from obstructions and from the curvature of the earth and depending on the power of the light.
  • lunatic fringe — members on the periphery of any group, especially political, social, or religious, who hold extreme or fanatical views.
  • lymphangiogram — an X-ray of the lymphatic system taken after a contrast agent has been injected, often used to diagnose lymphoma
  • lysogenization — the process of a bacterium becoming lysogenic
  • macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
  • magistral line — the line from which the position of the other lines of fieldworks is determined.
  • magnetic field — a region of space near a magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle in which a magnetic force acts on any other magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle.
  • magnetooptical — Having both magnetic and optical elements.
  • magniloquently — In a magniloquent manner.
  • magnolia metal — an alloy used for bearings, consisting largely of lead (up to 80 per cent) and antimony, with the addition of smaller quantities of iron and tin
  • magnolia state — Mississippi (used as a nickname).
  • mail exchanger — (messaging)   A server running SMTP Message Transfer Agent software that accepts incoming electronic mail and either delivers it locally or forwards it to another server. The mail exchanger to use for a given domain can be discovered by querying DNS for Mail Exchange Records.
  • make a killing — If you make a killing, you make a large profit very quickly and easily.
  • malfunctioning — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
  • man of galilee — Jesus.
  • manual testing — (testing)   That part of software testing that requires human input, analysis, or evaluation.
  • manuel noriega — Manuel Antonio, born 1934, military leader of Panama 1983–89: captured by U.S. forces and sentenced to prison for drug trafficking 1992.
  • maraging steel — a low-carbon steel that has been heated and quenched to form martensite: contains up to 25 percent nickel.
  • marginal hacks — (humour)   Margaret Jacks Hall, a building into which the Stanford AI Lab was moved near the beginning of the 1980s (from the D.C. Power Lab).
  • marine biology — science of sea life
  • marine geology — the branch of geology dealing with the rocks, sediments, and processes of the floors and margins of the oceans.
  • masterplanning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
  • meaningfulness — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
  • megalomaniacal — a person afflicted with megalomania.
  • mental healing — the healing of a physical ailment or disorder by mental concentration or suggestion.
  • merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
  • meridian angle — the angle, measured eastward or westward through 180°, between the celestial meridian of an observer and the hour circle of a celestial body.
  • metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
  • metalinguistic — Pertaining to metalinguistics.
  • metallogenetic — metallogenic
  • methaemoglobin — a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.
  • middle england — Journalists use Middle England to refer to middle class people in England who are believed not to like change.
  • middle-ranking — A middle-ranking person has a fairly important or responsible position in a particular organization, but is not one of the most important people in it.
  • milking parlor — a room in or attached to a barn on a modern dairy farm maintained exclusively for the mechanical milking of cows.
  • mind uploading — (application)   The science fiction concept of copying one's mind into an artificial body or computer.
  • mineral rights — right to extract minerals from land
  • mineral spring — a spring of water that contains a significant amount of dissolved minerals.
  • miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
  • miscalculating — Present participle of miscalculate.
  • misclassifying — Present participle of misclassify.
  • mistranslating — Present participle of mistranslate.
  • mixed language — any language containing items of vocabulary or other linguistic characteristics borrowed from two or more existing languages
  • modelling clay — mouldable substance fixed in a kiln
  • mongolian fold — epicanthus.
  • mongrelization — to subject (a breed, group, etc.) to crossbreeding, especially with one considered inferior.
  • monolingualism — knowing or able to use only one language; monoglot.
  • morgain le fay — Morgan le Fay.
  • morganatically — In a morganatic manner.
  • moulding board — a board on which dough is kneaded
  • mourning cloak — a common butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) having purplish-brown wings with a wide yellow border, found throughout Europe and North America
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