13-letter words containing a, l, n, g
- mind-altering — causing marked changes in patterns of mood and behavior, as a hallucinogenic drug.
- mine-clearing — the process of disarming and removing explosive mines from an area
- mineralogical — Relating to mineralogy.
- mingle-mangle — a jumbled or confused mixture; hodgepodge.
- minor-leaguer — a member of a minor-league team.
- misallocating — Present participle of misallocate.
- molding board — a board upon which bread is kneaded, cookies prepared, etc.
- molding plane — a plane having a blade or a number of blades profiled to form moldings.
- monogenically — In a monogenic manner.
- monogynoecial — (of a fruit) developing from a single pistil.
- monophthongal — (linguistics) Of or pertaining to a monophthong.
- mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
- morgan le fay — the fairy sister of King Arthur.
- morse signals — signals encoded using the Morse Code
- much-maligned — If you describe someone or something as much-maligned, you mean that they are often criticized by people, but you think the criticism is unfair or exaggerated because they have good qualities too.
- mulligan stew — a stew made of odd bits of meat and vegetables, esp. as prepared by hobos
- multi-tasking — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- multiregional — of, relating to or involving several regions
- multitracking — the process of recording separate audio tracks for later mixing into a single audio track.
- mutagenically — in a mutagenic manner
- muzzleloading — Of a gun, having ammunition loaded from the front of the barrel where it will exit.
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- nailing jelly — like nailing jelly to a tree
- nailing strip — a strip of wood or other partly yielding material attached to a hard surface, as of steel or concrete, so that objects may be nailed to the surface.
- narratologist — a person who studies narratology; an expert in narratology
- nathan glazer — Nathan, born 1923, U.S. sociologist.
- national flag — emblem of a country
- national grid — a network of high-voltage power lines connecting major power stations
- nationalising — Present participle of nationalise.
- nationalizing — Present participle of nationalize.
- natural right — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
- naval college — training institution for the navy
- navigableness — Quality of being navigable.
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- negative flag — the letter N in the International Code of Signals, signifying “no” when flown by itself: a square flag having four rows of alternate blue and white squares.
- negative glow — the luminous region between the Crookes dark space and the Faraday dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- 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 pole — the south-seeking pole of a magnet
- negotiability — capable of being negotiated: a negotiable salary demand.
- nematological — of or pertaining to nematology
- neoglaciation — a phase of renewed glaciation associated with a readvance of ice sheets between the postglacial phase and the present.
- neologization — The act or process of neologizing; the creation of new forms.
- neonatologist — the study of the development and disorders of newborn children.
- nephrological — of or relating to nephrology
- 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.
- neurosurgical — Of, or pertaining to neurosurgery.
- never-failing — that does not fail ever; unfailing
- new ball game — a new or changed situation: Once we're out of debt it'll be a whole new ball game.
- new englander — an area in the NE United States, including the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
- niagara falls — the falls of the Niagara River: in Canada, the Horseshoe Falls, 158 feet (48 meters) high; 2600 feet (792 meters) wide; in the U.S., American Falls, 167 feet (51 meters) high; 1000 feet (305 meters) wide.