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13-letter words containing a, n, e, r, g, i

  • land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
  • landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
  • landing clerk — a representative of a shipping line who boards its incoming passenger ships to give passengers information and advice.
  • landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
  • lane markings — white lines on the road that mark lanes
  • laramie range — a mountain range in N Colorado and SE Wyoming. Highest peak, Laramie Peak, 9020 feet (2749 meters).
  • laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
  • laser cooling — a technique using laser light to cool atoms to a very low temperature by removing momentum from the particles.
  • lateen-rigged — having lateen sails.
  • leading reins — straps or a harness and strap used to assist and control a child who is learning to walk
  • leafleteering — The printing and distribution of leaflets, especially as propaganda.
  • leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
  • legionary ant — army ant
  • letterspacing — the amount of space between each letter in a word, or the adjustment of this amount of space
  • lift a finger — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • light mineral — any rock-forming mineral that has a specific gravity of less than 2.8 and is generally light in color.
  • light reading — reading which is not considered too demanding or intellectual
  • line integral — the limit, as the norm of the partition of a given curve approaches zero, of the sum of the product of the length of the arcs in the partition times the value of the function at some point on each arc.
  • lingual brace — a specialized dental brace that fits behind the teeth so that it is not visible when the wearer speaks or smiles.
  • linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
  • losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
  • lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
  • love triangle — relationship between three people
  • luxembourgian — of or relating to Luxembourg, its people, or their language.
  • magazine rack — shelf for storing periodicals
  • magic lantern — a device having an enclosed lamp and a lenslike opening, formerly used for projecting and magnifying images mounted on slides or films.
  • magna graecia — the ancient colonial cities and settlements of Greece in S Italy.
  • magnesiferous — (geology) Containing magnesium.
  • magnetic core — Computers. core1 (def 12a).
  • magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
  • magnetic star — a star having a strong magnetic field.
  • magnetic wire — a fine wire made from a magnetizable metal and used for wire recording.
  • magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
  • magnetometric — Pertaining to, or employed in, the measurement of magnetic forces; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, 'magnetometric' instruments; 'magnetometric' measurements.
  • 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
  • mallemaroking — (historical, nautical) Carousing on icebound Greenland whaling ships.
  • manage a risk — If you manage a risk, you analyze how much you are in danger from a particular risk or hazard, and decide how to best deal with it.
  • managerialism — Belief in or reliance on the use of professional managers in administering or planning an activity.
  • manganiferous — containing manganese.
  • marginal note — aside
  • marginal seat — a seat in which elections tend to be won by small margins
  • mariage blanc — unconsummated marriage
  • marie galante — an island in the E West Indies: a dependency of Guadeloupe. 58 sq. mi. (150 sq. km).
  • marine league — a unit of 3 nautical miles (5.6 km).
  • marketing mix — A company's marketing mix is the combination of marketing activities it uses in order to promote a particular product or service.
  • masking frame — easel (def 2).
  • 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.
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