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

  • miniaturizing — Present participle of miniaturize.
  • minor-leaguer — a member of a minor-league team.
  • misallocating — Present participle of misallocate.
  • miscegenation — marriage or cohabitation between two people from different racial groups, especially, in the U.S., between a black person and a white person: In 1968 the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that state laws prohibiting miscegenation were unconstitutional.
  • miscegenative — (rare) Miscegenous.
  • misgovernance — to govern or manage badly.
  • mismanagement — The process or practice of managing ineptly, incompetently, or dishonestly.
  • mixed farming — agriculture: raising both crops and livestock
  • mixing faucet — a single outlet for water from separately controlled hot-water and cold-water taps.
  • 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.
  • monoaminergic — (of a neuron or neural pathway) transmitting messages by means of a monoamine
  • monogenically — In a monogenic manner.
  • monogrammatic — a design consisting of two or more alphabetic letters combined or interlaced, commonly one's initials, often printed on stationery, embroidered on clothing, etc.
  • monogynoecial — (of a fruit) developing from a single pistil.
  • mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
  • moravian gate — a mountain pass between the Sudeten Mountains and the Tatra range of the Carpathians, leading from S Poland into N Moravia in the NE Czech Republic.
  • morning after — a period, as in the morning, when the aftereffects of excessive self-indulgence during the previous evening are felt, especially the aftereffects of excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages.
  • morning paper — a paper published the night before for distribution in the morning (as opposed to an evening paper)
  • morning watch — the watch from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m.
  • morse signals — signals encoded using the Morse Code
  • mount gambier — a city in S Australia.
  • mountain goat — any wild goat inhabiting mountainous regions
  • mountebanking — Present participle of mountebank.
  • mourning band — a piece of black material, esp an armband, worn to indicate that the wearer is in mourning
  • mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
  • mouthwatering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
  • 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.
  • my giddy aunt — an exclamation of surprise
  • 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.
  • name-dropping — the introduction into one's conversation, letters, etc., of the names of famous or important people as alleged friends or associates in order to impress others.
  • nanofortnight — (jargon)   (Adelaide University) 10^-9 fortnights or about 1.2 milliseconds. This unit was used largely by students doing undergraduate practicals. See microfortnight, attoparsec, and micro-.
  • narratologist — a person who studies narratology; an expert in narratology
  • narrowcasting — Present participle of narrowcast.
  • 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.
  • native tongue — first language
  • natural right — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
  • navigableness — Quality of being navigable.
  • navy register — (in the US) an annual publication giving genealogical information about the commissioned and warrant officers in the US Navy.
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