13-letter words containing a, n, g, i
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- necessitating — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- 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
- negative sign — bad omen
- 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.
- neogrammarian — a member of the Junggrammatiker.
- 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
- nerve-racking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
- nervewracking — Alternative form of nerve-wracking.
- 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 age music — a type of gentle melodic popular music originating in the US in the late 1980s, which takes in elements of jazz, folk, and classical music and is played largely on synthesizers and acoustic instruments
- news magazine — periodical about current affairs
- newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
- 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.
- niagara green — a light bluish green.
- niggardliness — The state of being niggardly.
- nigger heaven — peanut gallery (def 1).
- night and day — the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- night crawler — an earthworm.
- night jasmine — Also called hursinghar, sad tree, tree of sadness. a jasminelike, Indian shrub or small tree, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, of the verbena family, having fragrant, white and orange flowers that bloom at night.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- nightmarishly — In a nightmarish manner.
- nightwatchman — Someone who guards a premises at night.
- nightwatchmen — Plural form of nightwatchman.
- nitrogelatine — an explosive, consisting mainly of nitroglycerine, that is used in the production of gelignite
- nitrogen base — Chemistry, Biochemistry. a nitrogen-containing organic compound that has the chemical properties of a base, especially a pyrimidine or purine: Four nitrogen bases are present in a DNA molecule.
- nitrogenation — to combine with nitrogen or add nitrogenous material to.
- nizhniy tagil — city in W Russia, in the EC Urals: pop. 429,000
- noctivagation — the act of wandering in the night
- nodding lilac — a showy Chinese lilac, Syringa reflexa, of the olive family, having nodding clusters of pinkish flowers.
- noise masking — the use of noise to cancel out another sound, as with a white noise machine.
- noise shaping — (communications) Spectral noise transformation in a quantisation processes. Noise is "colourised" in the time domain an/or frequency domain by adding parts of the previous sample. The SNR bandwidth and SNR time integral stay the same, so some noise decreases, some increases, but overall noise always increases. An example of noise shaping in the frequency domain is quantisation of samples on a Compact Disc to reduce noise below -98 dB. The are different algorithms with slightly different filters, e.g. Super Bitmapping, 4D Recording. A time domain example is MPEG-4 AAC TNS, which is a method to enhance quality by temporal forming of the noise in a transform block.
- nominal group — A nominal group is the same as a noun group.
- nominal wages — minimum pay
- non-alignment — Non-alignment is the state or policy of being non-aligned.
- non-ambiguity — doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention: to speak with ambiguity; an ambiguity of manner.
- non-cognizant — having cognizance; aware (usually followed by of): He was cognizant of the difficulty.
- non-designate — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- non-frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
- non-irrigated — to supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying.
- non-malignant — disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.