13-letter words containing a, n, t, i, l
- long vacation — the summer vacation customary in the law courts and universities.
- long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
- long-standing — existing or occurring for a long time: a longstanding feud.
- losing battle — attempt doomed to failure
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- love triangle — relationship between three people
- low-bandwidth — [communication theory] Used to indicate a talk that, although not content-free, was not terribly informative. "That was a low-bandwidth talk, but what can you expect for an audience of suits!" Compare zero-content, bandwidth, math-out.
- lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- lunar caustic — silver nitrate, AgNO 3 , especially in a sticklike mold, used to cauterize tissues.
- lunar orbiter — one of a series of space probes that orbited and photographed the moon in 1966 and 1967.
- luteinization — to produce corpora lutea in.
- lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
- machicolation — an opening in the floor between the corbels of a projecting gallery or parapet, as on a wall or in the vault of a passage, through which missiles, molten lead, etc., might be cast upon an enemy beneath.
- machilipatnam — a city in E Andhra Pradesh state, in S India, on the Bay of Bengal: first British trading settlement 1611.
- machinability — The condition of being machinable.
- machine-steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
- magic lantern — a device having an enclosed lamp and a lenslike opening, formerly used for projecting and magnifying images mounted on slides or films.
- magnetic flux — the total magnetic induction crossing a surface, equal to the integral of the component of magnetic induction perpendicular to the surface over the surface: usually measured in webers or maxwells.
- magnetic lens — Physics. an electron lens using magnetic fields for focusing an electron beam.
- magnetic pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
- magnificently — making a splendid appearance or show; of exceptional beauty, size, etc.: a magnificent cathedral; magnificent scenery.
- maiden castle — an ancient fortification in Dorsetshire, England, first erected c250 b.c. over the remains of Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements of c2000–c1500 b.c.
- mainz psalter — a book printed by Johannes Gutenberg: thought by some to be the first book printed from movable type.
- malabsorbtion — Misspelling of malabsorption.
- malabsorption — faulty absorption of nutritive material from the intestine.
- maladaptation — incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation.
- maladminister — to administer or manage badly or inefficiently: The mayor was a bungler who maladministered the city budget.
- maladroitness — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- malformations — Plural form of malformation.
- malfunctional — Not functioning as intended.
- malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
- malinvestment — An incorrect or unwise investment.
- malthusianism — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
- manageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- manipulatable — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- manipulations — Plural form of manipulation.
- manipulatives — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- mansplanation — Also called mansplanation [man-spluh-ney-shuh n] /ˌmæn spləˈneɪ ʃən/ (Show IPA). such an explanation given to someone, usually a woman.
- marbleization — The process of marbleizing.
- marginal cost — the cost of one additional unit of any item produced or bought in quantity.
- marginal note — aside
- marginal seat — a seat in which elections tend to be won by small margins
- marie galante — an island in the E West Indies: a dependency of Guadeloupe. 58 sq. mi. (150 sq. km).
- martagon lily — Turk's-cap lily.
- martin luther — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), 1483–1546, German theologian and author: leader, in Germany, of the Protestant Reformation.
- masculinities — Plural form of masculinity.
- materializing — Present participle of materialize.
- maternalistic — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- matriculating — Present participle of matriculate.
- matriculation — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.