13-letter words containing a, r, n, i, c
- labyrinthical — Labyrinthine; like or relating to a labyrinth.
- lacrimal bone — a small, thin, membrane bone forming the front part of the inner wall of each orbit.
- lactoproteins — Plural form of lactoprotein.
- ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
- lamellibranch — bivalve.
- landing clerk — a representative of a shipping line who boards its incoming passenger ships to give passengers information and advice.
- landing craft — any of various flat-bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- laser cooling — a technique using laser light to cool atoms to a very low temperature by removing momentum from the particles.
- lateral chain — an open chain of atoms attached to an atom of a larger chain, or to a ring.
- latin america — the part of the American continents south of the United States in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken.
- leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
- letterspacing — the amount of space between each letter in a word, or the adjustment of this amount of space
- lingua franca — any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages.
- lingual brace — a specialized dental brace that fits behind the teeth so that it is not visible when the wearer speaks or smiles.
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- lunar caustic — silver nitrate, AgNO 3 , especially in a sticklike mold, used to cauterize tissues.
- lunar eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- maccheroncini — thin pasta tubes made from wheat flour
- machine error — an error caused by a fault or defect in a machine rather than by human error
- machine screw — a threaded fastener, either used with a nut or driven into a tapped hole, usually having a diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or less and a slotted head for tightening by a screwdriver.
- macro-mineral — any mineral required in the diet in relatively large amounts, especially calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.
- macrodiagonal — the longer of two diagonals
- macrodynamics — Large-scale dynamics.
- macroeconomic — the branch of economics dealing with the broad and general aspects of an economy, as the relationship between the income and investments of a country as a whole.
- macroglobulin — A plasma globulin of high molecular weight.
- macromutation — a mutation that has a profound effect on the resulting organism, as a change in a regulatory gene that controls the expression of many structural genes.
- macronutrient — Nutrition. any of the nutritional components of the diet that are required in relatively large amounts: protein, carbohydrate, fat, and the macrominerals.
- macroorganism — an organism that can be seen with the naked eye.
- macropinacoid — a crystalline pinacoid which runs parallel to the longer horizontal axis
- 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.
- 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.
- magnetometric — Pertaining to, or employed in, the measurement of magnetic forces; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, 'magnetometric' instruments; 'magnetometric' measurements.
- mandarin duck — a crested Asian duck, Aix galericulata, having variegated purple, green, chestnut, and white plumage.
- manicure case — a case for holding small tools designed to care for the fingernails
- manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
- manufacturing — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- marching band — musical group that parades
- marching girl — one of a team of girls dressed in fancy uniform who perform marching formations
- marching song — a song with the rhythm of a march, esp sung by marching soldiers
- marchionesses — Plural form of marchioness.
- mare chronium — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- mare nectaris — (Sea of Nectar) a dark plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 26,000 sq. mi. (67,000 sq. km).