13-letter words containing a, t, n, g, l, e
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- landing stage — a floating platform used as a wharf.
- language arts — study of reading and writing
- laryngectomee — someone who has had a laryngectomy
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- last judgment — judgment (def 8).
- late-blooming — of or characteristic of a late bloomer: late-blooming brilliance.
- lateen-rigged — having lateen sails.
- leading light — an important or influential person: a leading light of the community.
- leaf gelatine — gelatine in the form of thin sheets
- leafleteering — The printing and distribution of leaflets, especially as propaganda.
- legal fiction — an acceptance of something as true, for the sake of convenience; legal pretence
- 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
- lightfastness — The quality of being lightfast.
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
- like anything — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- 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.
- locking plate — a narrow wheel geared to a striking train or other mechanism and having a notched rim engaging with another mechanism permitting it to rotate through a specific arc.
- long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
- losing battle — attempt doomed to failure
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- lounge jacket — a man's jacket for formal use during the daytime where a suit is not required
- love triangle — relationship between three people
- love-entangle — the stonecrop, Sedum acre.
- magic lantern — a device having an enclosed lamp and a lenslike opening, formerly used for projecting and magnifying images mounted on slides or films.
- magnet school — a public school with special programs and instruction that are not available elsewhere in a school district and that are specially designed to draw students from throughout a district, especially to aid in desegregation.
- 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.
- manageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- 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).
- materializing — Present participle of materialize.
- meeting place — A meeting place is a place where people meet.
- megalopolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
- merchant flag — the ensign used by all ships engaged in commerce, fishing, etc.
- metalanguages — Plural form of metalanguage.
- metalcrafting — metalworking.
- mind-altering — causing marked changes in patterns of mood and behavior, as a hallucinogenic drug.
- mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
- mulligan stew — a stew made of odd bits of meat and vegetables, esp. as prepared by hobos
- multiregional — of, relating to or involving several regions
- mutagenically — in a mutagenic manner
- nathan glazer — Nathan, born 1923, U.S. sociologist.