13-letter words containing a, t, n, g
- investigatory — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- involute gear — a gear tooth form that is generated by involute geometry
- ion generator — a device for creating negatively charged particles in immediately surrounding air, promoted as a cure for various ills.
- isoagglutinin — an agglutinin that can effect isoagglutination.
- it governance — information technology governance
- john o'groats — the northern tip of Scotland, near Duncansby Head, NE Caithness, traditionally thought of as the northernmost point of Britain: from Land's End to John o'Groat's House.
- john of gaunt — John of, John of Gaunt.
- joint manager — sb who shares authority and responsibility for sth
- judgementally — Alternative form of judgmentally.
- judgment call — Sports. an observational ruling by a referee or umpire that is necessarily subjective because of the disputable nature of the play in question, and one that may be appealed but not protested, as opposed to a matter of official rule interpretation: Balks and close plays at first are of course judgment calls, and umpires are human.
- judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
- junior rating — a military rank for non-officer personnel in the navy
- kachang puteh — (in Malaysia) roasted or fried nuts or beans
- karaoke night — a social occasion when karaoke sessions are held for entertainment, often in a pub or bar
- key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
- kindergartens — Plural form of kindergarten.
- kindergartner — a child who attends a kindergarten.
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- kitchen range — cooker with oven and hob
- knight errant — a wandering knight; a knight who traveled widely in search of adventures, to exhibit military skill, to engage in chivalric deeds, etc.
- knight-errant — a wandering knight; a knight who traveled widely in search of adventures, to exhibit military skill, to engage in chivalric deeds, etc.
- lactoglobulin — A protein or mixture of similar proteins occurring in milk, obtained after the removal of casein and precipitated in a salt solution.
- lake sturgeon — a sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers.
- lamb's tongue — a molding having a deep, symmetrical profile ending in a narrow edge, as in a sash bar.
- land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
- landed gentry — land-owning class
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- landing craft — any of various flat-bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore.
- landing party — a component of a ship's company detached for special duty ashore.
- landing stage — a floating platform used as a wharf.
- landing strip — airstrip.
- language arts — study of reading and writing
- laryngectomee — someone who has had a laryngectomy
- laryngologist — A person who studies or specializes in laryngology; a subspeciality of otorhinolaryngology.
- 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.
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- 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 quantum — photon.
- light reading — reading which is not considered too demanding or intellectual
- lightfastness — The quality of being lightfast.