13-letter words containing a, t, n, g
- mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
- moravian gate — a mountain pass between the Sudeten Mountains and the Tatra range of the Carpathians, leading from S Poland into N Moravia in the NE Czech Republic.
- mordant rouge — a solution of aluminum acetate in acetic acid, used in dyeing and calico printing.
- morning after — a period, as in the morning, when the aftereffects of excessive self-indulgence during the previous evening are felt, especially the aftereffects of excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages.
- morning watch — the watch from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m.
- mortgage bond — a bond secured by a mortgage on real estate or other property.
- mount aragats — a volcanic mountain in NW Armenia. Height: 4090 m (13 419 ft)
- mount gambier — a city in S Australia.
- mountain goat — any wild goat inhabiting mountainous regions
- mountebanking — Present participle of mountebank.
- mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
- mouthwatering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- mulligan stew — a stew made of odd bits of meat and vegetables, esp. as prepared by hobos
- multi-tasking — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- multiregional — of, relating to or involving several regions
- multitracking — the process of recording separate audio tracks for later mixing into a single audio track.
- mutagenically — in a mutagenic manner
- my giddy aunt — an exclamation of surprise
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- nailing strip — a strip of wood or other partly yielding material attached to a hard surface, as of steel or concrete, so that objects may be nailed to the surface.
- nanofortnight — (jargon) (Adelaide University) 10^-9 fortnights or about 1.2 milliseconds. This unit was used largely by students doing undergraduate practicals. See microfortnight, attoparsec, and micro-.
- narratologist — a person who studies narratology; an expert in narratology
- narrowcasting — Present participle of narrowcast.
- nathan glazer — Nathan, born 1923, U.S. sociologist.
- national flag — emblem of a country
- national grid — a network of high-voltage power lines connecting major power stations
- nationalising — Present participle of nationalise.
- nationalizing — Present participle of nationalize.
- native tongue — first language
- natural right — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
- navy register — (in the US) an annual publication giving genealogical information about the commissioned and warrant officers in the US Navy.
- 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.
- neologization — The act or process of neologizing; the creation of new forms.
- neonatologist — the study of the development and disorders of newborn children.
- 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.
- new stone age — the Neolithic period.
- new to a game — If you are new to a particular game, you have not done a particular activity or been in a particular situation before.
- newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
- 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.