13-letter words containing a, y, n
- monkey jacket — a short, close-fitting jacket or coat, formerly worn by sailors.
- monoclonality — Biology, Biotechnology. the state or condition of having one specific type of antibody.
- monodactylous — having only one digit or claw.
- monogenically — In a monogenic manner.
- monogynoecial — (of a fruit) developing from a single pistil.
- monosyllabics — Plural form of monosyllabic.
- monosyllabism — monosyllabic character.
- monosyllables — Plural form of monosyllable.
- monotonically — of, relating to, or uttered in a monotone: a monotonic delivery of a lecture.
- monterey jack — a mild, light-yellow, semisoft cheese
- monterey park — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- monumentality — resembling a monument; massive or imposing.
- moreno valley — city in S Calif.: pop. 142,000
- morgan le fay — the fairy sister of King Arthur.
- morpho-syntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- mount stanley — a mountain in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo: the highest peak of the Ruwenzori range. Height: 5109 m (16 763 ft)
- mountainously — In a mountainous way.
- mountebankery — The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
- mutagenically — in a mutagenic manner
- my giddy aunt — an exclamation of surprise
- myelin sheath — a wrapping of myelin around certain nerve axons, serving as an electrical insulator that speeds nerve impulses to muscles and other effectors.
- myelinisation — Alt form myelinization.
- myelinization — Myelination.
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- mystification — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- mythicization — to turn into, treat, or explain as a myth.
- mythification — to create a myth about (a person, place, tradition, etc.); cause to become a myth.
- nailing jelly — like nailing jelly to a tree
- nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
- naphthylamine — (organic compound) Either of two isomeric primary amines derived from naphthalene; they occur in crude oil, and are used in the preparation of dyes and other compounds.
- naples yellow — a yellow pigment, used by artists; lead antimonate
- narcoanalysis — a method of psychological investigation in which the conscious or unconscious unwillingness of a subject to express memories or feelings is diminished by the use of a barbiturate drug.
- narcohypnosis — the use of drugs to induce hypnosis
- nasopharynges — Plural form of nasopharynx.
- national city — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- nativity play — A nativity play is a play about the birth of Jesus, usually one performed by children at Christmas time.
- naval academy — a collegiate institution for training naval officers.
- 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.
- necktie party — a lynching or other execution by hanging.
- negotiability — capable of being negotiated: a negotiable salary demand.
- nettle family — the plant family Urticaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs, sometimes covered with stinging hairs, having alternate or opposite simple leaves, clusters of small flowers, and small, dry, seedlike fruit, and including baby's-tears, clearweed, nettles of the genus Urtica, and ramie.
- network layer — (networking) (communications subnet layer) The third lowest layer in the OSI seven layer model. The network layer determines routing of packets of data from sender to receiver via the data link layer and is used by the transport layer. The most common network layer protocol is IP.
- neuroatypical — Having an atypical neurological configuration.
- never say die — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- newbery award — an annual award for the most distinguished book for juveniles.
- night and day — the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- nightmarishly — In a nightmarish manner.
- nimonic alloy — type of nickel-based alloy
- nithiocyamine — Amoscanate.