13-letter words containing g, a, u
- mountebanking — Present participle of mountebank.
- mourning band — a piece of black material, esp an armband, worn to indicate that the wearer is in mourning
- mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
- mouthwatering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- much-maligned — If you describe someone or something as much-maligned, you mean that they are often criticized by people, but you think the criticism is unfair or exaggerated because they have good qualities too.
- 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.
- multicategory — (mathematics) A generalization of the concept of category that allows morphisms of multiple arity.
- multidigitate — having many digits or finger-like projections
- multigravidas — Plural form of multigravida.
- multimegawatt — producing or involving several million watts of power
- multiorgasmic — Capable of multiple orgasms without a refractory period.
- multiregional — of, relating to or involving several regions
- multitracking — the process of recording separate audio tracks for later mixing into a single audio track.
- musicological — Of or pertaining to musicology.
- mutagenically — in a mutagenic manner
- muzzleloading — Of a gun, having ammunition loaded from the front of the barrel where it will exit.
- my giddy aunt — an exclamation of surprise
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
- native tongue — first language
- natural right — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
- neurosurgical — Of, or pertaining to neurosurgery.
- new age music — a type of gentle melodic popular music originating in the US in the late 1980s, which takes in elements of jazz, folk, and classical music and is played largely on synthesizers and acoustic instruments
- newgroup wars — /n[y]oo'groop worz/ [Usenet] The salvos of dueling "newgroup" and "rmgroup" messages sometimes exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a newsgroup should be created net-wide, or (even more frequently) whether an obsolete one should be removed. These usually settle out within a week or two as it becomes clear whether the group has a natural constituency (usually, it doesn't). At times, especially in the completely anarchic alt hierarchy, the names of newsgroups themselves become a form of comment or humour; e.g. the spinoff of alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork from alt.tv.muppets in early 1990, or any number of specialised abuse groups named after particularly notorious flamers, e.g. alt.weemba.
- nominal group — A nominal group is the same as a noun group.
- non-ambiguity — doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention: to speak with ambiguity; an ambiguity of manner.
- non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
- non-dangerous — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- nonconjugated — not conjugated
- noncontagious — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- nondiapausing — lacking a diapause
- nonfigurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- nongregarious — (zoology) Not gregarious; solitary. Compare 'ungregarious'.
- nonguaranteed — Not guaranteed; unguaranteed.
- nonjudgmental — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
- nonliturgical — Not liturgical.
- nonmeaningful — Not meaningful.
- nonmonogamous — having more than one sexual or marital partner
- nonregulation — not regulation, not conforming to accepted standards
- nonsustaining — Not sustaining; having an end.
- noogoora burr — a European cocklebur, Xanthium pungens, that is poisonous to stock
- north augusta — a city in W South Carolina.
- not a sausage — nothing at all
- novo hamburgo — a city in Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil.
- novum organum — a philosophical work in Latin (1620) by Francis Bacon, presenting an inductive method for scientific and philosophical inquiry.
- numerological — Of, pertaining to, or based on numerology.
- numismatology — Numismatics.
- nusa tenggara — an island chain east of Java, mostly in Indonesia: the main islands are Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, Alor, and Timor. Pop: 11 112 702 (2000). Area: 73 144 sq km (28 241 sq miles)
- nutmeg grater — a utensil used to grate the seed nutmeg, so that is can be used as a spice in cooking, etc
- objurgatively — In an objurgative or reproving manner.