12-letter words containing g, e, t, a, n
- movie rating — a classification of a film as according to the age of viewers thought suitable to see it, and which can differ according to the level in the film of violent content, sexual content, etc
- multi-garnet — A better constraint system for Garnet. Version 2.1 by Michael Sannella <[email protected]>.
- multimegaton — (of a nuclear weapon) having several megatons of explosive power
- multungulate — a hoofed animal with three or more toes on each foot
- mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
- mutagenicity — capable of inducing mutation or increasing its rate.
- nai register — (in Britain) a list of children deemed to be at risk of abuse or injury from their parents or guardians, compiled and held by a local authority, area health authority, or NSPCC Special Unit
- narragansett — a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family formerly located in Rhode Island but now almost extinct.
- natal orange — a spiny shrub, Strychnos spinosa, of the logania family, of central and southern Africa, having yellowish-white flowers and edible, berrylike, yellow fruit.
- naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
- nauseatingly — causing sickness of the stomach; nauseous.
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- negative ion — an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- negative tax — a payment by the State to a person with a low income, the magnitude of the payment increasing as the income decreases. It is regarded as a form of social welfare
- negativeness — The characteristic of being negative; negativity.
- negativistic — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- negativities — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- negotiations — Plural form of negotiation.
- nematologist — One who studies nematology.
- nemorivagant — Lb rare wandering in the woods.
- net earnings — income after tax
- neutralising — Present participle of neutralise.
- neutralizing — (American spelling) alternative spelling of neutralisingt; present participle of neutralize.
- new egyptian — the Egyptian language, c. 1600-700 b.c.
- newsgatherer — A person involved in newsgathering.
- night dancer — (in Uganda) a person believed to employ the help of the dead in destroying other people
- night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
- night sweats — heavy sweating during sleep, especially as a symptom of certain diseases, as tuberculosis.
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- nightingales — Plural form of nightingale.
- ninth-grader — a student in their ninth year at school
- nitrogelatin — gelatin dynamite.
- non-graduate — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- non-magnetic — of or relating to a magnet or magnetism.
- non-tangible — capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.
- nonagreement — Absence of agreement; disagreement, discord.
- nonalignment — the state or condition of being nonaligned.
- nonantigenic — not antigenic
- nonbreathing — not breathing
- nonconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- nonfattening — Not fattening; not causing one to become fat.
- nonirrigated — not irrigated; dry
- nonoperating — Not operating.
- nonregulated — Alternative spelling of non-regulated.
- nonsegmental — Not segmental.
- nonstrategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- nonvegetable — Not of or pertaining to vegetables.
- notoungulate — one of the herbivorous, hoofed mammals of the extinct order Notoungulata, best known from the Paleocene to the Pleistocene Epochs of South America.
- nugatoriness — Quality of being nugatory.
- nutmeg state — Connecticut (used as a nickname).