13-letter words containing g, e, t, o
- meteorologist — the science dealing with the atmosphere and its phenomena, including weather and climate.
- methemoglobin — a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.
- method acting — film, theater: acting approach
- methodologies — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- methodologist — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- methoxy group — the univalent group CH 3 O−.
- methylglyoxal — pyruvic aldehyde.
- mezzotintoing — Present participle of mezzotinto.
- micromagnetic — Of or pertaining to micromagnetism.
- microteaching — a scaled-down teaching procedure with a few students under controlled conditions, often videotaped in order to analyze teaching techniques and develop new teaching skills.
- milliroentgen — a unit of radiation equal to one thousandth of a roentgen. Abbreviation: mR, mr.
- miscategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- miscegenation — marriage or cohabitation between two people from different racial groups, especially, in the U.S., between a black person and a white person: In 1968 the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that state laws prohibiting miscegenation were unconstitutional.
- misconnecting — Present participle of misconnect.
- misgovernment — to govern or manage badly.
- moderate gale — a wind of 32–38 miles per hour (14–17 m/sec).
- modern greats — (at Oxford University) the Honour School of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
- mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
- mooring tower — a mast or tower to which a balloon or airship may be moored
- 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.
- morphogenetic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- mortgage bond — a bond secured by a mortgage on real estate or other property.
- mortgage rate — the level of interest charged by building societies and banks on house-purchase loans
- mother figure — a woman embodying or seeming to embody the qualities of an idealized conception of the female parent, eliciting from others the emotional responses that a child typically has toward its mother.
- mother of god — a title of the Virgin Mary.
- mother tongue — the language first learned by a person; native language.
- motherfucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- mount gambier — a city in S Australia.
- mountebanking — Present participle of mountebank.
- mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
- mouthwatering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- multicategory — (mathematics) A generalization of the concept of category that allows morphisms of multiple arity.
- multiregional — of, relating to or involving several regions
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- native tongue — first language
- 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 pole — the south-seeking pole of a magnet
- 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.
- neuroethology — the study of the role of the nervous system in animal behaviour
- neurolinguist — One who studies neurolinguistics.
- 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.
- night journey — the journey in which Muhammad was carried from Mecca to Jerusalem and ascended into heaven.