13-letter words containing g, e, t, r
- megasporocyte — a diploid cell in plants that undergoes meiosis to create four haploid megaspores.
- megastructure — a very large, usually high-rise building or a complex of such buildings used for many purposes, as for apartments, offices, stores, theaters, and athletic facilities.
- megawatt hour — a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of a million watts in one hour
- meistersinger — Also, mastersinger. a member of one of the guilds, chiefly of workingmen, established during the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries in the principal cities of Germany, for the cultivation of poetry and music.
- merchant flag — the ensign used by all ships engaged in commerce, fishing, etc.
- merrythoughts — Plural form of merrythought.
- metagrobolize — to mystify or puzzle
- metalcrafting — metalworking.
- metallography — the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.
- metallurgical — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metallurgists — Plural form of metallurgist.
- meteorologist — the science dealing with the atmosphere and its phenomena, including weather and climate.
- metering pump — A metering pump is a device used to pump precise amounts of liquids over a period of time.
- methoxy group — the univalent group CH 3 O−.
- 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.
- mind-altering — causing marked changes in patterns of mood and behavior, as a hallucinogenic drug.
- miner's right — a licence to prospect for minerals, esp gold
- miscategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- 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.
- mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
- mouthwatering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- mud wrestling — sport: physical combat in mud
- mud-wrestling — wrestling in an enclosure with a floor or base of wet mud, staged as a public display and competitive event.
- multicategory — (mathematics) A generalization of the concept of category that allows morphisms of multiple arity.
- multiregional — of, relating to or involving several regions
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- nathan glazer — Nathan, born 1923, U.S. sociologist.
- 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.
- neuroethology — the study of the role of the nervous system in animal behaviour
- neurolinguist — One who studies neurolinguistics.
- newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
- night crawler — an earthworm.