13-letter words containing g, i, l, n
- mind-boggling — intellectually overwhelming: a mind-boggling puzzle.
- mine-clearing — the process of disarming and removing explosive mines from an area
- mineralogical — Relating to mineralogy.
- mingle-mangle — a jumbled or confused mixture; hodgepodge.
- minor-leaguer — a member of a minor-league team.
- misallocating — Present participle of misallocate.
- mistrustingly — In a mistrusting manner.
- molding board — a board upon which bread is kneaded, cookies prepared, etc.
- molding plane — a plane having a blade or a number of blades profiled to form moldings.
- mollycoddling — Present participle of mollycoddle.
- mongol empire — an empire founded in the 12th century by Genghis Khan, which reached its greatest territorial extent in the 13th century, encompassing the larger part of Asia and extending westward to the Dnieper River in eastern Europe.
- monogenically — In a monogenic manner.
- monoglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of one hydroxyl group with a fatty acid.
- monogynoecial — (of a fruit) developing from a single pistil.
- mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
- morning glory — any of various plants, especially of the genera Ipomoea and Convolvulus, as I. purpurea, a twining plant having cordate leaves and funnel-shaped flowers of various colors, often opening only in the morning.
- morning-glory — any of various plants, especially of the genera Ipomoea and Convolvulus, as I. purpurea, a twining plant having cordate leaves and funnel-shaped flowers of various colors, often opening only in the morning.
- morse signals — signals encoded using the Morse Code
- 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.
- 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.
- mule spinning — a process of spinning that produces extremely fine yarn by drawing and twisting the roving, and winding the resultant yarn onto a bobbin or spindle in the form of a cop.
- 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.
- multibuilding — involving multiple buildings
- multilinguist — A speaker of multiple languages; a polyglot.
- multiregional — of, relating to or involving several regions
- multiskilling — the practice of training employees to do a number of different tasks
- multitracking — the process of recording separate audio tracks for later mixing into a single audio track.
- mutagenically — in a mutagenic manner
- muzzleloading — Of a gun, having ammunition loaded from the front of the barrel where it will exit.
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- mythologising — Present participle of mythologise.
- mythologizing — Present participle of mythologize.
- nailing jelly — like nailing jelly to a tree
- nailing strip — a strip of wood or other partly yielding material attached to a hard surface, as of steel or concrete, so that objects may be nailed to the surface.
- narratologist — a person who studies narratology; an expert in narratology
- national flag — emblem of a country
- national grid — a network of high-voltage power lines connecting major power stations
- nationalising — Present participle of nationalise.
- nationalizing — Present participle of nationalize.
- natural right — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
- navigableness — Quality of being navigable.
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- negative flag — the letter N in the International Code of Signals, signifying “no” when flown by itself: a square flag having four rows of alternate blue and white squares.
- 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 lens — a lens that causes a beam of parallel rays to diverge after refraction, as from a virtual image; a lens that has a negative focal length.
- negative pole — the south-seeking pole of a magnet
- negligibility — so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may safely be neglected or disregarded: The extra expenses were negligible.
- negotiability — capable of being negotiated: a negotiable salary demand.