13-letter words containing g, i, r, a
- mixed farming — agriculture: raising both crops and livestock
- molding board — a board upon which bread is kneaded, cookies prepared, etc.
- molly maguire — Irish History. a member of a secret terrorist society organized in Ireland in 1843 to prevent evictions by the government: so called because the members disguised themselves as women.
- monoaminergic — (of a neuron or neural pathway) transmitting messages by means of a monoamine
- monogrammatic — a design consisting of two or more alphabetic letters combined or interlaced, commonly one's initials, often printed on stationery, embroidered on clothing, etc.
- mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
- 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.
- 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.
- morning paper — a paper published the night before for distribution in the morning (as opposed to an evening paper)
- morning watch — the watch from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m.
- morphological — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- morse signals — signals encoded using the Morse Code
- mount gambier — a city in S Australia.
- 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.
- multicategory — (mathematics) A generalization of the concept of category that allows morphisms of multiple arity.
- multigravidas — Plural form of multigravida.
- 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.
- myocardiogram — the graphic record produced by a myocardiograph.
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- 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.
- name-dropping — the introduction into one's conversation, letters, etc., of the names of famous or important people as alleged friends or associates in order to impress others.
- nanofortnight — (jargon) (Adelaide University) 10^-9 fortnights or about 1.2 milliseconds. This unit was used largely by students doing undergraduate practicals. See microfortnight, attoparsec, and micro-.
- narratologist — a person who studies narratology; an expert in narratology
- narrowcasting — Present participle of narrowcast.
- national grid — a network of high-voltage power lines connecting major power stations
- natural right — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
- 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.
- neogrammarian — a member of the Junggrammatiker.
- nephrological — of or relating to nephrology
- nerve-racking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
- nervewracking — Alternative form of nerve-wracking.
- neurosurgical — Of, or pertaining to neurosurgery.
- never-failing — that does not fail ever; unfailing
- newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
- niagara falls — the falls of the Niagara River: in Canada, the Horseshoe Falls, 158 feet (48 meters) high; 2600 feet (792 meters) wide; in the U.S., American Falls, 167 feet (51 meters) high; 1000 feet (305 meters) wide.
- niagara green — a light bluish green.
- niggardliness — The state of being niggardly.
- nigger heaven — peanut gallery (def 1).
- night crawler — an earthworm.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- nightmarishly — In a nightmarish manner.
- nitrogelatine — an explosive, consisting mainly of nitroglycerine, that is used in the production of gelignite
- nitrogen base — Chemistry, Biochemistry. a nitrogen-containing organic compound that has the chemical properties of a base, especially a pyrimidine or purine: Four nitrogen bases are present in a DNA molecule.
- nitrogenation — to combine with nitrogen or add nitrogenous material to.