13-letter words containing g, n, e, i, s, t
- mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
- 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.
- mulligan stew — a stew made of odd bits of meat and vegetables, esp. as prepared by hobos
- 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.
- necessitating — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- 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 sign — bad omen
- neonatologist — the study of the development and disorders of newborn children.
- nesting table — one of a set of usually three or four small tables that are graduated in size so that they may be stacked on top of one another.
- neurolinguist — One who studies neurolinguistics.
- newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
- night jasmine — Also called hursinghar, sad tree, tree of sadness. a jasminelike, Indian shrub or small tree, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, of the verbena family, having fragrant, white and orange flowers that bloom at night.
- night shelter — an organization that provides dormitory-style accommodation for the homeless at night, or the accommodation so provided
- night terrors — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- night-terrors — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- 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.
- no entry sign — a sign, esp a traffic sign, that prohibits entry into a place
- non-designate — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- nondigestible — Not digestible.
- nothingnesses — Plural form of nothingness.
- numerologists — the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.
- nutrigenetics — the branch of science concerned with the effect of heredity on diet and nutrition
- nutrigenomics — the study of how individual genetic makeup interacts with diet, especially the effects of this interaction on a person's health.
- octogenarians — Plural form of octogenarian.
- odontogenesis — the development of teeth.
- open registry — ship registration under a national flag available to all ships regardless of nationality.
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- originalities — Plural form of originality.
- orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
- outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).
- over-trusting — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- palingenesist — a person who believes in a doctrine of rebirth or transmigration of souls.
- pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
- paramagnetism — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- physostigmine — an alkaloid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease to raise the level of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and also as a miotic in glaucoma.
- pigeon breast — chicken breast.
- piston engine — reciprocating engine.
- place setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
- place-setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
- planetologist — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- positive sign — the sign (+) used to indicate a positive quantity
- posting error — an error made while carrying over an entry from a journal to a ledger