13-letter words containing g, o, n, e, t, l
- line of sight — Also called line of sighting. an imaginary straight line running through the aligned sights of a firearm, surveying equipment, etc.
- litigiousness — of or relating to litigation.
- living stones — any of various succulent plants of the genus Lithops, native to Africa, having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones.
- locking plate — a narrow wheel geared to a striking train or other mechanism and having a notched rim engaging with another mechanism permitting it to rotate through a specific arc.
- logging stone — rocking stone.
- long trousers — full-length trousers (as opposed to shorts)
- long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
- loose-fitting — (of a garment) fitting loosely; not following the contours of the body closely.
- loose-tongued — unrestrained or irresponsible in speech; given to gossiping.
- losing battle — attempt doomed to failure
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- lounge jacket — a man's jacket for formal use during the daytime where a suit is not required
- love triangle — relationship between three people
- love-entangle — the stonecrop, Sedum acre.
- magnet school — a public school with special programs and instruction that are not available elsewhere in a school district and that are specially designed to draw students from throughout a district, especially to aid in desegregation.
- magnetic pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
- marginal note — aside
- megalopolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
- melting point — the temperature at which a solid substance melts or fuses.
- methemoglobin — a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.
- milliroentgen — a unit of radiation equal to one thousandth of a roentgen. Abbreviation: mR, mr.
- mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
- multiregional — of, relating to or involving several regions
- 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.
- nitrogelatine — an explosive, consisting mainly of nitroglycerine, that is used in the production of gelignite
- nitroglycerin — a colorless, thick, oily, flammable, highly explosive, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 5 N 3 O 9 , prepared from glycerol with nitric and sulfuric acids: used chiefly as a constituent of dynamite and other explosives, in rocket propellants, and in medicine as a vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris.
- non-alignment — Non-alignment is the state or policy of being non-aligned.
- non-obligated — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- noncollegiate — below the level usually associated with college or university study.
- nondelegation — A failure or refusal to delegate.
- nondigestible — Not digestible.
- nonjudgmental — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
- nonnegotiable — capable of being negotiated: a negotiable salary demand.
- nonreflecting — Not reflecting.
- nonregulation — not regulation, not conforming to accepted standards
- nontangential — pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent.
- 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.
- octagon scale — a scale used in laying out octagonal figures of various sizes.
- old stone age — the Paleolithic period.
- only-begotten — (of a child) being the only offspring of its father
- oregon myrtle — California laurel
- 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.