13-letter words containing m, a, g, i, c
- 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.
- multicategory — (mathematics) A generalization of the concept of category that allows morphisms of multiple arity.
- multiorgasmic — Capable of multiple orgasms without a refractory period.
- multitracking — the process of recording separate audio tracks for later mixing into a single audio track.
- musicological — Of or pertaining to musicology.
- mutagenically — in a mutagenic manner
- mycologically — In terms of, or by means of, mycology.
- myocardiogram — the graphic record produced by a myocardiograph.
- nematological — of or pertaining to nematology
- new age music — a type of gentle melodic popular music originating in the US in the late 1980s, which takes in elements of jazz, folk, and classical music and is played largely on synthesizers and acoustic instruments
- nightwatchman — Someone who guards a premises at night.
- nightwatchmen — Plural form of nightwatchman.
- numerological — Of, pertaining to, or based on numerology.
- olympic games — international sports event
- orismological — relating to orismology
- paleomagnetic — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- pathognomonic — Medicine/Medical. characteristic or diagnostic of a specific disease: a pathognomonic sign of pneumonia.
- pharmacologic — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- piezomagnetic — involving or relating to the production of a magnetic field by applying a mechanical stress to certain crystals
- placer mining — mining of placer deposits by washing, dredging, or other hydraulic methods
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- polemological — the analysis of human conflict and war, particularly international war.
- policy-making — Policy-making is the making of policies.
- potamological — of or relating to potamology
- practice game — any informal game (of sports, chess, etc) played as preparation for a real game
- pragmatically — of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
- program music — music intended to convey an impression of a definite series of images, scenes, or events.
- rambling club — a club for people who enjoy taking walks in the country
- regime change — the transition from one political regime to another, esp through concerted political or military action
- romanticising — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- screaming tty — [Unix] A terminal line which spews an infinite number of random characters at the operating system. This can happen if the terminal is either disconnected or connected to a powered-off terminal but still enabled for login; misconfiguration, misimplementation, or simple bad luck can start such a terminal screaming. A screaming tty or two can seriously degrade the performance of a vanilla Unix system; the arriving "characters" are treated as userid/password pairs and tested as such. The Unix password encryption algorithm is designed to be computationally intensive in order to foil brute-force crack attacks, so although none of the logins succeeds; the overhead of rejecting them all can be substantial.
- shaving cream — a preparation, as of soap and free fatty acid, that is lathered and applied to the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving.
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- social gaming — the playing of online games on social media websites.
- specimen page — a page regarded as typical of pages of its type, esp one produced by a typesetter or designer to show an example of the typesetting for a book
- speech making — act of addressing the public formally
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- sterculia gum — karaya gum.
- stigmatically — in a stigmatic, villainous, or infamous manner
- stocking mask — a nylon stocking used, especially by a criminal, to disguise the face.
- swimming crab — any of numerous, chiefly marine crabs, especially of the family Portunidae, having the legs adapted for swimming.
- synallagmatic — relating to a reciprocally binding contract
- team teaching — a system whereby two or more teachers pool their skills, knowledge, etc, to teach combined classes
- telegrammatic — a message or communication sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
- training camp — A training camp for soldiers or sports players is an organized period of training at a particular place.
- tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
- ugly american — An Ugly American is an American who travels to a foreign country and gives the United States a bad reputation by acting in an offensive way.
- uncomplaining — to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.
- ungrammatical — grammatically incorrect or awkward; not conforming to the rules or principles of grammar or accepted usage: an ungrammatical sentence.