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13-letter words containing m, a, s, g, e, l

  • laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
  • last judgment — judgment (def 8).
  • legacy system — (jargon)   A computer system or application program which continues to be used because of the cost of replacing or redesigning it and often despite its poor competitiveness and compatibility with modern equivalents. The implication is that the system is large, monolithic and difficult to modify. If legacy software only runs on antiquated hardware the cost of maintaining this may eventually outweigh the cost of replacing both the software and hardware unless some form of emulation or backward compatibility allows the software to run on new hardware.
  • lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
  • magic realism — a style of painting and literature in which fantastic or imaginary and often unsettling images or events are depicted in a sharply detailed, realistic manner.
  • magisterially — In a magisterial manner; authoritatively.
  • 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 lens — Physics. an electron lens using magnetic fields for focusing an electron beam.
  • magnoliaceous — belonging to the plant family Magnoliaceae.
  • managerialism — Belief in or reliance on the use of professional managers in administering or planning an activity.
  • maple heights — a city in NE Ohio.
  • marginal seat — a seat in which elections tend to be won by small margins
  • martyrologies — Plural form of martyrology.
  • massage glove — a type of glove with special surfaces on the palm and fingers, worn by someone giving a massage to improve the effectiveness of the massage
  • meaninglessly — In a meaningless manner; nonsensically.
  • megaloblastic — an abnormally large, immature, and dysfunctional red blood cell found in the blood of persons with pernicious anemia or certain other disorders.
  • megalomaniacs — Plural form of megalomaniac.
  • megalopolises — Plural form of megalopolis.
  • melanogenesis — the production of melanin
  • memorialising — Present participle of memorialise.
  • metalanguages — Plural form of metalanguage.
  • metallurgists — Plural form of metallurgist.
  • might as well — have no reason not to
  • mills grenade — a type of high-explosive grenade weighing about 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg).
  • morse signals — signals encoded using the Morse Code
  • mulligan stew — a stew made of odd bits of meat and vegetables, esp. as prepared by hobos
  • nominal wages — minimum pay
  • olympic games — international sports event
  • osmoregulator — Any organism that practices osmoregulation.
  • 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.
  • plasma engine — an engine that generates thrust by reaction to the emission of a jet of plasma
  • playing games — If you say that someone is playing games or playing silly games, you mean that they are not treating a situation seriously and you are annoyed with them.
  • plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
  • quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
  • rambling rose — any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation
  • sales manager — leader of a sales team
  • sales meeting — briefing of sales representatives
  • salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
  • scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
  • scrambled egg — eggs stirred while cooking
  • segmentalized — separated into parts, sections, elements, classes, etc.; compartmentalized: a segmentalized society.
  • self-assuming — taking too much for granted; presumptuous.
  • self-managing — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
  • semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
  • sexagesimally — into sixtieths
  • shell program — A shell program is a basic computer program that provides a framework within which the user can develop the program to suit their own needs.
  • single combat — combat between two persons.
  • single market — a market consisting of a number of nations, esp those of the European Union, in which goods, capital, and currencies can move freely across borders without tariffs or restrictions
  • single-family — designed or suitable for one family of average size: single-family homes.
  • single-masted — (of a boat) having a single mast
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