13-letter words containing m, y, a, l, g
- legume family — the large plant family Leguminosae (or Fabaceae), typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, trees, and vines having usually compound leaves, clusters of irregular, keeled flowers, and fruit in the form of a pod splitting along both sides, and including beans, peas, acacia, alfalfa, clover, indigo, lentil, mesquite, mimosa, and peanut.
- leigh-mallory — Sir Trafford Leigh [traf-erd lee] /ˈtræf ərd li/ (Show IPA), 1892–1944, British Air Force officer.
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- lymphangiomas — Plural form of lymphangioma.
- lymphographic — of or relating to lymphography
- magdalena bay — a bay in NW Mexico, on the SW coast of Baja California. 17 miles (27 km) long; 12 miles (19 km) wide.
- magisterially — In a magisterial manner; authoritatively.
- magnanimously — In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind.
- magnificently — making a splendid appearance or show; of exceptional beauty, size, etc.: a magnificent cathedral; magnificent scenery.
- malonyl group — the bivalent group C 3 H 2 O 2 , derived from malonic acid.
- mammary gland — any of the compound accessory reproductive organs of female mammals that occur in pairs on the chest or ventral surface and contain milk-producing lobes with ducts that empty into an external nipple, becoming functional when young are born and secreting milk for the duration of suckling.
- manageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- martagon lily — Turk's-cap lily.
- martyrologies — Plural form of martyrology.
- meaninglessly — In a meaningless manner; nonsensically.
- megalocephaly — Cephalometry, Craniometry. macrocephalic.
- metallography — the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.
- methylglyoxal — pyruvic aldehyde.
- 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.
- monogenically — In a monogenic manner.
- monogynoecial — (of a fruit) developing from a single pistil.
- morgan le fay — the fairy sister of King Arthur.
- multicategory — (mathematics) A generalization of the concept of category that allows morphisms of multiple arity.
- mutagenically — in a mutagenic manner
- mycologically — In terms of, or by means of, mycology.
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- nightmarishly — In a nightmarish manner.
- numismatology — Numismatics.
- olympic games — international sports event
- ophthalmology — the branch of medical science dealing with the anatomy, functions, and diseases of the eye.
- play the game — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- 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.
- plough monday — the first Monday after Epiphany, which in N and E England used to be celebrated with a procession of ploughmen drawing a plough from house to house
- policy-making — Policy-making is the making of policies.
- polygamophile — a person who approves of or countenances polygamy, especially as practiced by others.
- polysomnogram — a record of a person's sleep pattern, breathing, heart activity, and limb movements during sleep. Abbreviation: PSG.
- pragmatically — of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
- rhyming slang — a form of slang in which a rhyming word or phrase is substituted for the word intended, as Kate and Sidney for steak and kidney or khaki rocks for army socks.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
- semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
- sexagesimally — into sixtieths
- single-family — designed or suitable for one family of average size: single-family homes.
- spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
- stalagmometry — measurement of drops of liquid using a staktometer
- stigmatically — in a stigmatic, villainous, or infamous manner
- symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
- synallagmatic — relating to a reciprocally binding contract
- syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.