13-letter words containing n, a, g, l, d
- landing strip — airstrip.
- language code — (human language, standard) A set of standard names and abbreviations maintained by ISO for identifying human languages, natural and invented, past and present. Each language has a list of English and French names and an ISO 639-2 three-letter code. Some also have an ISO 639-1 two-letter code. The list even includes the Klingon language from the Star Trek science fiction series. There are also country codes.
- last judgment — judgment (def 8).
- lateen-rigged — having lateen sails.
- launching pad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- leading block — lead block.
- leading light — an important or influential person: a leading light of the community.
- leading reins — straps or a harness and strap used to assist and control a child who is learning to walk
- light reading — reading which is not considered too demanding or intellectual
- load shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
- load-shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
- long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
- long-standing — existing or occurring for a long time: a longstanding feud.
- losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
- lounge around — to pass time idly and indolently.
- lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
- lunar landing — arrival on surface of the moon
- lying-in ward — a room where women were confined in childbirth
- macrodiagonal — the longer of two diagonals
- magdalena bay — a bay in NW Mexico, on the SW coast of Baja California. 17 miles (27 km) long; 12 miles (19 km) wide.
- main diagonal — a diagonal line or plane.
- 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.
- mannheim gold — a brass alloy used to imitate gold; red brass.
- mid glamorgan — a county in S Wales. 393 sq. mi. (1019 sq. km).
- mills grenade — a type of high-explosive grenade weighing about 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg).
- mind-altering — causing marked changes in patterns of mood and behavior, as a hallucinogenic drug.
- molding board — a board upon which bread is kneaded, cookies prepared, etc.
- molding plane — a plane having a blade or a number of blades profiled to form moldings.
- mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
- 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.
- muzzleloading — Of a gun, having ammunition loaded from the front of the barrel where it will exit.
- national grid — a network of high-voltage power lines connecting major power stations
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- new englander — an area in the NE United States, including the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
- niggardliness — The state of being niggardly.
- nodding lilac — a showy Chinese lilac, Syringa reflexa, of the olive family, having nodding clusters of pinkish flowers.
- non-obligated — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- nondegradable — not subject to or capable of degradation or decomposition: nondegradable waste.
- nondelegation — A failure or refusal to delegate.
- 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.
- oil hardening — to quench (steel) in a bath of oil.
- old and young — people of all ages
- old bulgarian — the Bulgarian language of the Middle Ages.
- old norwegian — the language of Norway as spoken and written from the middle of the 12th to the end of the 14th centuries.
- old stone age — the Paleolithic period.
- onondaga lake — salt lake northwest of Syracuse, N.Y.: c. 5 sq mi (13 sq km)
- organ-builder — a maker of organs
- orthodiagonal — the axis in a crystal
- outgeneralled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- outstandingly — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.