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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.
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