13-letter words containing n, o, g, c, a
- indo-germanic — Indo-European
- inorganically — In an inorganic manner.
- it governance — information technology governance
- juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
- kangaroo care — a method of caring for a premature baby in which the baby is periodically held against a parent's bare chest.
- kangaroo code — spaghetti code
- lactoglobulin — A protein or mixture of similar proteins occurring in milk, obtained after the removal of casein and precipitated in a salt solution.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- 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.
- laryngectomee — someone who has had a laryngectomy
- laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- laser cooling — a technique using laser light to cool atoms to a very low temperature by removing momentum from the particles.
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- leading block — lead block.
- legal fiction — an acceptance of something as true, for the sake of convenience; legal pretence
- legal offence — a crime that breaks a particular law and requires a particular punishment
- leucaemogenic — leukemogenic
- leukaemogenic — relating to the development of leukaemia, or causing leukaemia
- lignification — Turning to wood; the process of becoming ligneous.
- locking plate — a narrow wheel geared to a striking train or other mechanism and having a notched rim engaging with another mechanism permitting it to rotate through a specific arc.
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- long vacation — the summer vacation customary in the law courts and universities.
- long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
- lounge jacket — a man's jacket for formal use during the daytime where a suit is not required
- macro-segment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- macrodiagonal — the longer of two diagonals
- macroglobulin — A plasma globulin of high molecular weight.
- macroorganism — an organism that can be seen with the naked eye.
- 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 core — Computers. core1 (def 12a).
- magnetic pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
- magnetic wood — wood containing fine particles of nickel-zinc ferrite which absorb microwave radio signals, used to line rooms where mobile phone use is undesirable
- magnetometric — Pertaining to, or employed in, the measurement of magnetic forces; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, 'magnetometric' instruments; 'magnetometric' measurements.
- magnetooptics — the branch of physics that deals with magnetooptic phenomena.
- magnetostatic — Of or pertaining to magnetostatics.
- magnification — the act of magnifying or the state of being magnified.
- magniloquence — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
- magnoliaceous — belonging to the plant family Magnoliaceae.
- mango chutney — chutney which contains or is made from the fruit mango
- mangrove jack — a predatory food and game fish, Lutjanus argentimaculatus, of Australian rivers and tidal creeks dominated by mangroves
- marching song — a song with the rhythm of a march, esp sung by marching soldiers
- marginal cost — the cost of one additional unit of any item produced or bought in quantity.
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- megalomaniacs — Plural form of megalomaniac.
- meningococcal — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by meningococci.
- metacognition — higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning.
- metacognitive — higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning.
- method acting — film, theater: acting approach
- micro-organic — any organism too small to be viewed by the unaided eye, as bacteria, protozoa, and some fungi and algae.