13-letter words containing r, a, g, t, n
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- lateen-rigged — having lateen sails.
- leafleteering — The printing and distribution of leaflets, especially as propaganda.
- legionary ant — army ant
- letterspacing — the amount of space between each letter in a word, or the adjustment of this amount of space
- lift a finger — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- light mineral — any rock-forming mineral that has a specific gravity of less than 2.8 and is generally light in color.
- light reading — reading which is not considered too demanding or intellectual
- line integral — the limit, as the norm of the partition of a given curve approaches zero, of the sum of the product of the length of the arcs in the partition times the value of the function at some point on each arc.
- lithographing — Present participle of lithograph.
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- love triangle — relationship between three people
- macro-segment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- magic lantern — a device having an enclosed lamp and a lenslike opening, formerly used for projecting and magnifying images mounted on slides or films.
- magnetic core — Computers. core1 (def 12a).
- magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
- magnetic star — a star having a strong magnetic field.
- magnetic wire — a fine wire made from a magnetizable metal and used for wire recording.
- magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
- magnetographs — Plural form of magnetograph.
- magnetometers — Plural form of magnetometer.
- magnetometric — Pertaining to, or employed in, the measurement of magnetic forces; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, 'magnetometric' instruments; 'magnetometric' measurements.
- magnetosphere — the outer region of the earth's ionosphere, where the earth's magnetic field controls the motion of charged particles, as in the Van Allen belts. Compare magnetopause.
- mainstreaming — the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend: the mainstream of American culture.
- mainstreeting — the practice of a politician walking about the streets of a town or city to gain votes and greet supporters
- managed trade — a system whereby the government sets and specifies trade targets and policies
- manufacturing — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- marginal cost — the cost of one additional unit of any item produced or bought in quantity.
- marginal note — aside
- marginal seat — a seat in which elections tend to be won by small margins
- marie galante — an island in the E West Indies: a dependency of Guadeloupe. 58 sq. mi. (150 sq. km).
- market garden — Chiefly British. truck farm.
- marketing mix — A company's marketing mix is the combination of marketing activities it uses in order to promote a particular product or service.
- martagon lily — Turk's-cap lily.
- mass catering — the trade of supplying food and drink to large numbers of customers at the same time
- masterminding — to plan and direct (a usually complex project or activity), especially skillfully: Two colonels had masterminded the revolt.
- mastersingers — Plural form of mastersinger.
- mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- materializing — Present participle of materialize.
- matriculating — Present participle of matriculate.
- me generation — the generation, originally in the 1970s, characterized by self-absorption; in the 1980s, characterized by material greed
- merchant flag — the ensign used by all ships engaged in commerce, fishing, etc.
- metalcrafting — metalworking.
- microgranitic — consisting of, or relating to, microgranite
- micromagnetic — Of or pertaining to micromagnetism.
- microteaching — a scaled-down teaching procedure with a few students under controlled conditions, often videotaped in order to analyze teaching techniques and develop new teaching skills.
- mind-altering — causing marked changes in patterns of mood and behavior, as a hallucinogenic drug.
- miniaturizing — Present participle of miniaturize.