13-letter words containing s, a, g, e, t
- 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.
- mating season — the period during each year when a particular bird, animal, or fish mates
- megaloblastic — an abnormally large, immature, and dysfunctional red blood cell found in the blood of persons with pernicious anemia or certain other disorders.
- megasporocyte — a diploid cell in plants that undergoes meiosis to create four haploid megaspores.
- megastructure — a very large, usually high-rise building or a complex of such buildings used for many purposes, as for apartments, offices, stores, theaters, and athletic facilities.
- message stick — a stick bearing carved symbols, carried by a native Australian as identification
- metalanguages — Plural form of metalanguage.
- metallurgists — Plural form of metallurgist.
- metamagnetism — (physics) Any of several effects in which a small change in an applied magnetic field causes a sharp change in magnetization.
- metastasising — Present participle of metastasise.
- metastasizing — Present participle of metastasize.
- metatungstate — (inorganic chemistry) Any tungstate that contains multiple atoms of tungsten e.g. W4O132-.
- might as well — have no reason not to
- miscategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- miscegenation — marriage or cohabitation between two people from different racial groups, especially, in the U.S., between a black person and a white person: In 1968 the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that state laws prohibiting miscegenation were unconstitutional.
- miscegenative — (rare) Miscegenous.
- mismanagement — The process or practice of managing ineptly, incompetently, or dishonestly.
- modern greats — (at Oxford University) the Honour School of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
- mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
- mulligan stew — a stew made of odd bits of meat and vegetables, esp. as prepared by hobos
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- navy register — (in the US) an annual publication giving genealogical information about the commissioned and warrant officers in the US Navy.
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- necessitating — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- negative lens — a lens that causes a beam of parallel rays to diverge after refraction, as from a virtual image; a lens that has a negative focal length.
- negative sign — bad omen
- neonatologist — the study of the development and disorders of newborn children.
- nesting table — one of a set of usually three or four small tables that are graduated in size so that they may be stacked on top of one another.
- new stone age — the Neolithic period.
- newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
- night jasmine — Also called hursinghar, sad tree, tree of sadness. a jasminelike, Indian shrub or small tree, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, of the verbena family, having fragrant, white and orange flowers that bloom at night.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- nitrogen base — Chemistry, Biochemistry. a nitrogen-containing organic compound that has the chemical properties of a base, especially a pyrimidine or purine: Four nitrogen bases are present in a DNA molecule.
- non-designate — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- nonsegregated — Not segregated.
- north sea gas — natural gas extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
- not a sausage — nothing at all
- nusa tenggara — an island chain east of Java, mostly in Indonesia: the main islands are Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, Alor, and Timor. Pop: 11 112 702 (2000). Area: 73 144 sq km (28 241 sq miles)
- octagon house — a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.
- octagon scale — a scale used in laying out octagonal figures of various sizes.
- octogenarians — Plural form of octogenarian.
- oilspot glaze — a brown or black ceramic glaze dotted with silvery spots caused by impurities.
- old stone age — the Paleolithic period.
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- originalities — Plural form of originality.
- orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.