13-letter words containing s, a, g, i
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- nailing strip — a strip of wood or other partly yielding material attached to a hard surface, as of steel or concrete, so that objects may be nailed to the surface.
- narratologist — a person who studies narratology; an expert in narratology
- narrowcasting — Present participle of narrowcast.
- nationalising — Present participle of nationalise.
- navigableness — Quality of being navigable.
- 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.
- neurosurgical — Of, or pertaining to neurosurgery.
- new age music — a type of gentle melodic popular music originating in the US in the late 1980s, which takes in elements of jazz, folk, and classical music and is played largely on synthesizers and acoustic instruments
- news magazine — periodical about current affairs
- newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
- niagara falls — the falls of the Niagara River: in Canada, the Horseshoe Falls, 158 feet (48 meters) high; 2600 feet (792 meters) wide; in the U.S., American Falls, 167 feet (51 meters) high; 1000 feet (305 meters) wide.
- niggardliness — The state of being niggardly.
- 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.
- nightmarishly — In a nightmarish manner.
- 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.
- noise masking — the use of noise to cancel out another sound, as with a white noise machine.
- noise shaping — (communications) Spectral noise transformation in a quantisation processes. Noise is "colourised" in the time domain an/or frequency domain by adding parts of the previous sample. The SNR bandwidth and SNR time integral stay the same, so some noise decreases, some increases, but overall noise always increases. An example of noise shaping in the frequency domain is quantisation of samples on a Compact Disc to reduce noise below -98 dB. The are different algorithms with slightly different filters, e.g. Super Bitmapping, 4D Recording. A time domain example is MPEG-4 AAC TNS, which is a method to enhance quality by temporal forming of the noise in a transform block.
- nominal wages — minimum pay
- non-designate — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- non-signatory — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- nonagenarians — Plural form of nonagenarian.
- nonaggression — abstention from aggression, especially by a nation.
- nonaggressive — Not aggressive.
- nonce-bashing — violent attacks against rapists, child molesters, or sexual offenders, esp inside a prison
- noncontagious — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- nondecreasing — not decreasing.
- nondiapausing — lacking a diapause
- nongregarious — (zoology) Not gregarious; solitary. Compare 'ungregarious'.
- nonimmigrants — Plural form of nonimmigrant.
- nonincreasing — not increasing.
- nonpractising — of or relating to a person who no longer observes or pursues his or her religious faith
- nonsustaining — Not sustaining; having an end.
- norwegian sea — part of the Arctic Ocean, N and E of Iceland and between Greenland and Norway.
- nosologically — In terms of nosology.
- nostalgically — experiencing or exhibiting nostalgia, a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation.
- numismatology — Numismatics.
- ocean springs — a town in SE Mississippi.
- octogenarians — Plural form of octogenarian.
- oilspot glaze — a brown or black ceramic glaze dotted with silvery spots caused by impurities.
- olfactologist — a medical specialist in the sense of smell
- oligosiloxane — (organic chemistry) Any polysiloxane having a relatively small number of -Si-O- groups.
- olympic games — international sports event