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12-letter words containing s, a, g, n

  • loose change — money in the form of coins suitable for small expenditures
  • los angeleno — Angeleno (def 1).
  • louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
  • ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
  • lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
  • macrosegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
  • magnet steel — steel used for the manufacture of permanent magnets, often having a high cobalt content and smaller amounts of nickel, aluminium, or copper
  • magnetopause — the boundary between the earth's magnetosphere and interplanetary space, about 40,000 miles (65,000 km) above the earth, marked by an abrupt decrease in the earth's magnetic induction.
  • magnetotails — Plural form of magnetotail.
  • magnetotaxis — movement or orientation of an organism in response to a magnetic field.
  • magnitogorsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River, near the boundary between Europe and Asia.
  • magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
  • magnus annus — the Great Year: a cycle of years, usually a thousand, that begins with a Golden Age, steadily deteriorates, and ends with a universal catastrophe, either a fire or a flood.
  • magnus hitch — a knot similar to a clove hitch but taking one more turn around the object to which the line is being bent; rolling hitch.
  • mailing list — a list of addresses to which mail, especially advertisements, can be sent.
  • malignancies — Plural form of malignancy.
  • maneuverings — Plural form of maneuvering.
  • manila grass — a compact, shade-tolerant, turf-forming grass, Zoysia matrella, of southeastern Asia, having stiff leaves and flowering spikelets.
  • manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
  • manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
  • mansplaining — (informal, pejorative) The act of condescendingly explaining something, particularly by a man to a female listener in order to appear knowledgable or from a mistaken presumption that she has an inferior understanding of the topic.
  • manspreading — the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him
  • mao tse-tung — 1893–1976, Chinese Communist leader: chairman of the People's Republic of China 1949–59; chairman of the Chinese Communist Party 1943–76.
  • marginal sea — water that lies alongside a state, falls under its authority, and extends about 3½ statute miles (6 kilometers) from the coast.
  • marginalised — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
  • marginalises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marginalise.
  • marginalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marginalize.
  • marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
  • masking tape — an easily removed adhesive tape used temporarily for defining margins, protecting surfaces, etc., as when painting, and sometimes also for binding, sealing, or mending.
  • masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
  • mass mailing — sending a bulk e-mail
  • mass meeting — a large or general assembly to discuss or hear discussed some matter of common interest or concern: a mass meeting to protest the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
  • mass wasting — downhill movement of soil and rock fragments induced by gravity.
  • masterbating — Misspelling of masturbating.
  • mastersinger — Meistersinger (def 1).
  • mastigonemes — Plural form of mastigoneme.
  • masturbating — Present participle of masturbate.
  • megamillions — Plural form of megamillion.
  • meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
  • melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
  • menstruating — to undergo menstruation.
  • mesabi range — a range of low hills in NE Minnesota, noted for major iron-ore deposits mined by the open-pit method.
  • mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
  • message unit — a measure of the duration of and distance covered by local telephone calls, used by telephone companies as a basis for assessing service charges.
  • metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
  • metagenomics — (genetics) The study of genomes recovered from environmental samples; especially the differentiation of genomes from multiple organisms or individuals, either in a symbiotic relationship, or at a crime scene.
  • metagnathous — Ornithology. having the tips of the mandibles crossed, as the crossbills.
  • metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
  • migrationist — a person who considers it important for species of animals and plants to migrate for the purposes of distribution and evolution
  • minas gerais — a state in E Brazil. 224,701 sq. mi. (581,975 sq. km). Capital: Belo Horizonte.
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