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13-letter words containing t, a, m, i, n, g

  • organolithium — (organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to lithium bond.
  • organotropism — Physiology. the attraction of microorganisms or chemical substances to particular organs or tissues of the body.
  • paleomagnetic — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
  • pangrammatist — a writer of pangrams
  • pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
  • paramagnetism — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
  • parking meter — a mechanical device for registering and collecting payment for the length of time that a vehicle occupies a parking space, consisting typically of a timer, actuated by a coin that a driver deposits upon parking, set in a headpiece mounted on a pole.
  • parliamenting — parliamentary debating
  • pathognomonic — Medicine/Medical. characteristic or diagnostic of a specific disease: a pathognomonic sign of pneumonia.
  • patternmaking — a person who makes patterns, as for clothing or metal castings.
  • piezomagnetic — involving or relating to the production of a magnetic field by applying a mechanical stress to certain crystals
  • plant kingdom — the plants of the world collectively.
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • pre-migration — the process or act of migrating.
  • predominating — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
  • profit margin — the percentage that profit constitutes of total sales.
  • profit-making — A profit-making business or organization makes a profit.
  • progametangia — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
  • pythian games — (in ancient Greece) the second most important Panhellenic festival, celebrated in the third year of each Olympiad near Delphi. The four-year period between celebrations was known as a Pythiad (ˈpɪθɪˌæd )
  • regimentation — the act of regimenting or the state of being regimented.
  • regiomontanus — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
  • riding master — a person who teaches equitation.
  • romanticising — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
  • safety margin — something required to ensure safety
  • sales meeting — briefing of sales representatives
  • salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
  • salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
  • santo domingo — a republic in the West Indies, occupying the E part of the island of Hispaniola. 19,129 sq. mi. (49,545 sq. km). Capital: Santo Domingo.
  • savings stamp — a stamp which can be bought (for example at a machine in a supermarket), saved, and then redeemed against the cost of goods later (for example at Christmas)
  • screaming tty — [Unix] A terminal line which spews an infinite number of random characters at the operating system. This can happen if the terminal is either disconnected or connected to a powered-off terminal but still enabled for login; misconfiguration, misimplementation, or simple bad luck can start such a terminal screaming. A screaming tty or two can seriously degrade the performance of a vanilla Unix system; the arriving "characters" are treated as userid/password pairs and tested as such. The Unix password encryption algorithm is designed to be computationally intensive in order to foil brute-force crack attacks, so although none of the logins succeeds; the overhead of rejecting them all can be substantial.
  • segmentalized — separated into parts, sections, elements, classes, etc.; compartmentalized: a segmentalized society.
  • single combat — combat between two persons.
  • single market — a market consisting of a number of nations, esp those of the European Union, in which goods, capital, and currencies can move freely across borders without tariffs or restrictions
  • single-masted — (of a boat) having a single mast
  • slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
  • smoking stand — an ashtray mounted on a low pedestal, often placed next to an armchair, sofa, etc.
  • spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
  • spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
  • staff meeting — company gathering of employees
  • stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
  • standing army — a permanently organized military force maintained by a nation.
  • standing jump — a jump performed from a stationary position without a run-up
  • standing room — space in which to stand, as in a theater, stadium, or the like.
  • steam heating — a heating system utilizing steam circulated through radiators and pipes.
  • stocking mask — a nylon stocking used, especially by a criminal, to disguise the face.
  • storm warning — a showing of storm signals.
  • swimming bath — swimming pool.
  • synallagmatic — relating to a reciprocally binding contract
  • tangata māori — someone of Māori origin
  • team teaching — a system whereby two or more teachers pool their skills, knowledge, etc, to teach combined classes
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