12-letter words containing a, b, e, i, g
- paleobiology — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
- passing bell — a bell tolled to announce a death or funeral.
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- phengophobia — an abnormal dread or terror of natural light
- plea bargain — to engage in plea bargaining.
- plea-bargain — to engage in plea bargaining.
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- rag business — the garment, clothing, or fashion industry.
- ragged robin — a plant, Lychnis flos-cuculi, of the pink family, having pink or white flowers with dissected petals.
- rating badge — a badge that indicates the rank and specialty of a petty officer: worn on the upper left sleeve.
- reaching jib — genoa.
- reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
- recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- red brigades — an extreme leftist terrorist organization in Italy.
- registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- renegotiable — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
- sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
- seam binding — a narrow strip of fabric attached to the unfinished edge of a seam or hem to keep it from raveling.
- self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
- sewing table — a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- singableness — the quality of being singable
- sleeping bag — a warmly lined or padded body-length bag, usually waterproof and with a closure, in which one or two persons can sleep, especially outdoors, as when camping.
- speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
- stageability — a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- straightbred — (of animals) purebred; having parents of the same breed
- tattie-bogle — a scarecrow
- teaching job — a position as a teacher
- the dingbats — delirium tremens
- un-ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- unassignable — not able to be transferred
- unbridgeable — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- uncognizable — capable of being perceived or known.
- underbearing — unassuming
- unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- unimaginable — capable of being imagined or conceived.
- unimpugnable — not capable of being challenged or criticized
- unnegotiable — capable of being negotiated: a negotiable salary demand.
- wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
- walking beam — an overhead oscillating lever, pivoted at the middle, for transmitting force from a vertical connecting rod below one end to a vertical connecting rod, pump rod, etc., below the other end.
- web scraping — the extraction and copying of data from a website into a structured format using a computer program: Hackers pose a threat with techniques like web scraping. Our search engine uses web scraping to index sites.
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- wedding band — A wedding band is the same as a wedding ring.
- wild cabbage — a European plant, Brassica oleracea, with broad leaves and a long spike of yellow flowers: the plant from which the cabbages, cauliflower, broccoli, and Brussels sprout have been bred
- womb-leasing — bearing a child on behalf of a couple unable to have a child; surrogacy
- wrecking bar — pinch bar.