13-letter words containing a, b, i, g, l
- organ-builder — a maker of organs
- overbalancing — Present participle of overbalance.
- overbearingly — domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant.
- palaeobiology — the study of fossil plants and animals
- panel-beating — the act of beating out the bodywork of motor vehicles
- phlebographic — relating to phlebography or the X-ray imaging of a vein that has been injected with a dye that is visible on the image taken
- plain bearing — any of various bearings, not containing rolling elements, that present to the shaft or axle they support broad areas of corresponding form, usually segments of a cylinder.
- potato blight — fungal disease affecting potatoes
- prebiological — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
- public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
- rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
- rambling club — a club for people who enjoy taking walks in the country
- rambling rose — any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation
- rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
- rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
- riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
- road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
- rollerblading — skating on rollerblades
- running belay — the clipping of the rope through a karabiner attached to a sling, piton, nut, etc, secured to the mountain: used by a leading climber of a team to reduce the length of a possible fall
- shingle beach — a beach made of a mass of small pieces of rough stone
- shot-blasting — the cleaning of metal, etc, by a stream of shot
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- single-barrel — a gun having one barrel, especially a shotgun.
- space biology — exobiology.
- stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
- subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
- surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- table dancing — Table dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances in a sexy way close to a customer or group of customers.
- table setting — a set of cutlery, glasses, napkin, etc. for one person, as used on a table
- table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
- table-turning — the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits working through a group of persons placing their hands or fingers on the table top
- the big apple — New York City
- the-big-apple — New York City.
- thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
- tidal barrage — a barrier that traps water at high tide, creating a tidal basin
- trail-blazing — A trail-blazing idea, event, or organization is new, exciting, and original.
- tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
- traveling bag — a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- unambiguously — plainly, clearly
- unbenignantly — kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
- undiagnosable — unable to be diagnosed
- undisguisable — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
- ungainsayable — irrefutable
- unstabilizing — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- upgradability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- vegetable oil — any of a large group of oils that are esters of fatty acids and glycerol, obtained from the leaves, fruit, or seeds of plants.