12-letter words containing a, g, o, d, b
- gable window — a window in or under a gable.
- gallows bird — a person who deserves to be hanged.
- global index — (filename extension) (gid) The filename extension of a Windows 95 "global index" file. .gid files are created by the help browser internal to Windows 95 (also available for other Windows versions) for WinHelp files (hlp), as well as for storing user preferences, such as window position.
- go overboard — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
- go-away bird — a common name for a grey-plumaged lourie of the genus Corythaixoides
- gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- gondola back — a chair or couch back curving forward and downward to form arms.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
- honey badger — ratel.
- kiteboarding — A sport in which participants ride a form of wakeboard or surfboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by the rider.
- knowledgable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- ledger board — a horizontal board, as in a fence.
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- male bonding — the process by which two or more men or boys become emotionally attached to each another
- messageboard — Alternative spelling of message board.
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- nondelegable — Not delegable.
- oda nobunaga — 1534–82, Japanese general and feudal leader, who unified much of Japan under his control: assassinated
- radiobiology — the branch of biology dealing with the effects of radiation on living matter.
- ragged robin — a plant, Lychnis flos-cuculi, of the pink family, having pink or white flowers with dissected petals.
- reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- savings bond — a U.S. government bond with principal amounts up to $10,000.
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
- shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
- signal board — a board for displaying electrically transmitted signals and indicating their source.
- snowboarding — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- tongue-blade — a broad, thin piece of wood used by doctors to hold down the patient's tongue during an examination of the mouth and throat.
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
- younghusband — Sir Francis Edward. 1863–1942, British explorer, mainly of N India and Tibet. He used military force to compel the Dalai Lama to sign (1904) a trade agreement with Britain