13-letter words containing b, a, g, n
- brief against — If someone, especially a politician, briefs against another person, he or she tries to harm the other person's reputation by saying something unfavourable about them.
- brigham young — Andrew (Jackson, Jr.) born 1932, U.S. clergyman, civil-rights leader, politician, and diplomat: mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1981–89.
- bring forward — If you bring forward a meeting or event, you arrange for it to take place at an earlier date or time than had been planned.
- bring to bear — to bring into operation or effect
- bring to pass — to cause to happen
- bronchography — radiography of the bronchial tubes after the introduction of a radiopaque medium into the bronchi
- brown bagging — to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
- brown-bagging — the practice of eating one's lunch or drinking a bottle of alcohol from a brown bag
- buccaneerings — the characteristic actions of a buccaneer
- buck and wing — a boisterous tap dance, derived from Black and Irish clog dances
- buck sergeant — a newly promoted sergeant
- buffalo wings — spicy fried segments of chicken wings, usually served with celery sticks and a sauce of blue cheese
- building land — land on which construction can take place
- bully-ragging — to bully; harass: to bullyrag fraternity plebs.
- burial ground — A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
- burning glass — a convex lens for concentrating the sun's rays into a small area to produce heat or fire
- bus mastering — bus master
- by a long way — You can use by a long way to emphasize that something is, for example, much better, worse, or bigger than any other thing of that kind.
- bypass engine — a gas turbine in which a part of the compressor delivery bypasses the combustion zone, flowing directly into or around the main exhaust gas flow to provide additional thrust
- cabinetmaking — the manufacture of fine furniture and other woodwork.
- cable molding — a molding in the form of a rope.
- cannibalizing — Present participle of cannibalize.
- canning basin — an arid basin in NW Western Australia, largely unexplored. Area: 400 000 sq km (150 000 sq miles)
- cannonballing — Present participle of cannonball.
- carbo-loading — Informal. carbohydrate loading.
- carbon dating — Carbon dating is a system of calculating the age of a very old object by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon it contains.
- carpetbagging — relating to carpetbaggers or to the practice of carpetbaggers
- challengeable — a call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength, etc.
- chamber organ — a small compact organ used esp for the authentic performance of preclassical music
- changeability — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
- clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
- clearing bath — any solution for removing material from the surface of a photographic image, as silver halide, metallic silver, or a dye or stain.
- climbing wall — a specially constructed wall with recessed and projecting holds to give practice in rock climbing; a feature of many sports centres
- coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
- collaborating — to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
- confabulating — Present participle of confabulate.
- congratulable — worthy of congratulation
- cooling board — a plank for laying out a corpse.
- corroborating — Present participle of corroborate.
- cranberry bog — a bog in which cranberry plants are cultivated.
- crepe bandage — a bandage made of light cotton crepe
- curb exchange — American Stock Exchange.
- cutting board — A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- dabbling duck — any of numerous shallow-water ducks, especially of the genus Anas, that typically feed by upending and dabbling (contrasted with diving duck).
- dangleberries — Plural form of dangleberry.
- decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
- decarbonizing — Present participle of decarbonize.