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13-letter words containing b, e, g, o, d

  • edward gibbon — Edward, 1737–94, English historian.
  • floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
  • gelada baboon — a NE African baboon, Theropithecus gelada, with dark brown hair forming a mane over the shoulders, a bare red chest, and a ridged muzzle: family Cercopithecidae
  • get a bead on — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
  • get rid of sb — If you get rid of someone who is causing problems for you or who you do not like, you do something to prevent them affecting you any more, for example by making them leave.
  • gibson desert — a desert in W central Australia: scrub; salt marshes. About 85,000 sq. mi. (220,000 sq. km).
  • gladstone bag — a small rectangular suitcase hinged to open into two compartments of equal size.
  • go over-board — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
  • go to the bad — to become wicked, shiftless, etc.; degenerate
  • golden number — a number between 1 and 19, used to indicate the position of any year in the Metonic cycle, calculated as the remainder when 1 is added to the given year and the sum is divided by 19. If the remainder is zero the number is 19
  • good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.
  • good-neighbor — characterized by friendly political relations and mutual aid between countries.
  • ground beetle — any of numerous nocturnal, terrestrial beetles of the family Carabidae that feed chiefly on other insects.
  • groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
  • heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
  • housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
  • hydrogen bomb — a bomb, more powerful than an atomic bomb, that derives its explosive energy from the thermonuclear fusion reaction of hydrogen isotopes.
  • hydrogen bond — a type of chemical bond in which a hydrogen atom that has a covalent link with one of the electronegative atoms (F, N, O) forms an electrostatic link with another electronegative atom in the same or another molecule.
  • judgment book — the book from which all persons will be judged at the Last Judgment, containing a full record of their acts.
  • knowledgeable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • knowledgeably — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • knowledgebase — Alternative spelling of knowledge base.
  • leading block — lead block.
  • london bridge — a bridge over the Thames between the City of London on the north side, and Southwark on the south side.
  • managed bonds — investment in a combination of fixed interest securities, equities, gilts, and property, in which an investment manager, acting on a client's behalf, varies the amount invested in each according to the returns expected
  • message board — bulletin board system
  • middleborough — a town in SE Massachusetts.
  • middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
  • monkey bridge — flying bridge.
  • mortgage bond — a bond secured by a mortgage on real estate or other property.
  • neighboorhood — Alternative spelling of neighbourhood.
  • neighborhoods — Plural form of neighborhood.
  • neighbourhood — Standard spelling of neighborhood.
  • non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
  • non-obligated — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
  • nondegradable — not subject to or capable of degradation or decomposition: nondegradable waste.
  • nondigestible — Not digestible.
  • organ-builder — a maker of organs
  • overburdening — Present participle of overburden.
  • rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
  • rollerblading — skating on rollerblades
  • rube goldberg — having a fantastically complicated, improvised appearance: a Rube Goldberg arrangement of flasks and test tubes.
  • self-doubting — lacking in confidence
  • skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
  • the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat
  • trade embargo — a government order imposing a trade barrier
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