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12-letter words containing b, e, g, u, i

  • embourgeoise — to make bourgeois
  • feeding tube — nasogastric tubing
  • figured bass — a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played.
  • forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
  • gaithersburg — a town in central Maryland.
  • gentian blue — a purplish-blue colour
  • gullibleness — Gullibility.
  • gum-benjamin — Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
  • heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
  • heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
  • homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
  • incoagulable — of a nature that cannot be coagulated
  • inexpugnable — incapable of being taken by force; impregnable; unconquerable.
  • inexpungible — that cannot be expunged, erased, or obliterated; inextirpable.
  • ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
  • inner-tubing — tubing (def 4).
  • interborough — between boroughs.
  • jitterbugged — Simple past tense and past participle of jitterbug.
  • jumping bean — the seed of any of certain Mexican plants of the genera Sebastiania and Sapium, of the spurge family: the movements of a moth larva inside the seed cause it to move about or jump.
  • kneeling bus — a bus that can lower its body or entrance door to facilitate boarding by the elderly or people with disabilities.
  • louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
  • magic bullet — something that cures or remedies without causing harmful side effects: So far there is no magic bullet for economic woes.
  • magic number — the atomic number or neutron number of an exceptionally stable nuclide.
  • mailing tube — an elongated cylinder of cardboard, used for mailing rolled-up papers, magazines, etc.
  • milkweed bug — any of several red and black lygaeid bugs, as Oncopeltus fasciatus, that feed on the juice of the milkweed.
  • much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
  • murrumbidgee — a river in SE Australia, flowing W through New South Wales to the Murray River. 1050 miles (1690 km) long.
  • mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
  • neighbouring — (British, Canada) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.
  • neurobiology — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
  • nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
  • non-fungible — (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.
  • outnumbering — Present participle of outnumber.
  • overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
  • plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
  • quilting bee — a social gathering at which the participants make quilts.
  • rag business — the garment, clothing, or fashion industry.
  • reed bunting — an Old World bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus, inhabiting marshy areas.
  • ruby wedding — a fortieth wedding anniversary
  • semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
  • slubberingly — in a slubbering or slovenly manner
  • slumberingly — in a slumbering manner
  • sub-religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
  • the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
  • truss bridge — a bridge in which the loads are supported by trusses.
  • turbo engine — an engine containing a turbocharger
  • un-ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • unassignable — not able to be transferred
  • unbecomingly — detracting from one's appearance, character, or reputation; unattractive or unseemly: an unbecoming hat; unbecoming language.
  • unbridgeable — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
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