13-letter words containing b, e, t, a, g
- floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
- football game — soccer match
- galveston bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.
- garbage chute — sloped channel for rubbish disposal
- garbage truck — lorry that collects refuse
- gateleg table — a table with one or two drop leaves that are supported when in use by a hinged leg swung out from the frame
- germinability — the degree of ability of a seed to germinate or sprout.
- gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
- 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.
- ghettoblaster — Alternative form of ghetto blaster.
- give sb heart — If something gives you heart, it makes you feel more confident or happy about something.
- glacier table — a stone slab supported over the surface of a mountain glacier by a column or columns of ice.
- gladstone bag — a small rectangular suitcase hinged to open into two compartments of equal size.
- globe theatre — a theater on the south bank of the Thames in London, 1599–1613: many of Shakespeare's plays were first produced here.
- go to blazes! — go to hell!
- go to the bad — to become wicked, shiftless, etc.; degenerate
- governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- graphitizable — (chemistry, of carbon) Able to be converted to graphite.
- great basinet — a basinet having a beaver permanently attached.
- great britain — an island of NW Europe, separated from the mainland by the English Channel and the North Sea: since 1707 the name has applied politically to England, Scotland, and Wales. 88,139 sq. mi. (228,280 sq. km).
- great bustard — a large bustard, Otis tarda, of southern and central Europe and western and central Asia, having a wingspread of about 8 feet (2.4 meters).
- great grimsby — seaport in Humberside, NE England, at the mouth of the Humber estuary: county district pop. 91,000
- great lobelia — a North American plant, Lobelia siphilitica, having long, showy clusters of blue flowers.
- gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
- heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- hot-water bag — a bag, usually of rubber, for holding hot water to apply warmth to some part of the body, as the feet.
- indefatigable — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
- indefatigably — In an extremely persistent and untiring manner; in an indefatigable manner.
- integrability — capable of being integrated, as a mathematical function or differential equation.
- lamb's tongue — a molding having a deep, symmetrical profile ending in a narrow edge, as in a sash bar.
- late-blooming — of or characteristic of a late bloomer: late-blooming brilliance.
- laughter club — a group of people who meet regularly to take part in communal laughing for therapeutic effect
- losing battle — attempt doomed to failure
- manageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- megaloblastic — an abnormally large, immature, and dysfunctional red blood cell found in the blood of persons with pernicious anemia or certain other disorders.
- metagrobolize — to mystify or puzzle
- mortgage bond — a bond secured by a mortgage on real estate or other property.
- mount gambier — a city in S Australia.
- mountebanking — Present participle of mountebank.
- negotiability — capable of being negotiated: a negotiable salary demand.
- nesting table — one of a set of usually three or four small tables that are graduated in size so that they may be stacked on top of one another.
- nitrogen base — Chemistry, Biochemistry. a nitrogen-containing organic compound that has the chemical properties of a base, especially a pyrimidine or purine: Four nitrogen bases are present in a DNA molecule.
- 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.
- nonnegotiable — capable of being negotiated: a negotiable salary demand.
- objurgatively — In an objurgative or reproving manner.
- overbreathing — hyperventilation
- overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.
- panel-beating — the act of beating out the bodywork of motor vehicles
- path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking