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13-letter words containing b, g, i, r, l

  • millau bridge — a road bridge, the highest in the world, crossing the River Tarn in the Massif Central in SW France; designed by Sir Norman Foster and opened in 2004
  • molding board — a board upon which bread is kneaded, cookies prepared, etc.
  • non-frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
  • nonobligatory — Not obligatory; not required; optional.
  • objurgatively — In an objurgative or reproving manner.
  • old bulgarian — the Bulgarian language of the Middle Ages.
  • organ-builder — a maker of organs
  • overbalancing — Present participle of overbalance.
  • overbearingly — domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant.
  • phlebographic — relating to phlebography or the X-ray imaging of a vein that has been injected with a dye that is visible on the image taken
  • plain bearing — any of various bearings, not containing rolling elements, that present to the shaft or axle they support broad areas of corresponding form, usually segments of a cylinder.
  • prebiological — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
  • public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
  • rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
  • rambling club — a club for people who enjoy taking walks in the country
  • rambling rose — any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation
  • rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
  • rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
  • riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
  • ring the bell — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
  • road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
  • robbe-grillet — Alain [a-lan] /aˈlɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1922–2008, French writer.
  • rock climbing — the sport of climbing sheer rocky surfaces on the sides of mountains, often with the aid of special equipment.
  • rollerblading — skating on rollerblades
  • running belay — the clipping of the rope through a karabiner attached to a sling, piton, nut, etc, secured to the mountain: used by a leading climber of a team to reduce the length of a possible fall
  • single-barrel — a gun having one barrel, especially a shotgun.
  • sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
  • styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
  • subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
  • surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
  • table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
  • table-turning — the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits working through a group of persons placing their hands or fingers on the table top
  • thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
  • thyroglobulin — a protein which is found in the thyroid gland and which contains iodine
  • tidal barrage — a barrier that traps water at high tide, creating a tidal basin
  • trail-blazing — A trail-blazing idea, event, or organization is new, exciting, and original.
  • tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
  • traveling bag — a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.
  • troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
  • unbelligerent — not belligerent or hostile
  • underclubbing — the action of hitting with a club resulting in insufficient distance
  • unneighbourly — unfriendly and unhelpful
  • untremblingly — not tremblingly; in an untrembling manner; without trembling
  • upgradability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
  • wild bergamot — a plant, Monarda fistulosa, of the mint family, native to eastern North America, having a rounded cluster of lilac-colored or purple flowers, growing in dry places.
  • wrecking ball — a heavy metal ball swung on a cable from a crane and used in demolition work.
  • writing table — a table designed or used for writing at
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