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14-letter words containing b, i, g, o, t, r

  • energy obesity — the practice of being wasteful of energy in the form of electricity, fossil fuels, etc, in one's day-to-day life
  • engine trouble — malfunction of a vehicle's engine
  • fibrocartilage — a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
  • fighter-bomber — an aircraft that combines the functions of a fighter and a bomber.
  • finger trouble — trouble caused by operator error, such as striking the wrong key
  • finnbogadottir — Vigdís [Icelandic vig-dees] /Icelandic vɪgˈdis/ (Show IPA), born 1930, Icelandic political leader: president 1980–96.
  • gay liberation — a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against homosexuals.
  • grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
  • grylloblattids — Plural form of grylloblattid.
  • gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
  • gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
  • gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
  • hydrobiologist — someone who studies or specializes in hydrobiology
  • interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
  • little bighorn — a river flowing N from N Wyoming to S Montana into the Bighorn River: General Custer and troops defeated near its juncture by Indians 1876. 80 miles (130 km) long.
  • macrobiologist — One who studies macrobiology.
  • microbiologist — the branch of biology dealing with the structure, function, uses, and modes of existence of microscopic organisms.
  • navigation bar — (web)   (Always abbreviated "nav bar") On a website, a prominently displayed set of links to important sections of the site.
  • neurobiologist — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
  • nonbelligerent — of or relating to a country whose status or policy is one of nonbelligerency.
  • nursing bottle — a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.
  • obligatoriness — The quality or state of being obligatory.
  • organizability — The suitability or potential for organization.
  • pilgrim bottle — a flat-sided water bottle having two loops at the side of a short neck for a suspending cord or chain.
  • plotting board — Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
  • pontoon bridge — a bridge supported by pontoons.
  • ribbon-cutting — a ceremony marking the official opening of a site, the commencement of its construction, etc., typically involving the cutting of a ribbon suspended as across an entrance
  • right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
  • shooting brake — station wagon.
  • skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
  • sovereign debt — the debt of a national government, esp debt that is issued in a foreign currency
  • spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
  • stabbing board — A stabbing board is a platform in the derrick, on which the derrickhand stands to run in casing.
  • staggering bob — a newborn calf.
  • starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
  • subaggregation — a subtotalling
  • subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
  • support buying — buying carried out to support an exchange rate
  • through bridge — a bridge in which the track is carried by the lower horizontal members
  • to be bursting — to want desperately to urinate
  • to ring a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
  • zygobranchiate — of or relating to zygobranchs or the Zygobranchia genus
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