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13-letter words containing b, i, g, t

  • sewing basket — box for sewing accessories
  • shot-blasting — the cleaning of metal, etc, by a stream of shot
  • single combat — combat between two persons.
  • 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.
  • speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
  • spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
  • stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
  • sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
  • stingless bee — any of certain social, honey-producing tropical bees of the family Apidae, as of the genus Melipona, having a nonfunctional stinger.
  • stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • stone boiling — a primitive method of boiling liquid with heated stones
  • string bikini — a skimpy bikini having often a triangular covering part held in place by narrow, string-like ties
  • stringer bead — 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.
  • styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
  • subastringent — slightly astringent.
  • subcategorize — to split into subcategories
  • subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
  • subcontiguous — almost touching; nearly contiguous.
  • subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
  • subjectifying — to make subjective.
  • subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
  • surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
  • swimming bath — swimming pool.
  • table dancing — Table dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances in a sexy way close to a customer or group of customers.
  • table setting — a set of cutlery, glasses, napkin, etc. for one person, as used on a table
  • 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
  • testing bench — a piece of equipment for testing if a machine or device is working properly
  • the big apple — New York City
  • the big eight — a former group of eight US universities which have a tradition of excellence in baseball, basketball, and American football.
  • the big house — a penitentiary (usually preceded by the).
  • the big issue — a weekly magazine, founded to highlight the plight of the homeless, and sold by homeless people
  • the big smoke — a large city, esp London
  • the-big-apple — New York City.
  • thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
  • thumb-sucking — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
  • 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
  • to begin with — You use to begin with when you are talking about the first stage of a situation, event, or process.
  • toothbrushing — the act or method of cleaning the teeth with a toothbrush.
  • 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.
  • tribune group — (in Britain) a group made up of left-wing Labour Members of Parliament: founded 1966
  • troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
  • tubing hanger — A tubing hanger is a device which is attached to the top tubing joint and supports the tubing.
  • tumbling mill — A tumbling mill is a machine for reducing the particle size of a solid, with a drum which turns to lift and drop the feed mixed with a grinding medium.
  • turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
  • unbelligerent — not belligerent or hostile
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