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

  • madiba generation — the generation born around 1994, when Nelson Mandela became the first president of a multiracial South Africa
  • methemoglobinemia — (medicine) A form of toxic anemia characterized by the presence of methemoglobin in the blood.
  • negative feedback — Electronics. the process of returning part of the output of a circuit, system, or device to the input, either to oppose the input (negative feedback) or to aid the input (positive feedback) acoustic feedback.
  • negotiating table — If you say that people are at the negotiating table, you mean that they are having discussions in order to settle a dispute or reach an agreement.
  • non-assignability — capable of being specified: The word has no assignable meaning in our language.
  • number eight iron — a club with an iron head the face of which has more slope than a pitcher but less slope than a niblick.
  • number eight wire — a standard gauge of fencing wire
  • on the pig's back — successful; established
  • petit bourgeoisie — The petit bourgeoisie are people in the lower middle class.
  • petite bourgeoise — a woman who belongs to the petite bourgeoisie.
  • petty bourgeoisie — the section of the middle class with the lowest social status, generally composed of shopkeepers, lower clerical staff, etc
  • pittsburg landing — a village in SW Tennessee, on the Tennessee River: battle of Shiloh in 1862.
  • plumbing fixtures — things such as pipes, sinks, toilets that are fixed in position in a building
  • publicity-seeking — eager to attract publicity
  • receiving blanket — a small blanket, usually of cotton, for wrapping an infant, especially following a bath.
  • right off the bat — Sports. the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball. a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis. a whip used by a jockey. the act of using a club or racket in a game. the right or turn to use a club or racket.
  • rock of gibraltar — a British crown colony comprising a fortress and seaport located on a narrow promontory near the S tip of Spain. 1.875 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
  • salt-rising bread — a kind of bread leavened with a fermented mixture of salted milk, cornmeal, flour, sugar, and soda.
  • sanctions-busting — the deliberate disregarding of sanctions that are in force against a state, organization, etc
  • split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
  • steamboat springs — a town in NW Colorado: ski resort.
  • substantive right — a right, as life, liberty, or property, recognized for its own sake and as part of the natural legal order of society.
  • synthetic biology — the application of computer science techniques to create artificial biological systems
  • taiping rebellion — a movement of religious mysticism and agrarian unrest in China between 1850 and 1864 which weakened the Manchu dynasty but was eventually suppressed with foreign aid
  • take some beating — to be difficult to improve upon
  • teething problems — If a project or new product has teething problems, it has problems in its early stages or when it first becomes available.
  • teething troubles — Teething troubles are the same as teething problems.
  • telephone banking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services, such as oral payment instructions, account movements, raising loans, etc, over the telephone rather than by personal visit
  • terrestrial globe — the planet Earth (usually preceded by the).
  • terrorist bombing — the bombing of a place carried out in order to achieve some goal
  • the bag of tricks — every device; everything
  • the bright lights — places of entertainment in a city
  • the humber bridge — a single-span suspension bridge (1981) that crosses the Humber, with a main span of 1410 m (4626 ft)
  • the whole boiling — the whole lot
  • third-degree burn — a burned place or area: a burn where fire had ripped through the forest.
  • tibetan highlands — Tibet, Plateau of.
  • turbinado (sugar) — a partially refined, granulated, pale-brown sugar obtained by washing raw sugar in a centrifuge until most of the molasses is removed
  • undistinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • unintelligibility — the quality of being unintelligible
  • unlisted building — a building that is not amongst those buildings officially recognized as having special historical or architectural interest and therefore protected from demolition or alteration
  • vanity publishing — the practice of the author of a book paying all or most of the costs of its publication
  • variable-geometry — denoting an aircraft in which the wings are hinged to give the variable aspect ratio colloquially known as a swing-wing
  • vegetable tanning — the act or process of tanning hide by the infusion of plant extract.
  • waitangi tribunal — (in New Zealand) a government tribunal empowered to examine and make recommendations on Māori claims under the Treaty of Waitangi
  • wang laboratories — (body)   Computer manufacturer, known for their office automation products and the Wang PC. Quarterly sales $208M, profits $3M (Aug 1994).
  • wedding breakfast — meal served at wedding reception
  • wheatstone bridge — a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
  • with guns blazing — If you come out with guns blazing or with all guns blazing, you put all your effort and energy into trying to achieve something.
  • working substance — a substance, usually a fluid, that undergoes changes in pressure, temperature, volume, or form as part of a process for accomplishing work.
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