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12-letter words containing b, i, g, u, n

  • ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
  • inner-tubing — tubing (def 4).
  • interborough — between boroughs.
  • jumping bean — the seed of any of certain Mexican plants of the genera Sebastiania and Sapium, of the spurge family: the movements of a moth larva inside the seed cause it to move about or jump.
  • kneeling bus — a bus that can lower its body or entrance door to facilitate boarding by the elderly or people with disabilities.
  • laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
  • lark bunting — a finch, Calamospiza melanocorys, of the western U.S., the male of which is black with a large, white patch on each wing.
  • louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
  • magic number — the atomic number or neutron number of an exceptionally stable nuclide.
  • mailing tube — an elongated cylinder of cardboard, used for mailing rolled-up papers, magazines, etc.
  • masturbating — Present participle of masturbate.
  • mind-numbing — If you describe an event or experience as mind-numbing, you mean that it is so bad, boring, or great in extent that you are unable to think about it clearly.
  • mooring buoy — a buoy to which ships or boats can be moored.
  • mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
  • naughty bits — genitals
  • neighbouring — (British, Canada) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.
  • neurobiology — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
  • nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
  • non-fungible — (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.
  • nonambiguous — not ambiguous, clear
  • out-building — a detached building subordinate to a main building.
  • outbalancing — Present participle of outbalance.
  • outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.
  • outnumbering — Present participle of outnumber.
  • overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
  • panic buying — shopping to stockpile for emergency
  • plumbaginous — containing graphite.
  • plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
  • pudding club — the state of being pregnant (esp in the phrase in the pudding club)
  • pulling boat — a boat propelled by oars alone.
  • punching bag — an inflated or stuffed bag, usually suspended, punched with the fists as an exercise.
  • quilting bee — a social gathering at which the participants make quilts.
  • rag business — the garment, clothing, or fashion industry.
  • reed bunting — an Old World bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus, inhabiting marshy areas.
  • rock bunting — a seed-eating songbird, Emberiza cia
  • ruby wedding — a fortieth wedding anniversary
  • running back — an offensive back, as a halfback or fullback, whose principal role is advancing the ball by running with it on plays from scrimmage.
  • running bond — a brickwork bond having successive courses of overlapping stretchers.
  • scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
  • shipbuilding — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
  • sitting bull — 1834–90, American Indian warrior: leader of the Hunkpapa; victor at Little Bighorn, 1876.
  • slow-burning — (of combustible material) burning relatively slowly
  • slubberingly — in a slubbering or slovenly manner
  • slumberingly — in a slumbering manner
  • snow bunting — a bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis, of the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere having white plumage.
  • spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
  • spun-bonding — a process for forming nonwoven fabrics, usually of limited durability, by bonding continuous-filament synthetic fibers immediately after extrusion.
  • stuffing box — a device for preventing leakage of gases or liquids along a moving rod or shaft at the point at which it leaves a cylinder, tank, ship hull, etc.
  • sub-religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
  • substituting — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
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