13-letter words containing b, i, n, g, e
- designer baby — People sometimes refer to a baby that has developed from an embryo with certain desired characteristics as a designer baby.
- desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
- destabilising — Present participle of destabilise.
- destabilizing — Present participle of destabilize.
- detribalizing — Present participle of detribalize.
- digby chicken — a smoked herring.
- dingleberries — Plural form of dingleberry.
- disassembling — Present participle of disassemble.
- disemboweling — Present participle of disembowel.
- disintegrable — Capable of being disintegrated.
- disobligement — disobligation
- diving beetle — any of numerous predaceous water beetles of the family Dytiscidae, having the body adapted for swimming.
- double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
- dragging-beam — (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust.
- drainage tube — a tube that drains fluid from an incision or body cavity during surgery
- drawing table — a table having a surface consisting of a drawing board adjustable to various heights and angles.
- eating habits — the way a person or group eats, considered in terms of what types of food are eaten, in what quantities, and when
- eco-labelling — the practice or system of using eco-labels
- edinburgh sml — (EdML) Implementation of the Core language of SML. Byte-code interpreter in C. Ported to Amiga, Atari, Archimedes and IBM PC. Version: 0.44. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- edward gibbon — Edward, 1737–94, English historian.
- eggs benedict — dish of poached eggs, ham and cream
- elgin marbles — a group of 5th-century bc Greek sculptures originally decorating the Parthenon in Athens, brought to England by Thomas Bruce, seventh Earl of Elgin (1766–1841), and now at the British Museum
- embracingness — the quality of something that embraces
- embryogenetic — embryogenic
- ensign-bearer — a soldier whose responsibility was to carry a Company's ensign
- equilibrating — Present participle of equilibrate.
- erin go bragh — Ireland forever
- fast-breaking — (of a news story) occurring suddenly, and often portending a series of events or further developments in rapid succession.
- fatigableness — the quality of being fatigable
- filibustering — Present participle of filibuster.
- finger buffet — a buffet meal at which food that may be picked up with the fingers (finger food), such as canapés or vol-au-vents, is served
- fingerbreadth — the breadth of a finger: approximately 3/4 inch (2 cm).
- flabergasting — Present participle of flabergast.
- flight number — the identifying number of a scheduled flight
- floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
- flying bridge — Also called flybridge, fly bridge, monkey bridge. Nautical. a small, often open deck or platform above the pilothouse or main cabin, having duplicate controls and navigational equipment.
- free climbing — climbing without using pitons, étriers, etc, as direct aids to ascent, but using ropes, belays, etc, at discretion for security
- ge-pano-carib — a linguistic phylum comprising a large number of aboriginal languages with scattered distribution in South America east of the Andes.
- gender binary — a classification system consisting of two genders, male and female.
- generalisable — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of generalizable.
- generalizable — to infer (a general principle, trend, etc.) from particular facts, statistics, or the like.
- genre-busting — not conforming to established patterns, styles, etc
- germinability — the degree of ability of a seed to germinate or sprout.
- gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
- gibson desert — a desert in W central Australia: scrub; salt marshes. About 85,000 sq. mi. (220,000 sq. km).
- gingerbreaded — flavoured with gingerbread
- glibenclamide — (medicine) An oral anti-diabetes medication.
- globetrotting — to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
- going begging — If you say that something is going begging, you mean that it is available but no one is using it or accepting it.
- good-neighbor — characterized by friendly political relations and mutual aid between countries.