12-letter words containing b, i, n, g, o
- gobind singh — 1666–1708, tenth and last guru of the Sikhs (1675–1708): assassinated
- gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- goldbricking — Present participle of goldbrick.
- ground robin — towhee.
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- harrisonburg — a city in N Virginia.
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- herringboned — Simple past tense and past participle of herringbone.
- herringbones — Plural form of herringbone.
- higgs bugson — (humour) A hypothetical bug predicted to exist based on a small number of possibly related event log entries and vague anecdotal user reports. The Higgs Bugson is difficult to reproduce because you don't really know if it's there, and if it is there what is causing it. To find one you will need a Large Hadron Debugger.
- hiking boots — stout, sturdy boots, suitable for hiking in
- hobgoblinism — a belief in hobgoblins
- home banking — a system whereby a person at home or in an office can use a computer with a modem to call up information from a bank or to transfer funds electronically
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- honeycombing — Present participle of honeycomb.
- honor bright — upon my honor; really and truly: I did sweep the floor, honor bright.
- immobilising — Present participle of immobilise.
- immobilizing — Present participle of immobilize.
- immunoglobin — (immunology, protein) Any protein that functions as an antibody.
- incoagulable — of a nature that cannot be coagulated
- incognizable — Not cognizable; incapable of being recognised.
- incorrigible — not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
- incorrigibly — not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
- ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
- interborough — between boroughs.
- interrobangs — Plural form of interrobang.
- interrogable — capable of being interrogated
- jacobinizing — Present participle of jacobinize.
- job printing — commercial printing of such items as letterheads, circulars, invitations, etc.
- kiteboarding — A sport in which participants ride a form of wakeboard or surfboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by the rider.
- labor-saving — A labor-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- lawn bowling — a game played with wooden balls on a level, closely mowed green having a slight bias, the object being to roll one's ball as near as possible to a smaller white ball at the other end of the green. Also called bowls, bowling on the green. Compare bowl2 (def 2), bowling green, jack1 (def 7), rink (def 5).
- letterboxing — Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
- lifting body — an aircraft or spacecraft configuration in which there are no wings, and lift is obtained by aerodynamic forces on its body.
- line probing — A feature of some V.34 modems that will allow them to identify the capacity and quality of the phone line and adjust themselves to allow, for each individual connection, for maximum throughput using the highest possible data transmission rate.
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- lobotomising — Present participle of lobotomise.
- loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
- louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
- male bonding — the process by which two or more men or boys become emotionally attached to each another
- metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
- metabolizing — Present participle of metabolize.
- microbrewing — Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
- mind-blowing — overwhelming; astounding: Spending a week in the jungle was a mind-blowing experience.
- mindboggling — That causes the mind to boggle; that is beyond one's ability to understand or figure out; bewildering; mystifying.
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- mooring buoy — a buoy to which ships or boats can be moored.
- motorboating — a boat propelled by an inboard or outboard motor.