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

  • bus mastering — bus master
  • butterfingers — a person who drops things inadvertently or fails to catch things
  • bypass engine — a gas turbine in which a part of the compressor delivery bypasses the combustion zone, flowing directly into or around the main exhaust gas flow to provide additional thrust
  • cabinetmaking — the manufacture of fine furniture and other woodwork.
  • cable molding — a molding in the form of a rope.
  • cannibalizing — Present participle of cannibalize.
  • canning basin — an arid basin in NW Western Australia, largely unexplored. Area: 400 000 sq km (150 000 sq miles)
  • cannonballing — Present participle of cannonball.
  • carbo-loading — Informal. carbohydrate loading.
  • carbon dating — Carbon dating is a system of calculating the age of a very old object by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon it contains.
  • carpetbagging — relating to carpetbaggers or to the practice of carpetbaggers
  • changeability — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
  • chickenburger — A hot sandwich made of a patty of chicken in a bun, often with other ingredients.
  • child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
  • chronobiology — the branch of biology concerned with the periodicity occurring in living organisms
  • clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
  • clearing bath — any solution for removing material from the surface of a photographic image, as silver halide, metallic silver, or a dye or stain.
  • climbing fern — any of several chiefly tropical, vinelike ferns of the genus Lygodium, having climbing or trailing stems.
  • climbing fish — an Asian labyrinth fish, Anabas testudineus, that resembles a perch and can travel over land on its spiny gill covers and pectoral fins
  • climbing iron — either of a pair of metal frames with spikes that may be strapped over footgear, on the inside of the leg to aid in climbing trees, public utility poles, etc.
  • climbing lily — a climbing lily of the genus Gloriosa, native to Africa and Asia, having showy red and yellow flowers.
  • climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
  • climbing wall — a specially constructed wall with recessed and projecting holds to give practice in rock climbing; a feature of many sports centres
  • cloth binding — a type of binding in which a book is bound in stiff boards covered with cloth
  • coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
  • cobelligerent — a country fighting in a war on the side of another country
  • cobol fingers — (jargon)   /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a hypothetical disease one might get from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
  • collaborating — to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
  • coloring book — A coloring book is a book of simple drawings which children can color in.
  • confabulating — Present participle of confabulate.
  • cooling board — a plank for laying out a corpse.
  • corroborating — Present participle of corroborate.
  • counterboring — a tool for enlarging a drilled hole for a portion of its length, as to permit sinking a screw head.
  • cover bidding — the act of tendering an artificially high price for a contract, on the assumption that the tender will not be accepted
  • cross bedding — layering within one or more beds in a series of rock strata that does not run parallel to the plane of stratification
  • crossbreeding — Present participle of crossbreed.
  • cutting board — A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
  • cyberbullying — Cyberbullying is the use of the Internet to frighten or upset someone, usually by sending them unpleasant messages.
  • cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
  • cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
  • cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
  • cycle billing — a method of billing customers at monthly intervals in which statements are prepared on each working day of the month and mailed to a designated fraction of the total number of customers.
  • dabbling duck — any of numerous shallow-water ducks, especially of the genus Anas, that typically feed by upending and dabbling (contrasted with diving duck).
  • dangleberries — Plural form of dangleberry.
  • decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
  • decarbonizing — Present participle of decarbonize.
  • decarburizing — Present participle of decarburize.
  • decerebrating — Present participle of decerebrate.
  • demothballing — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
  • designer baby — People sometimes refer to a baby that has developed from an embryo with certain desired characteristics as a designer baby.
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