16-letter words containing b, o, i, g, n
- long-established — having a long history; old
- longicorn beetle — any beetle of the family Cerambycidae, having a long narrow body, long legs, and long antennae
- magnolia warbler — a black and yellow wood warbler, Dendroica magnolia, of North America.
- marine biologist — scientist who studies sea life
- mobility housing — houses designed or adapted for people who have difficulty in walking but are not necessarily chairbound
- nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
- non-debilitating — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
- nonbiodegradable — Not biodegradable.
- norwegian buhund — a slightly-built medium-sized dog of a breed with erect pointed ears and a short thick tail carried curled over its back
- objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
- oblique triangle — any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle).
- open box testing — white box testing
- operating budget — money allocated to a project
- organized labour — labour carried out by workers in trade unions, or the workers themselves
- pinpoint bombing — precision bombing.
- publishing house — a company that publishes books, pamphlets, engravings, or the like: a venerable publishing house in Boston.
- regent bowerbird — a bowerbird, Sericulus chrysocephalus, the males of which have deep black plumage with brilliant golden head, neck, and wing patches and build elaborate bowers.
- ribbon lightning — a repeated lightning discharge in which successive strokes are displaced from each other by wind, resulting in a broadened appearance.
- right honourable — (in Britain and certain Commonwealth countries) a title of respect for a Privy Councillor or an appeal-court judge
- robin goodfellow — Puck (def 1).
- robin's-egg blue — a pale green to a light greenish-blue color.
- santiago de cuba — a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- scribbling block — scratch pad.
- self-subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
- simon boccanegra — an opera (1857) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- slubberdegullion — a slovenly or worthless person
- smooth breathing — a symbol (') used in the writing of Greek to indicate that the initial vowel over which it is placed is unaspirated.
- sounding balloon — a balloon carrying instruments aloft to make atmospheric measurements, especially a radiosonde balloon.
- south burlington — a town in NW Vermont.
- subcartilaginous — partially or incompletely cartilaginous.
- swedenborgianism — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
- the foreign-born — immigrants of a country
- touring bindings — specialised ski bindings with releasable locked down heels that can be used for ski touring and backcountry skiing
- virginia tobacco — a type of flue-cured tobacco grown originally in Virginia
- wellington boots — a leather boot with the front part of the top extending above the knee.