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14-letter words containing b, o, r, g

  • congressmember — a member of a congress, especially of the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • counter-gambit — a countermove
  • county borough — (in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974 and in Wales from 1996) a borough administered independently of any higher tier of local government
  • covered bridge — a bridge that is enclosed by a roof and walls.
  • cribbage board — a board, with pegs and holes, used for scoring at cribbage
  • cross bridging — bridging composed of crisscross pieces of wood.
  • cross-breeding — the process of causing animals to mate with another species, or of causing plants to reproduce with another species
  • cryobiological — of or relating to cryobiology
  • daughterboards — Plural form of daughterboard.
  • discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
  • docking bridge — a raised platform running from one side to the other of a ship toward the stern, used by officers for supervising docking operations.
  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
  • drafting board — drawing board.
  • dragon's blood — a deep-red, water-insoluble resin exuding from the fruit of a palm, Daemonorops draco, of the Malay Archipelago, used chiefly in the preparation of varnishes and in photoengraving for protecting certain areas of the metal plate from the acid.
  • draining board — The draining board is the place on a sink unit where things such as cups, plates, and cutlery are put to drain after they have been washed.
  • draughts board — A draughts board is a square board for playing draughts, with 64 equal-sized, black and white squares.
  • effort bargain — a bargain in which the reward to an employee is based on the effort that the employee puts in
  • electrobiology — (physics, biology) The study of the production and use of electricity by biological organisms.
  • energy obesity — the practice of being wasteful of energy in the form of electricity, fossil fuels, etc, in one's day-to-day life
  • engine trouble — malfunction of a vehicle's engine
  • fibrocartilage — a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
  • fighter-bomber — an aircraft that combines the functions of a fighter and a bomber.
  • finger trouble — trouble caused by operator error, such as striking the wrong key
  • finnbogadottir — Vigdís [Icelandic vig-dees] /Icelandic vɪgˈdis/ (Show IPA), born 1930, Icelandic political leader: president 1980–96.
  • flowering crab — any of several species and varieties of crab apple trees with small fruits and abundant spring flowers ranging from white to reddish purple
  • folies bergere — a Parisian music hall founded in 1869 and noted for the lavish spectacle and mildly risqué content of its entertainments.
  • forward buying — the purchase of merchandise in quantities exceeding demand
  • frege, gottlob — Gottlob Frege
  • french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
  • garboard plank — the bottommost plank of a vessel's hull
  • garbologically — From the perspective of garbology.
  • garden webworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) or Loxostege similalis (garden webworm) which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
  • gay liberation — a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against homosexuals.
  • george hw bush — Barbara (Barbara Pierce) born 1925, U.S. First Lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
  • ghetto blaster — a large, powerful portable radio, especially as carried and played by a pedestrian or used outdoors in an urban area.
  • global product — a commercial product that is marketed throughout the world under the same brand name
  • global warming — an increase in the earth's average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect.
  • globe amaranth — a plant, Gomphrena globosa, native to the Old World tropics, having dense heads of variously colored flowers that retain their color when cut.
  • go gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
  • golden warbler — yellow warbler.
  • golfer's elbow — a painful inflammation of the muscles on the inside of the forearm caused by exertion in playing golf
  • goose barnacle — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
  • gordon bennett — an exclamation of surprise
  • governableness — The state of being governable.
  • governing body — board, regulatory authority
  • groundbreaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
  • grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
  • grow the beard — (of a TV series) to gain credibility or improve in quality during the course of a series following a specified development
  • grylloblattids — Plural form of grylloblattid.
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