16-letter words containing b, r, o, g, l
- gulf of martaban — an inlet of the Bay of Bengal in Myanmar
- incorrigibleness — The quality of being incorrigible; incorrigibility.
- julius rosenberg — Alfred, 1893–1946, German Nazi ideologist and political leader, born in Estonia.
- knights of labor — a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.
- labour agreement — a contract between workers and managers setting out working conditions, wages, etc
- large-print book — a book where the text is printed in larger text than normal, so as to make it easier to read, esp for the visually impaired
- leveraged buyout — the purchase of a company with borrowed money, using the company's assets as collateral, and often discharging the debt and realizing a profit by liquidating the company. Abbreviation: LBO.
- liebig condenser — a laboratory condenser consisting of a glass tube surrounded by a glass envelope through which cooling water flows
- longicorn beetle — any beetle of the family Cerambycidae, having a long narrow body, long legs, and long antennae
- louise bourgeois — Léon Victor Auguste [ley-awn veek-tawr oh-gyst] /leɪˈɔ̃ vikˈtɔr oʊˈgyst/ (Show IPA), 1851–1925, French statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1920.
- magnolia warbler — a black and yellow wood warbler, Dendroica magnolia, of North America.
- marine biologist — scientist who studies sea life
- megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
- molybdate orange — a pigment consisting of a solid solution of sulfate, molybdate, and chromate compounds of lead.
- nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
- nonbiodegradable — Not biodegradable.
- nondurable goods — goods that remain usable for, or must be replaced within, a relatively short period of time, as food, apparel, or fabrics
- oblique triangle — any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle).
- organized labour — labour carried out by workers in trade unions, or the workers themselves
- photograph album — bound book for photos
- 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.
- rough and tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
- rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
- scarborough lily — a plant, Vallota speciosa, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having clusters of funnel-shaped, scarlet flowers.
- scribbling block — scratch pad.
- slubberdegullion — a slovenly or worthless person
- south burlington — a town in NW Vermont.
- subcartilaginous — partially or incompletely cartilaginous.
- subtropical high — one of several highs, as the Azores and Pacific highs, that prevail over the oceans at latitudes of about 30 degrees N and S. Also called subtropical anticyclone. Compare high (def 37).
- teutoburger wald — a chain of wooded hills in Germany, in Westphalia: Romans defeated by German tribes a.d.
- vegetable marrow — any of various summer squashes, as the cocozelle and zucchini.
- vegetable oyster — salsify.
- world bank group — the collective name for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation, and the International Development Association, whose headquarters are all in Washington
- yablonovyy range — a mountain range in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, E of Lake Baikal.