12-letter words containing b, u, g, l
- golden bough — a branch of mistletoe, sacred to Proserpina, that served Aeneas as a pass to the underworld.
- granuloblast — an immature granulocyte.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- gubernacular — relating to a gubernaculum
- gubernaculum — a part or organ that directs the movement or course of another part.
- gullibleness — Gullibility.
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- hillsborough — a town in W California.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- hugh loebner — (person) Dr. Hugh Gene Loebner, the instigator of the Loebner Prize in artificial intelligence. E-mail address: Hugh Loebner <[email protected]>.
- immunoglobin — (immunology, protein) Any protein that functions as an antibody.
- incoagulable — of a nature that cannot be coagulated
- inexpugnable — incapable of being taken by force; impregnable; unconquerable.
- inexpungible — that cannot be expunged, erased, or obliterated; inextirpable.
- ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
- jungle books — a series of jungle stories in two volumes (1894, 1895) by Rudyard Kipling.
- jungle bunny — a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- jungle-bunny — a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- kneeling bus — a bus that can lower its body or entrance door to facilitate boarding by the elderly or people with disabilities.
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- laguna beach — a town in S California.
- lark bunting — a finch, Calamospiza melanocorys, of the western U.S., the male of which is black with a large, white patch on each wing.
- lawrenceburg — a town in S Tennessee.
- league table — competitive ranking
- loughborough — a town in central England, in N Leicestershire: university (1966). Pop: 55 258 (2001)
- louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
- lugubriosity — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- lugubriously — In a lugubrious manner.
- luxembourger — a native or inhabitant of Luxembourg.
- magic bullet — something that cures or remedies without causing harmful side effects: So far there is no magic bullet for economic woes.
- mailing tube — an elongated cylinder of cardboard, used for mailing rolled-up papers, magazines, etc.
- milkweed bug — any of several red and black lygaeid bugs, as Oncopeltus fasciatus, that feed on the juice of the milkweed.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- mumblety-peg — a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
- mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
- neurobiology — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
- non-arguable — susceptible to debate, challenge, or doubt; questionable: Whether this is the best plan of action or not is arguable.
- non-fungible — (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.
- obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
- out-building — a detached building subordinate to a main building.
- outbalancing — Present participle of outbalance.
- outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- phillipsburg — a city in NW New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- public goods — services such as national defence, law enforcement, and road building, that are for the benefit of, and available to, all members of the public
- pudding club — the state of being pregnant (esp in the phrase in the pudding club)
- pulling boat — a boat propelled by oars alone.