13-letter words containing b, u, n, g
- river bugging — the activity or sport of rafting down fast-flowing rivers on a small inflatable single-seat craft, a river bug, that resembles an armchair
- rubberbanding — (in online video games) the backward popping of characters in motion to their recently occupied spaces that results from high latency in the network connection.
- rubbernecking — staring or gaping inquisitively, esp in a naive or foolish manner
- run sb ragged — If someone runs you ragged, they make you do so much that you become exhausted.
- running belay — the clipping of the rope through a karabiner attached to a sling, piton, nut, etc, secured to the mountain: used by a leading climber of a team to reduce the length of a possible fall
- running board — a small ledge, step, or footboard, formerly beneath the doors of an automobile, to assist passengers entering or leaving the car.
- self-doubting — lacking in confidence
- shaving brush — a short, cylindrical brush with long, soft, bristles, used in lathering the face before shaving.
- signed number — Mathematics. a number preceded by a plus sign (+) to indicate a positive quantity or by a minus sign (−) to indicate a negative quantity.
- skunk cabbage — a low, fetid, broad-leaved North American plant, Symplocarpus foetidus, of the arum family, having a brownish-purple and green mottled spathe surrounding a stout spadix, growing in moist ground.
- slimming club — a group of people who meet regularly and are all trying to lose weight
- speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
- sponge rubber — a light, spongy rubber, usually prepared by bubbling carbon dioxide through or whipping air into latex, used for padding, insulation, gaskets, etc.; foam rubber.
- spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
- styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
- sub-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- subastringent — slightly astringent.
- subcontiguous — almost touching; nearly contiguous.
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- subgeneration — a generation within another generation
- subgovernment — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- subjectifying — to make subjective.
- subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
- supreme being — God.
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- table-turning — the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits working through a group of persons placing their hands or fingers on the table top
- thumb-sucking — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- thyroglobulin — a protein which is found in the thyroid gland and which contains iodine
- toothbrushing — the act or method of cleaning the teeth with a toothbrush.
- tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
- tribune group — (in Britain) a group made up of left-wing Labour Members of Parliament: founded 1966
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- tubing hanger — A tubing hanger is a device which is attached to the top tubing joint and supports the tubing.
- tumbling mill — A tumbling mill is a machine for reducing the particle size of a solid, with a drum which turns to lift and drop the feed mixed with a grinding medium.
- turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
- unambiguously — plainly, clearly
- unassuageable — not able to be assuaged or relieved
- unbelligerent — not belligerent or hostile
- unbenignantly — kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
- unbeseemingly — in an unbeseeming or unbefitting manner
- underbudgeted — furnished with an insufficient budget; not having sufficient funds made available.
- underclubbing — the action of hitting with a club resulting in insufficient distance
- undiagnosable — unable to be diagnosed
- undisguisable — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
- unforgettable — impossible to forget; indelibly impressed on the memory: scenes of unforgettable beauty.
- unforgettably — impossible to forget; indelibly impressed on the memory: scenes of unforgettable beauty.
- ungainsayable — irrefutable
- unneighboured — having no neighbour or neighbours
- unneighbourly — unfriendly and unhelpful
- unregrettable — causing or deserving regret; unfortunate; deplorable.