13-letter words containing c, a, b, g
- bignoniaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Bignoniaceae, a chiefly tropical family of trees, shrubs, and lianas, including jacaranda, bignonia, and catalpa
- bioecological — the study of the interrelations among living organisms in their natural environment; ecology.
- bird-watching — Bird-watching is the activity of watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
- birectangular — having two right angles.
- black english — the group of related dialects of American English spoken variously by many black people in the U.S.
- black margate — a grayish grunt, Anisotremus surinamensis, of the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil.
- black pudding — Black pudding is a thick sausage which has a black skin and is made from pork fat and pig's blood.
- black-bag job — surreptitious or illegal entry or activity by government agents seeking incriminating evidence.
- blacksmithing — the work of a blacksmith.
- block diagram — a diagram showing the interconnections between the parts of an industrial process
- boarding card — A boarding card is a card which a passenger must have when boarding a plane or a boat.
- boolean logic — (logic) A logic based on Boolean algebra.
- boraginaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Boraginaceae, a family of temperate and tropical typically hairy-leaved flowering plants that includes forget-me-not, lungwort, borage, comfrey, and heliotrope
- bowling match — a game of bowls
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- braggadocious — boastful
- brain-picking — the act of obtaining information or ideas by questioning another person.
- break dancing — a style of dance engaged in by youths, involving acrobatic movements, spinning about on the head or shoulders, etc.
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- bronchography — radiography of the bronchial tubes after the introduction of a radiopaque medium into the bronchi
- buccaneerings — the characteristic actions of a buccaneer
- buck and wing — a boisterous tap dance, derived from Black and Irish clog dances
- buck sergeant — a newly promoted sergeant
- bullace grape — the thick-skinned musk-scented purple grape produced by this plant: used to make wine
- cabbage aphid — a small, blue aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae, that feeds on cabbage and related plants.
- cabbage white — any large white butterfly of the genus Pieris, esp the Eurasian species P. brassicae, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of cabbages and related vegetables: family Pieridae
- cabinetmaking — the manufacture of fine furniture and other woodwork.
- cable molding — a molding in the form of a rope.
- cannibalizing — Present participle of cannibalize.
- canning basin — an arid basin in NW Western Australia, largely unexplored. Area: 400 000 sq km (150 000 sq miles)
- cannonballing — Present participle of cannonball.
- carbo-loading — Informal. carbohydrate loading.
- carbon dating — Carbon dating is a system of calculating the age of a very old object by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon it contains.
- carpetbaggers — U.S. History. a Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War and became active in Republican politics, especially so as to profiteer from the unsettled social and political conditions of the area during Reconstruction.
- carpetbaggery — the practice of being a carpetbagger
- carpetbagging — relating to carpetbaggers or to the practice of carpetbaggers
- carriage bolt — a round-headed bolt for timber, threaded along part of its shank, inserted into holes already drilled.
- categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
- categorizable — Capable of being categorized.
- challengeable — a call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength, etc.
- chamber organ — a small compact organ used esp for the authentic performance of preclassical music
- changeability — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- chargeability — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
- child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
- circumambages — round-about methods
- clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
- clearing bath — any solution for removing material from the surface of a photographic image, as silver halide, metallic silver, or a dye or stain.
- climbing wall — a specially constructed wall with recessed and projecting holds to give practice in rock climbing; a feature of many sports centres
- coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
- coagulability — The ability to coagulate, of being coagulable.