12-letter words containing e, b, a
- gamboge tree — any of several tropical Asian trees of the genus Garcinia, esp G. hanburyi, that yield this resin: family Clusiaceae
- gambrel roof — a gable roof, each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one. Compare mansard (def 1).
- gaming table — a table used for gambling, especially one designed with a game board and slots for chips.
- garbage dump — rubbish tip, place where refuse is disposed of
- garlic bread — baguette toasted with garlic and butter
- gastarbeiter — guest worker.
- gebrselassie — Haile (ˈhaɪlɪ). born 1973, Ethiopian athlete; won gold medals in the 10,000 metres at the Olympics (1996, 2000) and in four consecutive World Championships (1993–99)
- geelvink bay — former (Dutch) name of Sarera Bay.
- gene library — a collection of gene clones that represents the genetic material of an organism: used in genetic engineering
- generability — capable of being generated or produced.
- geneva bands — a pair of white lawn or linen strips hanging from the front of the neck or collar of some ecclesiastical and academic robes
- gentian blue — a purplish-blue colour
- geobotanical — of or relating to geobotany
- georges bank — a bank extending generally NE from Nantucket: fishing grounds. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- georgian bay — the NE part of Lake Huron, in Ontario, Canada. 6000 sq. mi. (15,500 sq. km).
- germanophobe — a person who hates or fears Germany, Germans, or German culture.
- get a bun on — to become drunk
- geyser basin — an area containing a group of geysers.
- gingerbreads — Plural form of gingerbread.
- gingerbready — Resembling or characteristic of gingerbread.
- glabrousness — The quality of being glabrous.
- glazing bead — a convex molding nailed against the edge of a pane of glass to hold it in place.
- global index — (filename extension) (gid) The filename extension of a Windows 95 "global index" file. .gid files are created by the help browser internal to Windows 95 (also available for other Windows versions) for WinHelp files (hlp), as well as for storing user preferences, such as window position.
- global reach — When people talk about the global reach of a company or industry, they mean its ability to have customers in many different parts of the world.
- gluten bread — bread made from gluten flour.
- go overboard — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
- gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- gradeability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
- gravel-blind — more blind or dim-sighted than sand-blind and less than stone-blind.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- great gatsby — a novel (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
- grecian bend — (especially in the late 19th century) a posture or walk, often considered fashionable, in which the body is bent forward from the waist.
- greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- grey warbler — a small bush bird that hatches the eggs of the shining cuckoo
- griddlebread — bread or cake made on a griddle
- grizzly bear — a large North American brown bear, Ursus (arctos) horribilis, with coarse, gray-tipped brown fur, once widespread in the western part of the continent as far south as northern Mexico but now restricted to some regions of Alaska, western Canada, and the U.S. Rocky Mountains: a threatened species except in Alaska.
- 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.
- gum-benjamin — Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
- haberdashers — Plural form of haberdasher.
- haberdashery — a haberdasher's shop.
- habilimented — Clothed.
- habilitative — to clothe or dress.
- habitualness — The characteristic of being habitual.
- haematoblast — any of the undifferentiated cells in the bone marrow that develop into blood cells
- hairpin bend — A hairpin bend or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- hairsbreadth — a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
- half brother — brother (def 2).
- half-blooded — having parents of two different breeds, species, or the like.