13-letter words containing g, a, b, r
- millau bridge — a road bridge, the highest in the world, crossing the River Tarn in the Massif Central in SW France; designed by Sir Norman Foster and opened in 2004
- molding board — a board upon which bread is kneaded, cookies prepared, etc.
- mortgage bond — a bond secured by a mortgage on real estate or other property.
- mount gambier — a city in S Australia.
- mourning band — a piece of black material, esp an armband, worn to indicate that the wearer is in mourning
- nitrogen base — Chemistry, Biochemistry. a nitrogen-containing organic compound that has the chemical properties of a base, especially a pyrimidine or purine: Four nitrogen bases are present in a DNA molecule.
- non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
- non-frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
- nondegradable — not subject to or capable of degradation or decomposition: nondegradable waste.
- nonobligatory — Not obligatory; not required; optional.
- noogoora burr — a European cocklebur, Xanthium pungens, that is poisonous to stock
- novo hamburgo — a city in Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil.
- objurgatively — In an objurgative or reproving manner.
- old bulgarian — the Bulgarian language of the Middle Ages.
- organ-builder — a maker of organs
- overbalancing — Present participle of overbalance.
- overbearingly — domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant.
- overbreathing — hyperventilation
- overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.
- parking brake — emergency brake.
- parking orbit — a temporary orbit in which a spacecraft awaits the next phase of its mission.
- path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
- pebble garden — a small ornamental garden mainly composed of an arrangement of pebbles
- phlebographic — relating to phlebography or the X-ray imaging of a vein that has been injected with a dye that is visible on the image taken
- pigeon breast — chicken breast.
- piggyback car — a flatcar designed to accommodate containers or highway truck trailers.
- pine grosbeak — a large grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, of coniferous forests of northern North America and Eurasia, the male of which has rose and gray plumage.
- plain bearing — any of various bearings, not containing rolling elements, that present to the shaft or axle they support broad areas of corresponding form, usually segments of a cylinder.
- pouring-basin — (in a vacuum induction furnace) a trough through which molten metal flows under vacuum to a mold chamber.
- prebiological — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
- public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
- queer-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked verbal or physical assaults upon homosexuals or supposed homosexuals
- rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
- rambling club — a club for people who enjoy taking walks in the country
- rambling rose — any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation
- rearrangeable — to place in proper, desired, or convenient order; adjust properly: to arrange books on a shelf.
- regular bevel — the bevel of a bolt or lock on a door opening into the building, room, etc., to which the doorway leads (opposed to reverse bevel).
- rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
- rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
- riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
- right bracket — (character) "]". ASCII character 93. Common names: right square bracket; ITU-T: closing bracket; unbracket. Rare: unsquare; INTERCAL: U turn back. Paired with left bracket.
- right-brained — having the right brain dominant, therefore being more adept at spatial and nonverbal concepts and being more creative and emotional than logical and analytical.
- road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
- robot dancing — a dance of the 1980s characterized by jerky mechanical movements
- rollerblading — skating on rollerblades
- rough as bags — uncouth
- 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.
- 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.