12-letter words containing g, a, b
- gambling den — a building operating as a business where money can be staked on playing games of chance
- gambling man — adult male who gambles
- 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.
- gang-banging — a series of acts of often forcible sexual intercourse engaged in by several persons successively with one passive partner.
- garbage dump — rubbish tip, place where refuse is disposed of
- garbological — Of or relating to garbology.
- garlic bread — baguette toasted with garlic and butter
- gas bacillus — any of several pathogenic bacilli, especially of the genus Clostridium, that produce gas in infected tissue.
- gastarbeiter — guest worker.
- gastric band — A gastric band is a device that is fitted inside someone's stomach to make it smaller in order to help them lose weight.
- 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.
- gibraltarian — a British crown colony comprising a fortress and seaport located on a narrow promontory near the S tip of Spain. 1.875 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- gingerbreads — Plural form of gingerbread.
- gingerbready — Resembling or characteristic of gingerbread.
- glabrousness — The quality of being glabrous.
- glassblowing — the art or process of forming or shaping a mass of molten or heat-softened glass into ware by blowing air into it through a tube.
- glazing bead — a convex molding nailed against the edge of a pane of glass to hold it in place.
- glioblastoma — A highly invasive glioma in the brain.
- 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.
- glossophobia — The fear of public speaking.
- gluten bread — bread made from gluten flour.
- go ballistic — of or relating to ballistics.
- go overboard — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
- go walkabout — to wander through the bush
- go-away bird — a common name for a grey-plumaged lourie of the genus Corythaixoides
- gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- gondola back — a chair or couch back curving forward and downward to form arms.
- gradeability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
- graft hybrid — a hybrid plant that is produced by grafting and that exhibits characters of both the stock and the scion.
- grand bahama — an island in the NW Bahamas. 430 sq. mi. (1115 sq. km).
- grand kabuki — kabuki (def 2).
- granuloblast — an immature granulocyte.
- graphophobia — Fear or dislike of writing.
- gravel-blind — more blind or dim-sighted than sand-blind and less than stone-blind.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- gray catbird — any of several American or Australian birds having catlike cries, especially Dumetella carolinensis (gray catbird) of North America.