12-letter words containing g, b, m
- bumping race — (esp at Oxford and Cambridge) a race in which rowing eights start an equal distance one behind the other and each tries to bump the boat in front
- bur marigold — any plant of the genus Bidens that has yellow flowers and pointed fruits that cling to fur and clothing: family Asteraceae (composites)
- cabbage moth — a common brownish noctuid moth, Mamestra brassicae, the larva of which is destructive of cabbages and other plants
- cabbage palm — a West Indian palm, Roystonea (or Oreodoxa) oleracea, whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage
- chambersburg — a city in central Pennsylvania.
- climbingfish — climbing perch.
- currycombing — Present participle of currycomb.
- demobilizing — Present participle of demobilize.
- diagrammable — able to be diagrammed or representable by a diagram
- disambiguate — to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence “She lectured on the famous passenger ship,” you'll have to write either “lectured on board” or “lectured about.”.
- disembarking — Present participle of disembark.
- disembedding — Present participle of disembed.
- disembodying — Present participle of disembody.
- disembrangle — to disentangle (a person or thing)
- dismembering — Present participle of dismember.
- dumbfounding — Present participle of dumbfound.
- dumbing down — the act or process of making something less intellectually demanding; a pejorative use
- embarrassing — Causing embarrassment.
- embellishing — Present participle of embellish.
- embourgeoise — to make bourgeois
- embroidering — Present participle of embroider.
- embryologist — An expert or specialist in embryology.
- everblooming — (of a plant) blooming repeatedly during the growing season
- fibromyalgia — a syndrome characterized by fatigue and chronic pain in the muscles and in tissues surrounding the joints.
- foggy bottom — a low-lying area bordering the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
- 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.
- garbage dump — rubbish tip, place where refuse is disposed of
- gemel bottle — a bottle consisting of two flasks set side by side with the necks curving in opposite directions.
- germanophobe — a person who hates or fears Germany, Germans, or German culture.
- gimme birdie — a birdie in which the final putt is a gimme
- glioblastoma — A highly invasive glioma in the brain.
- grand bahama — an island in the NW Bahamas. 430 sq. mi. (1115 sq. km).
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- 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.
- 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.
- gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
- high wycombe — a town in S central England, in S Buckinghamshire: furniture industry. Pop: 77 178 (2001)
- hillclimbing — (sports) A form of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock on an uphill course.
- hobgoblinism — a belief in hobgoblins
- home banking — a system whereby a person at home or in an office can use a computer with a modem to call up information from a bank or to transfer funds electronically
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- honeycombing — Present participle of honeycomb.
- hummingbirds — Plural form of hummingbird.
- iambographer — a person who writes iambs
- ice climbing — sport: scaling icy cliffs