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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
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