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13-letter words containing g, e, l, o

  • belgian congo — former Belgian colony (1908-60) in central Africa: now the country of Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • belongingness — the human state of being an essential part of something
  • benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
  • benzoyl group — the univalent group C 7 H 5 O–, derived from benzoic acid.
  • berkeley logo — (language)   A Logo interpreter by Brian Harvey <[email protected]>. Berkeley Logo programs will run on Unix, IBM PC, or Macintosh. It doesn't do anything fancy about graphics and only allows one turtle. Version: 4.6, as of 2000-03-21.
  • beta globulin — a blood plasma protein that is separable from other globulins by electrophoresis.
  • beta-blocking — acting to inhibit the activity of the nerves that are stimulated by adrenaline
  • bible college — an institution of higher education that specializes in Bible study, typically for the education of Protestant clergy
  • bibliogenesis — the art of producing and publishing books.
  • bibliographer — an expert in bibliography
  • biodegradable — Something that is biodegradable breaks down or decays naturally without any special scientific treatment, and can therefore be thrown away without causing pollution.
  • bioecological — the study of the interrelations among living organisms in their natural environment; ecology.
  • biospeleology — the study of organisms that live in caves.
  • biotechnology — Biotechnology is the use of living parts such as cells or bacteria in industry and technology.
  • bitonal image — (graphics)   An image consisting only of a foreground colour and a background colour. Compare monochrome.
  • blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
  • blastogenesis — the theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted only by germ plasm
  • blood glucose — Blood glucose is glucose (= a type of sugar) in the bloodstream.
  • blood sausage — a kind of black sausage made from minced pork fat, pig's blood, and other ingredients
  • blood-letting — Blood-letting is violence or killing between groups of people, especially between rival armies.
  • blow a gasket — to burst out in anger
  • blow the gaff — to divulge a secret
  • blue grosbeak — a grosbeak, Guiraca caerulea, of the U.S., Mexico, and Central America, the male of which is blue with two rusty bars on each wing.
  • body language — Your body language is the way in which you show your feelings or thoughts to other people by means of the position or movements of your body, rather than with words.
  • boiling range — A boiling range is the temperature range involved in the distillation of oil, from the start to the time when it evaporates.
  • bone-chilling — extremely cold
  • book learning — knowledge gained from books rather than from direct personal experience
  • book-learning — knowledge acquired by reading books, as distinguished from that obtained through observation and experience.
  • booking clerk — A booking clerk is a person who sells tickets, especially in a railway station.
  • boole, george — George Boole
  • boolean logic — (logic)   A logic based on Boolean algebra.
  • borage family — any member of the plant family Boraginaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having simple, alternate, hairy leaves and usually blue, five-lobed flowers in a cluster that uncoils as they bloom, including borage, bugloss, and forget-me-not.
  • boroglyceride — any compound containing boric acid and glycerol, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
  • bottlenecking — a narrow entrance or passageway.
  • bougainvillea — Bougainvillea is a climbing plant that has thin, red or purple flowers and grows mainly in hot countries.
  • bowling alley — A bowling alley is a building which contains several tracks for bowling.
  • bowling green — A bowling green is an area of very smooth, short grass on which the game of bowls or lawn bowling is played.
  • bowling-green — a game played with wooden balls on a level, closely mowed green having a slight bias, the object being to roll one's ball as near as possible to a smaller white ball at the other end of the green. Also called bowls, bowling on the green. Compare bowl2 (def 2), bowling green, jack1 (def 7), rink (def 5).
  • brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
  • breechloading — loaded at the breech.
  • bring to life — to bring back to consciousness
  • buffalo grove — a city in NE Illinois.
  • cable molding — a molding in the form of a rope.
  • calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
  • canon regular — a clergyman of certain religious communities following a monastic rule
  • canonical age — the age specified by canon law when a person becomes eligible to participate in a certain rite or hold a certain office.
  • cape marigold — any composite plant of the genus Dimorphotheca, having variously colored, daisylike flowers.
  • cardiomegalia — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
  • carriage bolt — a round-headed bolt for timber, threaded along part of its shank, inserted into holes already drilled.
  • catalog verse — verse made by compiling long lists of everyday objects, names, or events, united by a common theme and often didactic in tone.
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