13-letter words containing g, e, r, b, i
- filibustering — Present participle of filibuster.
- finger buffet — a buffet meal at which food that may be picked up with the fingers (finger food), such as canapés or vol-au-vents, is served
- fingerbreadth — the breadth of a finger: approximately 3/4 inch (2 cm).
- flabergasting — Present participle of flabergast.
- flight number — the identifying number of a scheduled flight
- flying bridge — Also called flybridge, fly bridge, monkey bridge. Nautical. a small, often open deck or platform above the pilothouse or main cabin, having duplicate controls and navigational equipment.
- frederiksberg — a city in E Denmark: a part of Copenhagen.
- frederiksburg — borough on Zealand island, Denmark: suburb of Copenhagen: pop. 88,000
- free climbing — climbing without using pitons, étriers, etc, as direct aids to ascent, but using ropes, belays, etc, at discretion for security
- gabriel fauré — Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- games library — a type of library for video games where games (usually downloaded via the internet) can be paid for per use rather than be bought at full price
- garcia robles — Alfonso [al-fon-soh,, -zoh;; Spanish ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ,, -zoʊ;; Spanish ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–91, Mexican diplomat: Nobel Prize 1982.
- ge-pano-carib — a linguistic phylum comprising a large number of aboriginal languages with scattered distribution in South America east of the Andes.
- geissler tube — a sealed glass tube with platinum connections at the ends, containing rarefied gas made luminous by an electrical discharge.
- gender binary — a classification system consisting of two genders, male and female.
- generalisable — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of generalizable.
- generalizable — to infer (a general principle, trend, etc.) from particular facts, statistics, or the like.
- genre-busting — not conforming to established patterns, styles, etc
- germinability — the degree of ability of a seed to germinate or sprout.
- gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
- get rid of sb — If you get rid of someone who is causing problems for you or who you do not like, you do something to prevent them affecting you any more, for example by making them leave.
- gibson desert — a desert in W central Australia: scrub; salt marshes. About 85,000 sq. mi. (220,000 sq. km).
- gingerbreaded — flavoured with gingerbread
- girl's blouse — used to refer to a man who is not behaving in a very strong or masculine way
- give birth to — an act or instance of being born: the day of his birth.
- give sb heart — If something gives you heart, it makes you feel more confident or happy about something.
- glacier table — a stone slab supported over the surface of a mountain glacier by a column or columns of ice.
- globetrotting — to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
- globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
- good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.
- good-neighbor — characterized by friendly political relations and mutual aid between countries.
- governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- gram-variable — of or relating to bacteria that stain irregularly with Gram's stain, being neither Gram-positive nor Gram-negative.
- graphitizable — (chemistry, of carbon) Able to be converted to graphite.
- grave-robbing — a person who steals valuables from graves and tombs: Graverobbers had emptied the Mayan tomb before archaeologists could examine its contents.
- great basinet — a basinet having a beaver permanently attached.
- great britain — an island of NW Europe, separated from the mainland by the English Channel and the North Sea: since 1707 the name has applied politically to England, Scotland, and Wales. 88,139 sq. mi. (228,280 sq. km).
- great grimsby — seaport in Humberside, NE England, at the mouth of the Humber estuary: county district pop. 91,000
- great lobelia — a North American plant, Lobelia siphilitica, having long, showy clusters of blue flowers.
- gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
- harlequin bug — a black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, having red and yellow markings, that feeds on cabbages and other cruciferous plants.
- heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- incorrigibles — Plural form of incorrigible.
- integrability — capable of being integrated, as a mathematical function or differential equation.
- interbreeding — Present participle of interbreed.
- irrefrangible — not to be broken or violated; inviolable: an irrefrangible rule of etiquette.
- irving berlin — Irving, 1888–1989, U.S. songwriter.