12-letter words containing g, e, r, b, o, a
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- elbow grease — physical effort
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.
- forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- gaboon viper — a large, venomous snake, Bitis gabonica, of tropical African forests, having large retractable fangs and geometrically patterned scales of yellow, brown, and sometimes purple.
- 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).
- 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.
- glabrousness — The quality of being glabrous.
- 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.
- go overboard — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- honey badger — ratel.
- hopper barge — a barge for disposing of garbage, dredged material, etc., having hoppers in the bottom through which such cargo can be dumped.
- iambographer — a person who writes iambs
- interrobangs — Plural form of interrobang.
- interrogable — capable of being interrogated
- johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- kiteboarding — A sport in which participants ride a form of wakeboard or surfboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by the rider.
- ledger board — a horizontal board, as in a fence.
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
- longyearbyen — a village on Spitsbergen island, administrative centre of the Svalbard archipelago: coal-mining
- messageboard — Alternative spelling of message board.
- munro-bagger — a person who climbs as many Munros as possible
- non-arguable — susceptible to debate, challenge, or doubt; questionable: Whether this is the best plan of action or not is arguable.
- nonbreaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- nonbreathing — not breathing
- oberammergau — a village in S Germany, SW of Munich: famous for the passion play performed there every ten years.
- obliterating — Present participle of obliterate.
- omega baryon — a negative baryon having a mass 3272 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of 8 X 10 -11 seconds.
- phlebography — venography.
- powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- problem page — a feature in a newspaper, magazine, etc in which readers' problems are published and answers supplied
- programmable — capable of being programmed.
- ragged robin — a plant, Lychnis flos-cuculi, of the pink family, having pink or white flowers with dissected petals.
- reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
- recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- renegotiable — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
- shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
- snobographer — a person who writes about snobs