11-letter words containing g, i, b, n
- kissing bug — Informal. a person much given to kissing. an irresistible desire to kiss or be kissed.
- labializing — Present participle of labialize.
- laborsaving — designed or intended to reduce or replace human labor: The dishwasher is a laborsaving device.
- land bridge — Geology. an actual or hypothetical strip of land, subject to submergence, that connects adjacent continental landmasses and serves as a route of dispersal for plants and animals: a prehistoric land bridge between Asia and North America.
- landlubbing — an unseasoned sailor or someone unfamiliar with the sea.
- langbeinite — a mineral, K 2 Mg 2 (SO 4) 3 , occurring in marine salt deposits, used as a fertilizer because of its potassium content.
- langobardic — Lombard1 (def 4).
- law-abiding — obeying or keeping the law; obedient to law: law-abiding citizens.
- lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
- legibleness — Legibility.
- libertinage — libertine practices or habits of life; disregard of authority or convention in sexual or religious matters.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- linebacking — the act of forming a second line of defence, close to the linesman
- lingenberry — The lingonberry.
- lingonberry — mountain cranberry.
- living bank — a facility in which donated human organs or tissues are preserved for subsequent transplantation.
- loading bay — dock where cargo is loaded
- long-limbed — having long limbs
- lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lumbaginous — relating to, or suffering from, lumbago
- lumberingly — With heavy, clumsy movements.
- marbleizing — Present participle of marbleize.
- martinsburg — a city in NE West Virginia.
- mating ball — a writhing mass of snakes, usually composed of a single female and 10 or more males attempting to mate with her.
- minangkabau — a member of an Indonesian people native to west-central Sumatra.
- mindblowing — Alternative spelling of mind-blowing.
- minicabbing — the act of driving a minicab
- misbecoming — Present participle of misbecome.
- misbegotten — unlawfully or irregularly begotten; born of unmarried parents; illegitimate: his misbegotten son.
- misbehaving — to behave badly or improperly: The children misbehaved during our visit.
- misdoubting — Present participle of misdoubt.
- mislabeling — Present participle of mislabel.
- mixing bowl — receptacle for stirring ingredients
- mockingbird — any of several gray, black, and white songbirds of the genus Mimus, especially M. polyglottos, of the U.S. and Mexico, noted for their ability to mimic the songs of other birds.
- mothballing — Present participle of mothball.
- nail-biting — the act or practice of biting one's fingernails, especially as the result of anxiety or nervousness.
- navigatable — Navigable.
- negotiables — Plural form of negotiable.
- negrophobia — strong fear or dislike of black people.
- neighboring — situated or living near another: one of our neighbor nations.
- neighbourly — (British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
- neuroglobin — (protein) Any of a class of vertebrate globins involved in cellular oxygen homeostasis.
- new biology — the branch of biology that deals with the nature of biological phenomena at the molecular level through the study of DNA and RNA, proteins, and other macromolecules involved in genetic information and cell function, characteristically making use of advanced tools and techniques of separation, manipulation, imaging, and analysis.
- night table — a small table, chest, etc., for use next to a bed.
- night-blind — a condition of the eyes in which vision is normal in daylight but abnormally poor at night or in a dim light; nyctalopia.
- non-abiding — continuing without change; enduring; steadfast: an abiding faith.
- nonbreaking — Alternative spelling of non-breaking.
- nonbreeding — Not breeding.
- nonbuilding — Not being or pertaining to a building.
- noneligible — fit or proper to be chosen; worthy of choice; desirable: to marry an eligible bachelor. Synonyms: suitable, fitting. Antonyms: ineligible, unsuitable, unacceptable.