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15-letter words containing g, i, b, n

  • right-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the right, or starboard, side.
  • riverbank grape — a high-climbing vine, Vitis riparia, of eastern North America, having fragrant flowers and nearly black fruit.
  • roger bannister — Sir Roger (Gilbert) born 1929, English track and field athlete: first to run a mile in less than four minutes.
  • rolling bearing — any bearing in which the antifriction action depends on the rolling action of balls or rollers
  • rough breathing — the symbol (ʿ) used in the writing of Greek to indicate aspiration of the initial vowel or of the ρ (rho) over which it is placed.
  • rubbing alcohol — a poisonous solution of about 70 percent isopropyl or denatured ethyl alcohol, usually containing a perfume oil, used chiefly in massaging.
  • running bowline — a type of slipknot formed by running the standing line through the loop formed in a regular bowline
  • sauvignon blanc — a white grape grown primarily in France and California.
  • saviour sibling — a child conceived through IVF and screened for compatibility with a terminally or seriously ill sibling in order to provide organ or cell donations as a form of treatment
  • scolding bridle — branks.
  • scrubbing brush — a handheld brush with short stiff bristles, used esp for scrubbing floors
  • second blessing — an experience of sanctification coming after conversion.
  • self-abnegation — self-denial or self-sacrifice.
  • self-subsisting — to exist; continue in existence.
  • shopping basket — a metal or plastic container with one or two handles, used to carry shopping in a shop
  • sibling rivalry — the feeling of competitiveness that often exists between brothers and sisters
  • sibling species — one of two or more species that closely resemble one another but whose members cannot interbreed successfully.
  • single-breasted — (of a coat, jacket, etc.) having a front closure directly in the center with only a narrow overlap secured by a single button or row of buttons.
  • single-sideband — of or pertaining to a system of radio transmission in which one of the two sidebands produced during modulation is suppressed
  • slab plastering — coarse plastering, as between the studs in a half-timbered wall.
  • slavonian grebe — a N Eurasian or N American grebe with reddish underside and a black and gold crest; Podiceps auritus
  • sleeping beauty — a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.
  • sleeping tablet — A sleeping tablet is the same as a sleeping pill.
  • sliver building — a very narrow skyscraper designed in response to restriction of the building site or zoning, frequently containing only a single apartment per floor or comparably limited office space.
  • smelling bottle — a small bottle or vial for holding smelling salts or perfume.
  • snapping beetle — click beetle.
  • social climbing — advancement of one's social status
  • southern blight — a disease of peanuts, tomatoes, and other plants, caused by a fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii, affecting the roots and resulting in rapid wilting.
  • starting blocks — the rigid blocks adjustable at an angle and mounted on a track against which a runner's shoes are placed to aid in starting
  • string variable — data on which arithmetical operations will not be performed
  • strobe lighting — a high-intensity flashing beam of light produced by rapid electrical discharges in a tube or by a perforated disc rotating in front of an intense light source: used in discotheques, etc
  • stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
  • sub-machine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • subintelligence — below average intelligence
  • subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
  • subject-raising — a rule that moves the subject of a complement clause into the clause in which it is embedded, as in the derivation of He is likely to be late from It is likely that he will be late
  • subminimum wage — See example at subminimum (def 1).
  • suborganization — an organization within a larger organization
  • suicide bombing — a terrorist bomb attack in which the perpetrator knows that he or she will be killed in the explosion
  • svedberg (unit) — a unit of time, equal to 10-13 second, used in determining the rate of sedimentation of a macromolecule in an ultracentrifuge
  • swing both ways — to enjoy sexual partners of both sexes
  • system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
  • tangible assets — valuable items: cash, property, etc.
  • ten-pin bowling — game of skittles
  • thimble-rigging — a sleight-of-hand swindling game in which the operator palms a pellet or pea while appearing to cover it with one of three thimblelike cups, and then, moving the cups about, offers to bet that no one can tell under which cup the pellet or pea lies.
  • traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
  • troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • tumbling barrel — a rotating drum for subjecting materials or small manufactured objects, loosely placed inside, to a tumbling action, as to mix materials or to polish objects by friction with one another or with an abrasive.
  • tunbridge wells — a city in SW Kent, in SE England: mineral springs; resort.
  • turbojet engine — a jet-propulsion engine in which air from the atmosphere is compressed for combustion by a turbine-driven compressor.
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