13-letter words containing g, i, b, u
- gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
- guinea-bissau — a republic on the W coast of Africa, between Guinea and Senegal: formerly a Portuguese overseas province; gained independence in 1974. 13,948 sq. mi. (36,125 sq. km). Capital: Bissau.
- harlequin bug — a black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, having red and yellow markings, that feeds on cabbages and other cruciferous plants.
- honour bright — an exclamation pledging honour
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
- husking (bee) — cornhusking (sense 2)
- hybrid vigour — the increased size, strength, etc, of a hybrid as compared to either of its parents
- immunobiology — the study of the immune response and the biological aspects of immunity to disease.
- jitterbugging — Present participle of jitterbug.
- king's bounty — a grant, given in the royal name, to a mother of triplets.
- kirkcudbright — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- lactoglobulin — A protein or mixture of similar proteins occurring in milk, obtained after the removal of casein and precipitated in a salt solution.
- lightning bug — firefly.
- lingual brace — a specialized dental brace that fits behind the teeth so that it is not visible when the wearer speaks or smiles.
- loft building — a building of several floors with large areas of unobstructed space, originally rented out for light industrial purposes and now frequently converted to residential occupancy.
- luxembourgian — of or relating to Luxembourg, its people, or their language.
- luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
- macroglobulin — A plasma globulin of high molecular weight.
- middleborough — a town in SE Massachusetts.
- middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
- midnight blue — Something that is midnight blue is a very dark blue colour, almost black.
- midriff bulge — a roll of fat around your midriff
- millau bridge — a road bridge, the highest in the world, crossing the River Tarn in the Massif Central in SW France; designed by Sir Norman Foster and opened in 2004
- moneygrubbing — Alternative spelling of money-grubbing.
- mount gambier — a city in S Australia.
- mountebanking — Present participle of mountebank.
- mourning band — a piece of black material, esp an armband, worn to indicate that the wearer is in mourning
- multibuilding — involving multiple buildings
- neighbourhood — Standard spelling of neighborhood.
- nightclubbing — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.
- non-ambiguity — doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention: to speak with ambiguity; an ambiguity of manner.
- objurgatively — In an objurgative or reproving manner.
- oblique angle — an angle that is not a right angle; an acute or obtuse angle.
- old bulgarian — the Bulgarian language of the Middle Ages.
- organ-builder — a maker of organs
- overburdening — Present participle of overburden.
- postbourgeois — (in Marxist thought) belonging to a period of society after the decline of the bourgeoisie
- pouring-basin — (in a vacuum induction furnace) a trough through which molten metal flows under vacuum to a mold chamber.
- public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
- pudding basin — A pudding basin is a deep round bowl that is used in the kitchen, especially for mixing or for cooking puddings.
- queer-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked verbal or physical assaults upon homosexuals or supposed homosexuals
- rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
- rambling club — a club for people who enjoy taking walks in the country
- re-submitting — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
- river bugging — the activity or sport of rafting down fast-flowing rivers on a small inflatable single-seat craft, a river bug, that resembles an armchair
- roxburghshire — a historic county in SE Scotland.
- rubber bridge — a form of contract bridge in which deals are not replayed and in which scores are settled after each rubber.