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13-letter words containing g, i, b, u

  • rubberbanding — (in online video games) the backward popping of characters in motion to their recently occupied spaces that results from high latency in the network connection.
  • rubbernecking — staring or gaping inquisitively, esp in a naive or foolish manner
  • running belay — the clipping of the rope through a karabiner attached to a sling, piton, nut, etc, secured to the mountain: used by a leading climber of a team to reduce the length of a possible fall
  • running board — a small ledge, step, or footboard, formerly beneath the doors of an automobile, to assist passengers entering or leaving the car.
  • self-doubting — lacking in confidence
  • shaving brush — a short, cylindrical brush with long, soft, bristles, used in lathering the face before shaving.
  • signed number — Mathematics. a number preceded by a plus sign (+) to indicate a positive quantity or by a minus sign (−) to indicate a negative quantity.
  • slimming club — a group of people who meet regularly and are all trying to lose weight
  • speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
  • spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
  • styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
  • sub-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
  • subastringent — slightly astringent.
  • subcategorize — to split into subcategories
  • subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
  • subcontiguous — almost touching; nearly contiguous.
  • subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
  • subjectifying — to make subjective.
  • subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
  • supreme being — God.
  • surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
  • swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
  • table-turning — the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits working through a group of persons placing their hands or fingers on the table top
  • the big house — a penitentiary (usually preceded by the).
  • the big issue — a weekly magazine, founded to highlight the plight of the homeless, and sold by homeless people
  • thumb-sucking — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
  • thyroglobulin — a protein which is found in the thyroid gland and which contains iodine
  • toothbrushing — the act or method of cleaning the teeth with a toothbrush.
  • tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
  • tribune group — (in Britain) a group made up of left-wing Labour Members of Parliament: founded 1966
  • troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
  • tubing hanger — A tubing hanger is a device which is attached to the top tubing joint and supports the tubing.
  • tumbling mill — A tumbling mill is a machine for reducing the particle size of a solid, with a drum which turns to lift and drop the feed mixed with a grinding medium.
  • turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
  • unambiguously — plainly, clearly
  • unbelligerent — not belligerent or hostile
  • unbenignantly — kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
  • unbeseemingly — in an unbeseeming or unbefitting manner
  • underclubbing — the action of hitting with a club resulting in insufficient distance
  • undiagnosable — unable to be diagnosed
  • undisguisable — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
  • ungainsayable — irrefutable
  • unneighboured — having no neighbour or neighbours
  • unneighbourly — unfriendly and unhelpful
  • unremembering — having no recollection or memory
  • unstabilizing — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
  • untremblingly — not tremblingly; in an untrembling manner; without trembling
  • upgradability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
  • veggie burger — A veggie burger is a flat round cake of food made from vegetables or beans. You broil or fry it.
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