15-letter words containing g, i, b
- gibson, william — William Gibson
- gift of the gab — ability to speak effortlessly, glibly, or persuasively
- gilbert islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific: with Banaba, the Phoenix Islands, and three of the Line Islands they constitute the independent state of Kiribati; until 1975 they formed part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands; achieved full independence in 1979. Pop: 82 902 (2005). Area: 295 sq km (114 sq miles)
- gingerbread man — biscuit in the shape of a man
- give me a break — to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase.
- give sb a break — You can say 'give me a break' to show that you are annoyed by what someone has said or done.
- globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
- globe lightning — ball lightning.
- globus pallidus — anatomy: part of the brain
- gnotobiological — relating to gnotobiology
- golden boy/girl — If you refer to a man as a golden boy or a woman as a golden girl, you mean that they are especially popular and successful.
- grabber pointer — (operating system) A mouse pointer sprite in the shape of a small hand that closes when a mouse button is clicked, indicating that the object on the screen under the pointer has been selected.
- great rebellion — English Civil War.
- ground-breaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
- groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
- groutlock brick — a brick chamfered on its inner angles to allow space for vertical and horizontal reinforcing rods sealed in grout.
- gulf of bothnia — an arm of the Baltic Sea, extending north between Sweden and Finland
- gutenberg bible — an edition of the Vulgate printed at Mainz before 1456, ascribed to Gutenberg and others: probably the first large book printed with movable type.
- gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
- haemoglobinuria — the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- halting problem — The problem of determining in advance whether a particular program or algorithm will terminate or run forever. The halting problem is the canonical example of a provably unsolvable problem. Obviously any attempt to answer the question by actually executing the algorithm or simulating each step of its execution will only give an answer if the algorithm under consideration does terminate, otherwise the algorithm attempting to answer the question will itself run forever. Some special cases of the halting problem are partially solvable given sufficient resources. For example, if it is possible to record the complete state of the execution of the algorithm at each step and the current state is ever identical to some previous state then the algorithm is in a loop. This might require an arbitrary amount of storage however. Alternatively, if there are at most N possible different states then the algorithm can run for at most N steps without looping. A program analysis called termination analysis attempts to answer this question for limited kinds of input algorithm.
- hard-boiled egg — egg boiled until the yolk is set
- have got it bad — to be infatuated
- heartbreakingly — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heavy breathing — stertorous breathing or breathing done with difficulty
- hiberno-english — Also called Anglo-Irish. the English language as spoken in Ireland.
- high-fibre diet — a diet which contains a lot of fibre, supposed to help keep your digestive system healthy
- highway robbery — robbery committed on a highway against travelers, as by a highwayman.
- hindenburg line — a line of elaborate fortifications established by the German army in World War I, near the French-Belgian border, from Lille SE to Metz.
- hot-bulb engine — a low-compression oil engine requiring a heated bulb or cap for ignition.
- housing benefit — In Britain, housing benefit is money that the government gives to people with no income or very low incomes to pay for part or all of their rent.
- humpback bridge — arched bridge
- hydrobiological — of or relating to hydrobiology
- i beg to differ — You say 'I beg to differ' when you are politely emphasizing that you disagree with someone.
- iceberg lettuce — a variety of lettuce having a cabbagelike head of crisp leaves.
- immunoglobulins — Plural form of immunoglobulin.
- impregnableness — The state of being impregnable; impregnability.
- incorrigibility — not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
- indigestibility — The state of being indigestible.
- ingush republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: part of the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Republic from 1936 until 1992. Capital: Magas (formerly at Nazran). Pop: 468 900 (2002). Area: 3600 sq km (1390 sq miles)
- intelligibility — the quality or condition of being intelligible; capability of being understood.
- interchangeable — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
- interchangeably — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
- invisible glass — glass that has been curved to eliminate reflections.
- irrefragability — How irrefragable something is.
- it's a good job — If you say it's a good thing, or in British English it's a good job, that something is the case, you mean that it is fortunate.
- jobbing printer — a person who prints mainly commercial and display work rather than books or newspapers
- journal bearing — a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).