12-letter words containing g, l, i, b, c
- coal-burning — fuelled by burning coal
- configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- conglobation — Formation into a ball, globe or rounded mass.
- corbie gable — a gable having corbie-steps
- cryoglobulin — an abnormal immunoglobulin, present in the blood in certain diseases, that precipitates below about 10°C, obstructing small blood vessels in the fingers and toes
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- enabling act — a legislative act conferring certain specified powers on a person or organization
- engine block — the metal casting containing the piston chambers of an internal combustion engine
- garbological — Of or relating to garbology.
- garlic bread — baguette toasted with garlic and butter
- gas bacillus — any of several pathogenic bacilli, especially of the genus Clostridium, that produce gas in infected tissue.
- geobotanical — of or relating to geobotany
- go ballistic — of or relating to ballistics.
- goldbricking — Present participle of goldbrick.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- hillclimbing — (sports) A form of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock on an uphill course.
- ice climbing — sport: scaling icy cliffs
- incoagulable — of a nature that cannot be coagulated
- incognizable — Not cognizable; incapable of being recognised.
- incorrigible — not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
- incorrigibly — not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
- magic bullet — something that cures or remedies without causing harmful side effects: So far there is no magic bullet for economic woes.
- microbiology — study of microorganisms
- microblogger — to post very short entries, as a brief update or a photo, on a blog or social media website: A lot of people were microblogging during the crisis.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
- outbalancing — Present participle of outbalance.
- public goods — services such as national defence, law enforcement, and road building, that are for the benefit of, and available to, all members of the public
- pudding club — the state of being pregnant (esp in the phrase in the pudding club)
- recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
- rib-tickling — very amusing; funny or hilarious: a book of rib-tickling stories.
- sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
- scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
- scribblingly — in a scribbling manner
- scribbly gum — any species of the genus Eucalyptus with smooth white bark marked with random patterns made by wood-boring insects
- sociobiology — the study of social behavior in animals with emphasis on the role of behavior in survival and reproduction, engaging branches of ethology, population genetics, and ecology.
- tribological — relating to tribology
- unbecomingly — detracting from one's appearance, character, or reputation; unattractive or unseemly: an unbecoming hat; unbecoming language.
- unbiological — pertaining to biology.
- uncognizable — capable of being perceived or known.
- wild cabbage — a European plant, Brassica oleracea, with broad leaves and a long spike of yellow flowers: the plant from which the cabbages, cauliflower, broccoli, and Brussels sprout have been bred