12-letter words containing g, o, b, s
- lugubriously — In a lugubrious manner.
- messageboard — Alternative spelling of message board.
- metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- noble savage — primitive indigenous person
- nonabsorbing — That does not absorb (sound, radiation, fluid etc.).
- nonambiguous — not ambiguous, clear
- nonbiologist — a person who is not a biologist
- nosebleeding — bleeding emanating from the nose
- object glass — objective (def 3).
- obligingness — The quality of being obliging; the tendency to cater for the desires of others.
- obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
- oneg shabbat — a Jewish celebration in honor of the Sabbath that takes place on Friday evening or Saturday afternoon and usually includes a program of songs, a lecture, and refreshments.
- outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- 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
- reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- riding boots — long boots worn for horse-riding
- rubber goods — contraceptives; condoms
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- sailing boat — sailboat.
- saprobiology — the branch of ecology that studies decaying organic matter or environments, especially saprophytes that derive nourishment in this way.
- savings bond — a U.S. government bond with principal amounts up to $10,000.
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
- shooting box — a small house or lodge for use during the shooting season.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- shopping bag — a strong, usually paper or plastic, bag with handles, used to carry purchases or belongings.
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
- shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
- sigma baryon — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
- signal board — a board for displaying electrically transmitted signals and indicating their source.
- sleeper goby — any gobioid fish of the family Eleotridae, of brackish or fresh tropical waters, resembling the gobies but lacking a ventral sucker
- slow-burning — (of combustible material) burning relatively slowly
- snobographer — a person who writes about snobs
- snow bunting — a bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis, of the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere having white plumage.
- snowboarding — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- 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.
- sorghum beer — beer made from sorghum or millet
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- spinning box — centrifugal box.
- spongioblast — one of the primordial cells in the embryonic brain and spinal cord capable of developing into neuroglia.
- spun-bonding — a process for forming nonwoven fabrics, usually of limited durability, by bonding continuous-filament synthetic fibers immediately after extrusion.
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- stockbroking — business of buying and selling stock
- storage tube — an electron tube in which information is stored as charges for a predetermined time
- store-bought — commercially made rather than homemade.
- strobe light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strobe-light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.