15-letter words containing g, o, b, s
- congealableness — the quality of being congealable
- constable glass — a drinking glass of the 18th century, having a heavy foot, a tall body, and a capacity of 1 quart (0.946 liters).
- disambiguations — Plural form of disambiguation.
- do sb's bidding — If you say that someone does another person's bidding, you disapprove of the fact that they do exactly what the other person asks them to do, even when they do not want to.
- dog's breakfast — a disorderly mixture; hodgepodge.
- double stopping — playing two notes or parts simultaneously on a string instrument
- doubting thomas — a person who refuses to believe without proof; skeptic. John 20:24–29.
- english bulldog — bulldog (sense 1)
- fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
- fishing harbour — a place where fishing boats are tied up
- flowering shrub — any shrub that produces flowers
- gambling losses — money lost as a result of playing games of chance for money
- garboard strake — the first strake on each side of a keel.
- gastric balloon — an inflatable rubber bag placed in the stomach to reduce its capacity as an aid to losing weight
- get sb into bed — To get someone into bed means to persuade them to have sex with you.
- get the best of — to surpass, defeat, or outwit; better
- ghetto fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
- ghetto-fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
- gibson, william — William Gibson
- globus pallidus — anatomy: part of the brain
- good queen bess — Elizabeth I
- grafenberg spot — a patch of tissue in the front wall of the vagina, claimed to be erectile and highly erogenous.
- great south bay — an Atlantic Ocean inlet, between the S shore of Long Island and Fire Island and other barrier islands. 45 miles (72 km) long.
- ground observer — a person stationed in a position on the ground to watch, follow, and report on flights of aircraft, especially of enemy aircraft.
- groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
- gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
- have a go at sb — If someone has a go at you, they criticize you, often in a way that you feel is unfair.
- hedge your bets — play it safe, lessen a risk
- hiberno-english — Also called Anglo-Irish. the English language as spoken in Ireland.
- horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
- 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.
- immunoglobulins — Plural form of immunoglobulin.
- 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.
- jog sb's memory — If something or someone jogs your memory, they cause you to suddenly remember something that you had forgotten.
- knowledge-based — characterized by the dominance of information services as an area of growth
- labour shortage — a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment (in an economy, country, etc)
- largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
- lighthouse tube — a vacuum tube with the electrodes arranged in parallel layers closely spaced, giving a relatively high-power output at high frequencies.
- lobster newburg — (sometimes lowercase) lobster cooked in a thick seasoned cream sauce made with sherry or brandy.
- microbiologists — Plural form of microbiologist.
- micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
- misbecomingness — the characteristic or state of being unbecoming or unattractive
- morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
- neighbor states — the states or countries next to another state or country
- neighbourliness — Standard spelling of neighborliness.
- noblesse oblige — the moral obligation of those of high birth, powerful social position, etc., to act with honor, kindliness, generosity, etc.
- non-salvageable — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- oblique sailing — the navigation of a vessel on a point of the compass other than one of the cardinal points.
- obsidian dating — a method of dating obsidian artifacts or debitage by calculating how long it has taken to produce a given thickness of a hydration layer within such matter.
- obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.