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13-letter words containing g, o, l, i

  • body building — the act or practice of exercising, lifting weights, etc., so as to develop the muscles of the body.
  • boiling point — The boiling point of a liquid is the temperature at which it starts to change into steam or vapour. For example, the boiling point of water is 100° centigrade.
  • boiling range — A boiling range is the temperature range involved in the distillation of oil, from the start to the time when it evaporates.
  • bolt up right — a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
  • bolting cloth — a sturdy fabric, usually of fine silk or nylon mesh, used chiefly in serigraphy, embroidery, and as a foundation fabric for wigs.
  • bone-chilling — extremely cold
  • book learning — knowledge gained from books rather than from direct personal experience
  • book-learning — knowledge acquired by reading books, as distinguished from that obtained through observation and experience.
  • booking clerk — A booking clerk is a person who sells tickets, especially in a railway station.
  • boolean logic — (logic)   A logic based on Boolean algebra.
  • borage family — any member of the plant family Boraginaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having simple, alternate, hairy leaves and usually blue, five-lobed flowers in a cluster that uncoils as they bloom, including borage, bugloss, and forget-me-not.
  • boroglyceride — any compound containing boric acid and glycerol, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
  • bosman ruling — an EU ruling that allows out-of-contract footballers to leave their clubs without the clubs receiving a transfer fee
  • bottlenecking — a narrow entrance or passageway.
  • bougainvillea — Bougainvillea is a climbing plant that has thin, red or purple flowers and grows mainly in hot countries.
  • boutros-ghali — ˈBoutros (ˈbutroʊs ) ; bo̅oˈtrōs) 1922- ; Egypt. diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations (1992-96)
  • bowling alley — A bowling alley is a building which contains several tracks for bowling.
  • bowling green — A bowling green is an area of very smooth, short grass on which the game of bowls or lawn bowling is played.
  • bowling match — a game of bowls
  • bowling-green — a game played with wooden balls on a level, closely mowed green having a slight bias, the object being to roll one's ball as near as possible to a smaller white ball at the other end of the green. Also called bowls, bowling on the green. Compare bowl2 (def 2), bowling green, jack1 (def 7), rink (def 5).
  • brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
  • brazing alloy — a solder fusing at temperatures above 1200°F (650°C).
  • breechloading — loaded at the breech.
  • bridging loan — A bridging loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
  • bring to life — to bring back to consciousness
  • buffalo wings — spicy fried segments of chicken wings, usually served with celery sticks and a sauce of blue cheese
  • building plot — a piece of land on which a house can be built
  • burglariously — in the manner of a burglar or buglary
  • burial ground — A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
  • burrowing owl — a ground owl (Athene cunicularia) of the prairie regions of North and South America having long legs and a small head: it makes its nest in abandoned burrows
  • cable molding — a molding in the form of a rope.
  • cacographical — Synonym of cacographic.
  • campanologist — the principles or art of making bells, bell ringing, etc.
  • camping stool — a stool which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
  • cannonballing — Present participle of cannonball.
  • canonical age — the age specified by canon law when a person becomes eligible to participate in a certain rite or hold a certain office.
  • cape marigold — any composite plant of the genus Dimorphotheca, having variously colored, daisylike flowers.
  • capital goods — Capital goods are used to make other products. Compare consumer goods.
  • carbo-loading — Informal. carbohydrate loading.
  • carcinologist — a person who specializes in carcinology
  • card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
  • cardiological — the study of the heart and its functions in health and disease.
  • cardiologists — Plural form of cardiologist.
  • cardiomegalia — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
  • carriage bolt — a round-headed bolt for timber, threaded along part of its shank, inserted into holes already drilled.
  • cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
  • cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
  • cash holdings — the assets that you hold in ready cash, as opposed to property, shares, bonds, etc
  • categorically — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
  • categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
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