13-letter words containing g, r, b, i, t
- geissler tube — a sealed glass tube with platinum connections at the ends, containing rarefied gas made luminous by an electrical discharge.
- genre-busting — not conforming to established patterns, styles, etc
- germinability — the degree of ability of a seed to germinate or sprout.
- gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
- get rid of sb — If you get rid of someone who is causing problems for you or who you do not like, you do something to prevent them affecting you any more, for example by making them leave.
- gibson desert — a desert in W central Australia: scrub; salt marshes. About 85,000 sq. mi. (220,000 sq. km).
- give birth to — an act or instance of being born: the day of his birth.
- give sb heart — If something gives you heart, it makes you feel more confident or happy about something.
- glacier table — a stone slab supported over the surface of a mountain glacier by a column or columns of ice.
- globetrotting — to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
- governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- graffiti-bomb — Military. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.
- graphitizable — (chemistry, of carbon) Able to be converted to graphite.
- great basinet — a basinet having a beaver permanently attached.
- great britain — an island of NW Europe, separated from the mainland by the English Channel and the North Sea: since 1707 the name has applied politically to England, Scotland, and Wales. 88,139 sq. mi. (228,280 sq. km).
- great grimsby — seaport in Humberside, NE England, at the mouth of the Humber estuary: county district pop. 91,000
- great lobelia — a North American plant, Lobelia siphilitica, having long, showy clusters of blue flowers.
- grylloblattid — a primitive insect of the order Grylloblattidea, having a soft, unpigmented wingless body with long antennae and no eyes, living under stones in moderately high mountains of the western U.S., Japan, and the U.S.S.R.
- gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
- habit-forming — tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.
- heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- honour bright — an exclamation pledging honour
- hypnobirthing — the use of hypnotic techniques during labour by an expectant mother to reduce the pain and emotional stress of delivery
- integrability — capable of being integrated, as a mathematical function or differential equation.
- interbreeding — Present participle of interbreed.
- jitterbugging — Present participle of jitterbug.
- kirkcudbright — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- metagrobolize — to mystify or puzzle
- mount gambier — a city in S Australia.
- nitrogen base — Chemistry, Biochemistry. a nitrogen-containing organic compound that has the chemical properties of a base, especially a pyrimidine or purine: Four nitrogen bases are present in a DNA molecule.
- nonobligatory — Not obligatory; not required; optional.
- objurgatively — In an objurgative or reproving manner.
- overbreathing — hyperventilation
- overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.
- parking orbit — a temporary orbit in which a spacecraft awaits the next phase of its mission.
- path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
- pigeon breast — chicken breast.
- postbourgeois — (in Marxist thought) belonging to a period of society after the decline of the bourgeoisie
- re-submitting — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
- riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
- right bracket — (character) "]". ASCII character 93. Common names: right square bracket; ITU-T: closing bracket; unbracket. Rare: unsquare; INTERCAL: U turn back. Paired with left bracket.
- right-brained — having the right brain dominant, therefore being more adept at spatial and nonverbal concepts and being more creative and emotional than logical and analytical.
- ring the bell — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- robbe-grillet — Alain [a-lan] /aˈlɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1922–2008, French writer.
- robot dancing — a dance of the 1980s characterized by jerky mechanical movements
- skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
- spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
- sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.