12-letter words containing g, r, b, i
- hillsborough — a town in W California.
- honor bright — upon my honor; really and truly: I did sweep the floor, honor bright.
- hummingbirds — Plural form of hummingbird.
- hybrid vigor — heterosis.
- hydrobiology — the study of aquatic organisms.
- iambographer — a person who writes iambs
- 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.
- ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
- inner-tubing — tubing (def 4).
- interbedding — interstratification
- interborough — between boroughs.
- interrobangs — Plural form of interrobang.
- interrogable — capable of being interrogated
- irish bridge — a paved ford.
- irrefragable — not to be disputed or contested.
- irrefragably — In an irrefragable state or condition.
- jackass brig — a two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast with a fore-and-aft mainsail; brigantine.
- jailbreaking — Present participle of jailbreak.
- jaw-breaking — Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce.
- jitterbugged — Simple past tense and past participle of jitterbug.
- job printing — commercial printing of such items as letterheads, circulars, invitations, etc.
- kiteboarding — A sport in which participants ride a form of wakeboard or surfboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by the rider.
- krafft-ebing — Richard [rich-erd;; German rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪtʃ ərd;; German ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), Baron von, 1840–1902, German neurologist and author of works on sexual pathology.
- labor-saving — A labor-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- lark bunting — a finch, Calamospiza melanocorys, of the western U.S., the male of which is black with a large, white patch on each wing.
- law-breaking — Law-breaking is any kind of illegal activity.
- lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
- letterboxing — Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
- liberalising — Present participle of liberalise.
- liberalizing — Present participle of liberalize.
- liberatingly — In a liberating manner.
- light bomber — a small airplane designed to carry light bomb loads relatively short distances, especially one having a gross loaded weight of less than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg).
- light breeze — a wind of 4–7 miles per hour (2–3 m/sec). Compare breeze1 (def 2).
- light bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- line probing — A feature of some V.34 modems that will allow them to identify the capacity and quality of the phone line and adjust themselves to allow, for each individual connection, for maximum throughput using the highest possible data transmission rate.
- linebreeding — a form of inbreeding directed toward keeping the offspring closely related to a superior ancestor.
- linking verb — copula (def 2).
- little grebe — a small grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis, of the Old World.
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
- lugubriosity — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- lugubriously — In a lugubrious manner.
- magic number — the atomic number or neutron number of an exceptionally stable nuclide.
- main bearing — one of the bearings in an internal combustion engine upon which the crankshaft rotates
- marriage bed — the bed in which a married couple sleep together
- marriageable — suitable or attractive for marriage: The handsome and successful young man was considered eminently marriageable.
- masterbating — Misspelling of masturbating.
- masturbating — Present participle of masturbate.