13-letter words containing g, r, b, i
- buccaneerings — the characteristic actions of a buccaneer
- budget period — the time which a budget covers
- buggin's turn — promotion by seniority or rotation rather than merit.
- buggins' turn — the principle of awarding an appointment to members of a group in turn, rather than according to merit
- build bridges — to promote reconciliation or cooperation between hostile groups or people
- bully-ragging — to bully; harass: to bullyrag fraternity plebs.
- 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.
- burning glass — a convex lens for concentrating the sun's rays into a small area to produce heat or fire
- 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
- bus mastering — bus master
- butterfingers — a person who drops things inadvertently or fails to catch things
- carbo-loading — Informal. carbohydrate loading.
- carbon dating — Carbon dating is a system of calculating the age of a very old object by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon it contains.
- carpetbagging — relating to carpetbaggers or to the practice of carpetbaggers
- carriage bolt — a round-headed bolt for timber, threaded along part of its shank, inserted into holes already drilled.
- categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
- categorizable — Capable of being categorized.
- chargeability — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
- chickenburger — A hot sandwich made of a patty of chicken in a bun, often with other ingredients.
- child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
- chronobiology — the branch of biology concerned with the periodicity occurring in living organisms
- circumambages — round-about methods
- clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
- clearing bath — any solution for removing material from the surface of a photographic image, as silver halide, metallic silver, or a dye or stain.
- climbing fern — any of several chiefly tropical, vinelike ferns of the genus Lygodium, having climbing or trailing stems.
- climbing iron — either of a pair of metal frames with spikes that may be strapped over footgear, on the inside of the leg to aid in climbing trees, public utility poles, etc.
- climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
- cobelligerent — a country fighting in a war on the side of another country
- cobol fingers — (jargon) /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a hypothetical disease one might get from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
- collaborating — to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
- coloring book — A coloring book is a book of simple drawings which children can color in.
- cooling board — a plank for laying out a corpse.
- copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
- corrigibility — The quality or state of being corrigible.
- corroborating — Present participle of corroborate.
- counterboring — a tool for enlarging a drilled hole for a portion of its length, as to permit sinking a screw head.
- cover bidding — the act of tendering an artificially high price for a contract, on the assumption that the tender will not be accepted
- cross bedding — layering within one or more beds in a series of rock strata that does not run parallel to the plane of stratification
- crossbreeding — Present participle of crossbreed.
- cryobiologist — A biologist who specializes in cryobiology.
- cutting board — A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- cyberbullying — Cyberbullying is the use of the Internet to frighten or upset someone, usually by sending them unpleasant messages.
- cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
- cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- dangleberries — Plural form of dangleberry.
- decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
- decarbonizing — Present participle of decarbonize.
- decarburizing — Present participle of decarburize.