12-letter words containing g, r, b
- the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
- thirdborough — an under constable of a township
- thoroughbred — of pure or unmixed breed, stock, or lineage, as a horse or other animal; bred from the purest and best blood.
- three-bagger — triple (def 7).
- through bass — figured bass.
- tiger beetle — any of numerous active, usually brightly colored beetles, of the family Cicindelidae, that prey on other insects.
- timber right — ownership of standing timber with no rights to the land.
- timbrologist — a stamp-collector
- toboggan run — a slope that you can slide down on a toboggan
- trailblazing — to blaze a trail through (a forest, wilderness, or the like) for others to follow.
- tribological — relating to tribology
- triple bogey — a score of three strokes over par on a hole.
- truss bridge — a bridge in which the loads are supported by trusses.
- tumbler gear — a transmission having gears actuated by a tumbler.
- turbo engine — an engine containing a turbocharger
- turbo prolog — A strongly typed Prolog-like logic programming language. 1986. It has user-defined domains. Programs are arranged in sections: DOMAINS, CLAUSES, PREDICATES, DATABASE and GOAL. It is currently known as PDC Prolog and is distributed by Prolog Development Center, Atlanta +1 404 873 1366. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- turbo-charge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- turbocharger — a supercharger that is driven by a turbine turned by exhaust gases from the engine.
- ubangi-shari — former name of the Central African Republic.
- un-ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- unbridgeable — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- unchargeable — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
- underbearing — unassuming
- undisturbing — not disturbing
- unforeboding — a prediction; portent.
- unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- unforgivably — in an unforgivable manner
- ungovernable — impossible to govern, rule, or restrain; uncontrollable.
- unobligatory — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
- unslumbering — not sleeping
- untargetable — an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- up for grabs — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
- upright bass — double bass
- urban blight — deterioration of property in centre of city
- urban legend — a modern story of obscure origin and with little or no supporting evidence that spreads spontaneously in varying forms and often has elements of humor, moralizing, or horror: Are there alligators living in the New York City sewer system, or is that just an urban legend?
- urbanologist — a sociologist specializing in urban life and problems
- urobilinogen — a colourless substance produced by bacterial degradation of the bile pigment bilirubin in the intestine and which produces urobilin when oxidized
- vigee-lebrun — (Marie Anne) Élisabeth [ma-ree an ey-lee-za-bet] /maˈri an eɪ li zaˈbɛt/ (Show IPA), 1755–1842, French painter.
- virgin birth — Theology. the doctrine or dogma that, by the miraculous agency of God, the birth of Christ did not impair or prejudice the virginity of Mary. Compare Immaculate Conception.
- wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
- water bouget — (formerly) a leather bag suspended at each end of a pole or yoke and used for carrying water.
- water-budget — (formerly) a leather bag suspended at each end of a pole or yoke and used for carrying water.
- web designer — a person who plans, designs, creates, and often maintains websites.
- web scraping — the extraction and copying of data from a website into a structured format using a computer program: Hackers pose a threat with techniques like web scraping. Our search engine uses web scraping to index sites.
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- weighbridges — Plural form of weighbridge.
- williamsburg — a city in SE Virginia: colonial capital of Virginia; now restored to its original pre-Revolutionary style.
- wrecking bar — pinch bar.
- wrong number — a call made to a number other than the one intended. the number or person reached through such a call.