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13-letter words containing g, r, b

  • slaughterable — (of an animal) ready for slaughter
  • sponge rubber — a light, spongy rubber, usually prepared by bubbling carbon dioxide through or whipping air into latex, used for padding, insulation, gaskets, etc.; foam rubber.
  • 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.
  • spring binder — a loose-leaf binder in which a single, long, clamplike spring, forming the spine, holds the leaves.
  • springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
  • stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • store baggage — If a hotel stores baggage, it puts a guest's baggage in a storage room until it is needed by the guest.
  • string bikini — a skimpy bikini having often a triangular covering part held in place by narrow, string-like ties
  • stringer bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
  • strong breeze — a wind of 25–30 miles per hour (11–13 m/sec).
  • styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
  • sub-aggregate — formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
  • sub-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
  • subastringent — slightly astringent.
  • subcategorize — to split into subcategories
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
  • subgovernment — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
  • supreme being — God.
  • surge chamber — a chamber for absorbing surge from a liquid or gas.
  • surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
  • swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
  • swimming crab — any of numerous, chiefly marine crabs, especially of the family Portunidae, having the legs adapted for swimming.
  • symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
  • table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
  • table-turning — the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits working through a group of persons placing their hands or fingers on the table top
  • the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat
  • thorough bass — figured bass.
  • thoroughbrace — either of two strong leather straps upon which the body of certain types of carriage is supported
  • thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
  • thumb through — leaf quickly through
  • thyroglobulin — a protein which is found in the thyroid gland and which contains iodine
  • tidal barrage — a barrier that traps water at high tide, creating a tidal basin
  • toothbrushing — the act or method of cleaning the teeth with a toothbrush.
  • trade embargo — a government order imposing a trade barrier
  • trail-blazing — A trail-blazing idea, event, or organization is new, exciting, and original.
  • tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
  • traveling bag — a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.
  • tribune group — (in Britain) a group made up of left-wing Labour Members of Parliament: founded 1966
  • troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
  • tubing hanger — A tubing hanger is a device which is attached to the top tubing joint and supports the tubing.
  • turbo-charged — A turbo-charged engine or vehicle is fitted with a turbo.
  • turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
  • unbelligerent — not belligerent or hostile
  • underbudgeted — furnished with an insufficient budget; not having sufficient funds made available.
  • underclubbing — the action of hitting with a club resulting in insufficient distance
  • unforgettable — impossible to forget; indelibly impressed on the memory: scenes of unforgettable beauty.
  • unforgettably — impossible to forget; indelibly impressed on the memory: scenes of unforgettable beauty.
  • unneighboured — having no neighbour or neighbours
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