13-letter words containing g, r, b
- gottlob frege — (person, history, philosophy, mathematics, logic, theory) (1848-1925) A mathematician who put mathematics on a new and more solid foundation. He purged mathematics of mistaken, sloppy reasoning and the influence of Pythagoras. Mathematics was shown to be a subdivision of formal logic.
- 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.
- gram-variable — of or relating to bacteria that stain irregularly with Gram's stain, being neither Gram-positive nor Gram-negative.
- granary bread — bread made from Granary flour
- graphitizable — (chemistry, of carbon) Able to be converted to graphite.
- grave-robbing — a person who steals valuables from graves and tombs: Graverobbers had emptied the Mayan tomb before archaeologists could examine its contents.
- 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 bustard — a large bustard, Otis tarda, of southern and central Europe and western and central Asia, having a wingspread of about 8 feet (2.4 meters).
- 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.
- ground beetle — any of numerous nocturnal, terrestrial beetles of the family Carabidae that feed chiefly on other insects.
- groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
- 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.
- guanabara bay — a deep bay in the Atlantic Ocean, on the SE coast of Brazil: site of Rio de Janeiro.
- 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.
- harlequin bug — a black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, having red and yellow markings, that feeds on cabbages and other cruciferous plants.
- heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
- herb of grace — rue2 .
- herb-of-grace — rue2 .
- hertogenbosch — 's Hertogenbosch.
- honour bright — an exclamation pledging honour
- hot-water bag — a bag, usually of rubber, for holding hot water to apply warmth to some part of the body, as the feet.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- hybrid vigour — the increased size, strength, etc, of a hybrid as compared to either of its parents
- hydrogen bomb — a bomb, more powerful than an atomic bomb, that derives its explosive energy from the thermonuclear fusion reaction of hydrogen isotopes.
- hydrogen bond — a type of chemical bond in which a hydrogen atom that has a covalent link with one of the electronegative atoms (F, N, O) forms an electrostatic link with another electronegative atom in the same or another molecule.
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hypnobirthing — the use of hypnotic techniques during labour by an expectant mother to reduce the pain and emotional stress of delivery
- incorrigibles — Plural form of incorrigible.
- integrability — capable of being integrated, as a mathematical function or differential equation.
- interbreeding — Present participle of interbreed.
- ironing board — a flat, cloth-covered board or other surface, often foldable and having legs, on which clothing, linens, or similar articles are ironed.
- irrefrangible — not to be broken or violated; inviolable: an irrefrangible rule of etiquette.
- irving berlin — Irving, 1888–1989, U.S. songwriter.
- jitterbugging — Present participle of jitterbug.
- kerb-crawling — Kerb-crawling is the activity of driving slowly along the side of a road in order to find and hire a prostitute.
- kirkcudbright — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- labiogression — location of the anterior teeth forward of their natural position.
- labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- lambda prolog — (language) An extension of standard Prolog defined by Dale A. Miller and Gopalan Nadathur in 1986, in which terms are strongly typed lambda terms. Clauses are higher order hereditary Harrop formulas. The main novelties are universal quantification on goals and implication. The Prolog/Mali compiler compiles Lambda Prolog for the MALI abstract memory system. Mailing list: [email protected]
- laughter club — a group of people who meet regularly to take part in communal laughing for therapeutic effect
- letzeburgesch — a Germanic dialect that is the native language of most of the people of Luxembourg.
- line breeding — a form of inbreeding directed toward keeping the offspring closely related to a superior ancestor.
- lingual brace — a specialized dental brace that fits behind the teeth so that it is not visible when the wearer speaks or smiles.
- london bridge — a bridge over the Thames between the City of London on the north side, and Southwark on the south side.
- luang prabang — Louangphrabang.