13-letter words containing h, o, g, b
- novo hamburgo — a city in Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil.
- overbreathing — hyperventilation
- overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.
- oxyhemoglobin — the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb.
- phlebographic — relating to phlebography or the X-ray imaging of a vein that has been injected with a dye that is visible on the image taken
- photo-biology — the study of the effects of light on biological systems.
- polling booth — a booth in which voters cast their votes.
- polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
- potato blight — fungal disease affecting potatoes
- psychobiology — the use of biological methods to study normal and abnormal emotional and cognitive processes, as the anatomical basis of memory or neurochemical abnormalities in schizophrenia.
- rough as bags — uncouth
- roxburghshire — a historic county in SE Scotland.
- shadow boxing — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
- shot-blasting — the cleaning of metal, etc, by a stream of shot
- symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
- the big house — a penitentiary (usually preceded by the).
- the big smoke — a large city, esp London
- 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
- thumb through — leaf quickly through
- thyroglobulin — a protein which is found in the thyroid gland and which contains iodine
- to begin with — You use to begin with when you are talking about the first stage of a situation, event, or process.
- toothbrushing — the act or method of cleaning the teeth with a toothbrush.
- 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
- unneighboured — having no neighbour or neighbours
- unneighbourly — unfriendly and unhelpful