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13-letter words containing i, b, o, g

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • chronobiology — the branch of biology concerned with the periodicity occurring in living organisms
  • 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.
  • cloth binding — a type of binding in which a book is bound in stiff boards covered with cloth
  • coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
  • coagulability — The ability to coagulate, of being coagulable.
  • 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.
  • confabulating — Present participle of confabulate.
  • coolidge tube — a cathode ray tube, used for x-ray production, in which a beam of thermoelectrons is produced by heating a wire cathode.
  • 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.
  • cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
  • decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
  • decarbonizing — Present participle of decarbonize.
  • demothballing — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
  • desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
  • diabetologist — a person who studies diabetes
  • disambiguator — Anything that serves to disambiguate.
  • disemboweling — Present participle of disembowel.
  • disobligation — the state of being without obligation
  • disobligatory — not obligatory
  • disobligement — disobligation
  • disobligingly — So as to disoblige.
  • double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
  • double-figure — double-digit.
  • drawing board — a rectangular board on which paper is placed or mounted for drawing or drafting.
  • eco-labelling — the practice or system of using eco-labels
  • edward gibbonEdward, 1737–94, English historian.
  • embryogenetic — embryogenic
  • embryological — Of or pertaining to embryology.
  • erin go bragh — Ireland forever
  • exobiological — Of or pertaining to exobiology; alien.
  • floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
  • floating ribs — the eleventh and twelfth pairs of ribs, not attached to the breastbone or to other ribs but only to the vertebrae
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