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 gibbon — Edward, 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