14-letter words containing i, g, b, o
- shabby-looking — appearing old and in bad condition
- shooting brake — station wagon.
- single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
- skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
- sounding board — a thin, resonant plate of wood forming part of a musical instrument, and so placed as to enhance the power and quality of the tone.
- sounding-block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
- sovereign debt — the debt of a national government, esp debt that is issued in a foreign currency
- spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
- springboarding — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- stabbing board — A stabbing board is a platform in the derrick, on which the derrickhand stands to run in casing.
- staggering bob — a newborn calf.
- starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
- subaggregation — a subtotalling
- subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
- suggestion box — receptacle for customers' comments
- support buying — buying carried out to support an exchange rate
- symbolic logic — a modern development of formal logic employing a special notation or symbolism capable of manipulation in accordance with precise rules.
- tablet coating — A tablet coating is a covering over a tablet, used to mask the taste, make it easier to swallow, or protect the active medication inside.
- tenpin bowling — Tenpin bowling is a game in which you roll a heavy ball down a narrow track toward a group of wooden objects and try to knock down as many of them as possible.
- the mabinogion — a collection of Welsh tales based on old Celtic legends and mythology in which magic and the supernatural play a large part
- the-mabinogion — a collection of medieval Welsh romances that were translated (1838–49) by Lady Charlotte Guest.
- through bridge — a bridge in which the track is carried by the lower horizontal members
- to be bursting — to want desperately to urinate
- to ring a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
- to sb's liking — If something is to your liking, it suits your interests, tastes, or wishes.
- tubal ligation — a method of permanent sterilization for women, involving the surgical sealing of the fallopian tubes to prevent the ovum from passing from the ovary to the uterus.
- unrecognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- unrecognizably — in an unrecognizable or unidentifiable manner
- viola da gamba — an old musical instrument of the viol family, held on or between the knees: superseded by the modern violoncello; bass viol.
- virgin's-bower — any of several American clematis plants, esp Clematis virginiana, of E North America, which has clusters of small white flowers
- warbling vireo — a grayish-green American vireo, Vireo gilvus, characterized by its melodious warble.
- webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
- wellingborough — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire. Pop: 46 959 (2001)
- whistleblowing — The disclosure to the public or to authorities, usually by an employee, of wrongdoing in a company or government department.
- whistling buoy — a buoy having a whistle operated by air trapped and compressed in an open-bottomed chamber by the rising and falling water level caused by natural wave action.
- william gibson — (person) Author of cyberpunk novels such as Neuromancer (1984), Count Zero (1986), Mona Lisa Overdrive, and Virtual Light (1993). Neuromancer, a novel about a computer hacker/criminal "cowboy" of the future helping to free an artificial intelligence from its programmed bounds, won the Hugo and Nebula science fiction awards and is credited as the seminal cyberpunk novel and the origin of the term "cyberspace". Gibson does not have a technical background and supposedly purchased his first computer in 1992.
- xenobiological — Of or pertaining to xenobiology.
- zebra crossing — a street crossing marked with white stripes.
- zero balancing — a therapy involving the manipulation of the patient's skeletal structure in order to restore the balance of energy, relieve pain, and maintain well-being
- zingiberaceous — belonging to the Zingiberaceae, the ginger family of plants.
- zygobranchiate — of or relating to zygobranchs or the Zygobranchia genus
- zygomatic bone — a bone on each side of the face below the eye, forming the prominence of the cheek; cheekbone.