12-letter words containing l, a, g, b, o
- bottle glass — glass used for making bottles, consisting of a silicate of sodium, calcium, and aluminium
- bougainville — an island in the W Pacific, in Papua New Guinea: the largest of the Solomon Islands: unilaterally declared independence in 1990; occupied by government troops in 1992, and granted autonomy in 2001. Chief town: Kieta. Area: 10 049 sq km (3880 sq miles)
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
- bowling ball — a round, heavy ball for bowling, usually made of hard rubber or plastic, with holes drilled into it for the bowler's thumb and two fingers.
- breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
- buccolingual — of or relating to the cheek and tongue.
- buffalo gnat — any of various small North American blood-sucking dipterous insects of the genus Simulium and related genera: family Simuliidae
- bur marigold — any plant of the genus Bidens that has yellow flowers and pointed fruits that cling to fur and clothing: family Asteraceae (composites)
- burglarproof — safeguarded or secure against burglary.
- cabriole leg — a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve
- charbroiling — Present participle of charbroil.
- charlesbourg — city in S Quebec, Canada: pop. 71,000
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- coal-burning — fuelled by burning coal
- cobalt green — a medium, yellowish-green color.
- configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- conglobation — Formation into a ball, globe or rounded mass.
- conglobulate — to form into a globe or ball
- coral gables — a city in SE Florida, near Miami.
- corbie gable — a gable having corbie-steps
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- dak bungalow — (in India, formerly) a house where travellers on a dak route could be accommodated
- dialogue box — a window that may appear on a VDU display to prompt the user to enter further information or select an option
- donald budge — (John) Donald, 1915–2000, U.S. tennis player.
- double agent — a person who spies on a country while pretending to spy for it.
- double eagle — a gold coin of the U.S., issued from 1849 to 1933, equal to 2 eagles or 20 dollars.
- double sugar — disaccharide.
- double-glaze — If someone double-glazes a house or its windows, they fit windows that have two layers of glass which keeps the inside of the house warmer and quieter.
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- elbow grease — physical effort
- fibromyalgia — a syndrome characterized by fatigue and chronic pain in the muscles and in tissues surrounding the joints.
- float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.
- floating rib — one member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs.
- forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- gable window — a window in or under a gable.
- gallows bird — a person who deserves to be hanged.
- gambrel roof — a gable roof, each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one. Compare mansard (def 1).
- garbological — Of or relating to garbology.
- geobotanical — of or relating to geobotany
- glabrousness — The quality of being glabrous.
- glassblowing — the art or process of forming or shaping a mass of molten or heat-softened glass into ware by blowing air into it through a tube.
- glioblastoma — A highly invasive glioma in the brain.
- global index — (filename extension) (gid) The filename extension of a Windows 95 "global index" file. .gid files are created by the help browser internal to Windows 95 (also available for other Windows versions) for WinHelp files (hlp), as well as for storing user preferences, such as window position.
- global reach — When people talk about the global reach of a company or industry, they mean its ability to have customers in many different parts of the world.
- glossophobia — The fear of public speaking.
- go ballistic — of or relating to ballistics.
- go walkabout — to wander through the bush
- gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- gondola back — a chair or couch back curving forward and downward to form arms.