13-letter words containing n, a, b, o, i
- drawing board — a rectangular board on which paper is placed or mounted for drawing or drafting.
- durban poison — a particularly potent variety of cannabis grown in Natal
- eco-labelling — the practice or system of using eco-labels
- edward gibbon — Edward, 1737–94, English historian.
- embryonically — In an embryonic way.
- endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
- equilibration — The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium.
- erin go bragh — Ireland forever
- ethnobotanist — A scholar or researcher in the field of ethnobotany.
- exacerbations — Plural form of exacerbation.
- exceptionable — Open to objection; causing disapproval or offense.
- fabric ribbon — a typewriter ribbon made of inked material
- 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
- flooring brad — a brad having a very small head, made in lengths from 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm).
- flying boxcar — a large airplane designed to carry cargo.
- fontainebleau — a town in N France, SE of Paris: famous palace, long a favorite residence of French kings; extensive forest.
- fooling about — the act of speaking or acting in a playful, teasing, or jesting manner
- francis bacon — Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
- funambulation — the act of walking on a tightrope; funambulism
- ge-pano-carib — a linguistic phylum comprising a large number of aboriginal languages with scattered distribution in South America east of the Andes.
- gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
- glass-blowing — 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.
- globalisation — internationalisation
- globalization — the act of globalizing, or extending to other or all parts of the world: the globalization of manufacturing.
- governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- grave-robbing — a person who steals valuables from graves and tombs: Graverobbers had emptied the Mayan tomb before archaeologists could examine its contents.
- gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
- gynaecophobia — (psychology) An irrational fear of women.
- habit of mind — If someone has a particular habit of mind, they usually think in that particular way.
- habit-forming — tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
- heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
- herborization — the act or process of herborizing
- hessian boots — a knee-high tasseled boot, fashionable in England in the early 19th century.
- hiberno-saxon — having the characteristics of both the Irish and English; Anglo-Irish.
- hill of beans — something of trifling value; virtually nothing at all: The problem didn't amount to a hill of beans.
- honourability — A state or condition or being honourable.
- hoodman-blind — blindman's buff.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- hybridisation — Alternative form of hybridization.
- hybridization — to cause to produce hybrids; cross.
- hydroboration — (chemistry) the production or organoboranes by the addition of diborane to unsaturated organic compounds.
- hypobranchial — situated below the gills or beneath the branchial arches.
- immovableness — The quality of being immovable.
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
- in sb's favor — If someone makes a judgment in your favor, they say that you are right about something.
- in-capable of — not capable.
- in-observance — lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
- inboard motor — a boat's motor that is situated within the hull