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14-letter words containing n, o, b, e, i, g

  • cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
  • coinage bronze — an alloy of 95 percent copper, 4 percent tin, and 1 percent zinc.
  • collecting box — a box for the temporary storage of examples or specimens
  • counter-gambit — a countermove
  • cross-breeding — the process of causing animals to mate with another species, or of causing plants to reproduce with another species
  • debugging tool — debugger
  • diagonalisable — (of a square matrix or linear map) able to be diagonalised
  • diagonalizable — (of a square matrix or linear map) able to be diagonalized
  • disembowelling — (chiefly, British) present participle of disembowel.
  • docking bridge — a raised platform running from one side to the other of a ship toward the stern, used by officers for supervising docking operations.
  • dogbane family — the plant family Apocynaceae, characterized by shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants having milky and often poisonous juice, simple opposite leaves, often showy flowers, and fruit usually in dry pods, and including the dogbane, oleander, periwinkle, and plumeria.
  • double digging — a method of digging ground in a series of trenches two spits deep, mixing the soil of the bottom spit with manure, and then transferring the soil from the top spit of one trench to the top spit of the preceding one
  • double glazing — glazing consisting of two thicknesses of glass with a dead air space between them.
  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • double wedding — a wedding in which two couples marry
  • double-dealing — duplicity; treachery; deception.
  • double-dipping — the act or practice of receiving more than one income or collecting double benefits from the same employer or organization.
  • edging lobelia — a trailing lobelia, Lobelia erinus, of southern Africa, having loose clusters of blue flowers.
  • effort bargain — a bargain in which the reward to an employee is based on the effort that the employee puts in
  • energy obesity — the practice of being wasteful of energy in the form of electricity, fossil fuels, etc, in one's day-to-day life
  • engine trouble — malfunction of a vehicle's engine
  • feeding bottle — infant's feeding receptacle
  • finger trouble — trouble caused by operator error, such as striking the wrong key
  • flowering crab — any of several species and varieties of crab apple trees with small fruits and abundant spring flowers ranging from white to reddish purple
  • food labelling — the practice of providing nutritional information on labels on food packaging
  • gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
  • gay liberation — a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against homosexuals.
  • give sb notice — If an employer gives an employee notice, the employer tells the employee that he or she must leave his or her job within a short fixed period of time.
  • golden jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
  • google bombing — an effort to move a website to the top of search-engine results for a particular word or phrase, by creating a large number of links that contain this search text.
  • google-bombing — an effort to move a website to the top of search-engine results for a particular word or phrase, by creating a large number of links that contain this search text.
  • governing body — board, regulatory authority
  • groundbreaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
  • grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
  • hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
  • interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
  • king of beasts — the lion.
  • lake winnebago — a lake in E Wisconsin, fed and drained by the Fox river: the largest lake in the state. Area: 557 sq km (215 sq miles)
  • landing beacon — a radio transmitter that emits a landing beam
  • little bighorn — a river flowing N from N Wyoming to S Montana into the Bighorn River: General Custer and troops defeated near its juncture by Indians 1876. 80 miles (130 km) long.
  • lugubriousness — The property of being lugubrious.
  • marine biology — science of sea life
  • marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage
  • methaemoglobin — a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.
  • money-grubbing — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
  • mourning bride — a plant, Scabiosa atropurpurea, native to Europe, cultivated for its purple, reddish, or white flowers.
  • neighborliness — having or showing qualities befitting a neighbor; friendly.
  • neighbourhoods — Plural form of neighbourhood.
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