13-letter words containing n, o, b, i, g
- flying boxcar — a large airplane designed to carry cargo.
- fooling about — the act of speaking or acting in a playful, teasing, or jesting manner
- forthbringing — Present participle of forthbring.
- fruiting body — an organ that produces spores; fructification.
- 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.
- gibson desert — a desert in W central Australia: scrub; salt marshes. About 85,000 sq. mi. (220,000 sq. km).
- 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.
- globetrotting — to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
- going begging — If you say that something is going begging, you mean that it is available but no one is using it or accepting it.
- good-neighbor — characterized by friendly political relations and mutual aid between countries.
- googlebombing — 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.
- 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-forming — tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.
- heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
- honour bright — an exclamation pledging honour
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hypnobirthing — the use of hypnotic techniques during labour by an expectant mother to reduce the pain and emotional stress of delivery
- immunobiology — the study of the immune response and the biological aspects of immunity to disease.
- incognoscible — (rare, dated) Not capable of being known; incomprehensible.
- incorrigibles — Plural form of incorrigible.
- ironing board — a flat, cloth-covered board or other surface, often foldable and having legs, on which clothing, linens, or similar articles are ironed.
- king's bounty — a grant, given in the royal name, to a mother of triplets.
- know by sight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- labiogression — location of the anterior teeth forward of their natural position.
- labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- lactoglobulin — A protein or mixture of similar proteins occurring in milk, obtained after the removal of casein and precipitated in a salt solution.
- late-blooming — of or characteristic of a late bloomer: late-blooming brilliance.
- leading block — lead block.
- leghemoglobin — a hemoglobinlike red pigment in the root nodules of leguminous plants, as soybean, that is essential for nitrogen fixation.
- loft building — a building of several floors with large areas of unobstructed space, originally rented out for light industrial purposes and now frequently converted to residential occupancy.
- london bridge — a bridge over the Thames between the City of London on the north side, and Southwark on the south side.
- losing battle — attempt doomed to failure
- luxembourgian — of or relating to Luxembourg, its people, or their language.
- macroglobulin — A plasma globulin of high molecular weight.
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- methemoglobin — a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.
- microblogging — a blog that is smaller than a traditional blog and contains very short entries.
- mind-boggling — intellectually overwhelming: a mind-boggling puzzle.
- molding board — a board upon which bread is kneaded, cookies prepared, etc.
- moneygrubbing — Alternative spelling of money-grubbing.
- monkey bridge — flying bridge.
- mount gambier — a city in S Australia.