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15-letter words containing r, i, b, g, a

  • ribier (grapes) — a large, black variety of European or Californian table grape (Vitis vinifera)
  • richard gabriel — (person)   (Dick, RPG) Dr. Richard P. Gabriel. A noted SAIL LISP hacker and volleyball fanatic. Consulting Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. Richard Gabriel is a leader in the Lisp and OOP community, with years of contributions to standardisation. He founded the successful company, Lucid Technologies, Inc.. In 1996 he was Distinguished Computer Scientist at ParcPlace-Digitalk, Inc. (later renamed ObjectShare, Inc.). See also gabriel, Qlambda, QLISP, saga.
  • right-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position following the head, as the phrase the house of the friend of my brother; having most of the constituents on the right in a tree diagram (opposed to left-branching).
  • right-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the right, or starboard, side.
  • rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
  • riverbank grape — a high-climbing vine, Vitis riparia, of eastern North America, having fragrant flowers and nearly black fruit.
  • robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
  • roger bannister — Sir Roger (Gilbert) born 1929, English track and field athlete: first to run a mile in less than four minutes.
  • rolling bearing — any bearing in which the antifriction action depends on the rolling action of balls or rollers
  • rough breathing — the symbol (ʿ) used in the writing of Greek to indicate aspiration of the initial vowel or of the ρ (rho) over which it is placed.
  • rubbing alcohol — a poisonous solution of about 70 percent isopropyl or denatured ethyl alcohol, usually containing a perfume oil, used chiefly in massaging.
  • ruby grapefruit — a grapefruit with red flesh
  • saviour sibling — a child conceived through IVF and screened for compatibility with a terminally or seriously ill sibling in order to provide organ or cell donations as a form of treatment
  • sibling rivalry — the feeling of competitiveness that often exists between brothers and sisters
  • single-breasted — (of a coat, jacket, etc.) having a front closure directly in the center with only a narrow overlap secured by a single button or row of buttons.
  • slab plastering — coarse plastering, as between the studs in a half-timbered wall.
  • slavonian grebe — a N Eurasian or N American grebe with reddish underside and a black and gold crest; Podiceps auritus
  • stamford bridge — a village in N England, east of York: site of a battle (1066) in which King Harold of England defeated his brother Tostig and King Harald Hardrada of Norway, three weeks before the Battle of Hastings
  • starting blocks — the rigid blocks adjustable at an angle and mounted on a track against which a runner's shoes are placed to aid in starting
  • straight-backed — having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.
  • string variable — data on which arithmetical operations will not be performed
  • subject-raising — a rule that moves the subject of a complement clause into the clause in which it is embedded, as in the derivation of He is likely to be late from It is likely that he will be late
  • suborganization — an organization within a larger organization
  • tamarisk gerbil — gerbil (def 2).
  • traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
  • tumbling barrel — a rotating drum for subjecting materials or small manufactured objects, loosely placed inside, to a tumbling action, as to mix materials or to polish objects by friction with one another or with an abrasive.
  • uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • uranium-bearing — containing or producing uranium
  • urban guerrilla — a member of any underground political group engaged in terrorism or violence in urban areas, especially during the 1970s.
  • urban migration — the process of people moving from rural areas to cities
  • urban sociology — the sociological study of cities and their role in the development of society.
  • variable region — a configuration in the upper branches of the Y of an antibody molecule, unique in each antibody type, that binds with the determinant of a specific antigen.
  • vegetable ivory — ivory (def 9).
  • wage bargaining — discussions between representatives of employees and employers in order to agree levels of pay
  • weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
  • william gilbertCass, 1859–1934, U.S. architect.
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