13-letter words containing r, o, b, t, e
- gibson desert — a desert in W central Australia: scrub; salt marshes. About 85,000 sq. mi. (220,000 sq. km).
- give birth to — an act or instance of being born: the day of his birth.
- globe theatre — a theater on the south bank of the Thames in London, 1599–1613: many of Shakespeare's plays were first produced here.
- globe-trotter — a person who travels widely about the world, esp. for pleasure
- globetrotters — Plural form of globetrotter.
- globetrotting — to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
- go one better — of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
- gottlob frege — (person, history, philosophy, mathematics, logic, theory) (1848-1925) A mathematician who put mathematics on a new and more solid foundation. He purged mathematics of mistaken, sloppy reasoning and the influence of Pythagoras. Mathematics was shown to be a subdivision of formal logic.
- governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- great lobelia — a North American plant, Lobelia siphilitica, having long, showy clusters of blue flowers.
- ground beetle — any of numerous nocturnal, terrestrial beetles of the family Carabidae that feed chiefly on other insects.
- gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
- halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
- harbor master — an official who supervises operations in a harbor area and administers its rules.
- harbourmaster — (British, Canada, nautical) An official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port.
- heart problem — a defect or disease of the heart
- heart trouble — cardiac condition
- heartbrokenly — In a heartbroken manner.
- hepatobiliary — Of, pertaining to, or originating in the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder.
- herborization — the act or process of herborizing
- hertogenbosch — 's Hertogenbosch.
- heteroblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing a marked difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- honest broker — a neutral person or organization that mediates disputes; an impartial mediator.
- horseshoe bat — any of numerous large-eared Old World insectivorous bats, mostly of the genus Rhinolophus, with a fleshy growth around the nostrils, used in echolocation: family Rhinolophidae
- hot-water bag — a bag, usually of rubber, for holding hot water to apply warmth to some part of the body, as the feet.
- hunt saboteur — A hunt saboteur is someone who tries to stop a hunt from taking place or being successful because they believe it is cruel to the animal being hunted.
- hunter's robe — pothos.
- hypermobility — An excess amount of elasticity in a bodily joint.
- immunosorbent — an insoluble surface to which a specific antibody is attached for the purpose of removing the corresponding antigen from a solution or suspension.
- inconstruable — unable to be construed
- inconvertible — (of paper money) not capable of being converted into specie.
- inconvertibly — In an inconvertible manner.
- incorruptable — Misspelling of incorruptible.
- incorruptible — not corruptible: incorruptible integrity.
- indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
- inelaborately — not in an elaborate fashion, in a way lacking elaboration
- inexorability — unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
- inobservation — lack of observation
- inobtrusively — in an unobtrusive manner
- insubordinate — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- insupportable — not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
- interobserver — someone or something that observes.
- interoperable — capable of being used or operated reciprocally: interoperable weapons systems.
- interoperably — capable of being used or operated reciprocally: interoperable weapons systems.
- introversible — able to be introverted
- inventoriable — a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
- inverted snob — a person who scorns the conventions or attitudes of his own class or social group by attempting to identify with people of a supposedly lower class
- isobarometric — isobaric
- isobathytherm — a line on a chart or diagram of a body of water, connecting depths having the same temperature.
- isothermobath — a line drawn on a diagram of a vertical section of the ocean connecting all points having equal temperature.