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14-letter words containing r, o, g, e, b

  • grow the beard — (of a TV series) to gain credibility or improve in quality during the course of a series following a specified development
  • gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
  • gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
  • gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • logic variable — (programming)   A variable in a logic programming language which is initially undefined ("unbound") but may get bound to a value or another logic variable during unification of the containing clause with the current goal. The value to which it is bound may contain other variables which may themselves be bound or unbound. For example, when unifying the clause sad(X) :- computer(X, ibmpc). with the goal sad(billgates). the variable X will become bound to the atom "billgates" yielding the new subgoal "computer(billgates, ibmpc)".
  • 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
  • megakaryoblast — a cell that gives rise to a megakaryocyte.
  • middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
  • 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.
  • neurobiologist — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
  • nonbelligerent — of or relating to a country whose status or policy is one of nonbelligerency.
  • nursing bottle — a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.
  • object program — a computer program translated from the equivalent source program into machine language by the compiler or assembler
  • obligatoriness — The quality or state of being obligatory.
  • omega-c baryon — a neutral baryon having a mass 5292 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 6.4 X 10 -14 seconds.
  • opening bowler — a player who makes the first bowl in cricket
  • orange blossom — the white flower of an orange tree, especially of the genus Citrus, much used in wreaths, bridal bouquets, etc.: the state flower of Florida.
  • pilgrim bottle — a flat-sided water bottle having two loops at the side of a short neck for a suspending cord or chain.
  • pocket borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough whose representatives in Parliament were controlled by an individual or family.
  • pontoon bridge — a bridge supported by pontoons.
  • porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
  • progress board — a department of an organization, company, etc, that oversees and ensures progress, advance or development
  • rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
  • rainbow bridge — a natural stone bridge in S Utah: a national monument. 290 feet (88 meters) high; 275 feet (84 meters) span.
  • reprogrammable — capable of being programmed.
  • right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
  • roller bandage — a long bandage rolled into a cylinder
  • roller bearing — a bearing consisting of cylindrical or tapered rollers running between races in two concentric rings, one of which is mounted on a rotating or oscillating part, as a shaft.
  • root vegetable — edible starchy tuber
  • rotten borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough that had very few voters yet was represented in Parliament.
  • sea gooseberry — a comb jelly, especially of the genus Pleurobrachia.
  • serum globulin — the blood serum component consisting of proteins with a larger molecular weight than serum albumin
  • shooting brake — station wagon.
  • single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
  • sovereign debt — the debt of a national government, esp debt that is issued in a foreign currency
  • staggering bob — a newborn calf.
  • stockbrokerage — a stockbroker's work or business
  • sub-government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • subaggregation — a subtotalling
  • telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
  • tensor bandage — a wide elasticized bandage that supports injured joints
  • thorough brace — either of two strong braces or bands of leather supporting the body of a coach or other vehicle and connecting the front and back springs.
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