11-letter words containing a, b, g
- bankrolling — Present participle of bankroll.
- bankrupting — Present participle of bankrupt.
- banquetings — Plural form of banqueting.
- banteringly — in a bantering fashion
- bar-hopping — Informal. to go to a succession of bars or nightclubs, with a brief stay at each.
- barbary fig — prickly pear.
- barebacking — sexual intercourse performed without the use of a condom
- bargain bin — a container in a shop from which customers can buy goods that may be old or imperfect at greatly reduced prices
- bargain for — If you have not bargained for or bargained on something that happens, you did not expect it to happen and so feel surprised or worried by it.
- bargainable — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- barge spike — a square spike with a chisel point.
- bargeboards — Plural form of bargeboard.
- bargemaster — the owner of a barge
- barking mad — If you say that someone is barking mad, you mean that they are insane or are acting very strangely.
- barographic — Measured using a barograph.
- barricading — Present participle of barricade.
- basal ridge — a U -shaped ridge at the base of the posterior surface of the crown of a tooth.
- baserunning — the act of running around bases
- basin range — a mountain range of the type found in the Great Basin region of the western U.S., typically long and narrow and characterized by faulted, tilted blocks of strata.
- basingstoke — a town in S England, in N Hampshire. Pop: 90 171 (2001)
- bass guitar — a guitar that has the same pitch and tuning as a double bass, usually electrically amplified
- bath sponge — any of various common sponges, of the family Spongiidae, that have a skeletal network composed of fibers of spongin: collected in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean for their commercial value.
- bathing cap — a tight rubber cap worn by a swimmer to keep the hair dry
- bathing hut — a small waterside building where swimmers can change their clothes
- bathtub gin — homemade gin, especially gin made illegally during Prohibition.
- bathygraphy — The scientific description of the depth of the ocean.
- batological — relating to the study of brambles
- baton rouge — the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)
- battery egg — an egg from a battery hen
- batting eye — the batter's visual appraisal of balls pitched toward home plate.
- battlewagon — a battleship
- battologist — wearisome repetition of words in speaking or writing.
- battologize — to repeat (a word, phrase, mannerism, etc.) excessively.
- bay of pigs — a bay on the SW coast of Cuba: scene of an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by US-backed troops (April 17, 1961)
- bay village — a city in N central Ohio.
- bayonetting — (British) present participle of bayonet.
- bcg vaccine — a vaccine made from weakened strains of tubercle bacilli, used to produce immunity against tuberculosis.
- be great on — to be informed about
- be laughing — to be in a favourable situation
- beach buggy — a low car, often open and with balloon tyres, for driving on sand
- beach grass — any of a genus (Ammophila) of deeply rooted, tough, perennial grasses that grow on sandy beaches and are often planted to combat beach erosion
- beach ridge — a ridge just inland from a beach, consisting of sand and gravel built up by storm waves
- beam engine — an early type of steam engine, in which a pivoted beam is vibrated by a vertical steam cylinder at one end, so that it transmits motion to the workload, such as a pump, at the other end
- beam riding — a method of missile guidance in which the missile steers itself along the axis of a conically scanned microwave beam
- beanbag gun — a gun that fires a fabric bag containing lead shot, designed to stun or knock the target to the ground
- bear garden — (formerly) a place where bears were exhibited and where bear-baiting took place
- bearbaiting — an old form of diversion in which dogs were made to torment a chained bear
- beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
- bearing cap — A bearing cap is a rigid, semi-circular part that fits around one half of a bearing and secures it.
- beaugregory — a blue and yellow damselfish, Pomacentrus leucostictus, inhabiting shallow waters off Bermuda, Florida, and the West Indies.