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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.
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