11-letter words that end in g
- bivouacking — a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
- blanket bog — a very acid peat bog, low in nutrients, extending widely over a flat terrain, found in cold wet climates
- blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- bling bling — expensive and flashy jewelry, clothing, or other possessions.
- bling-bling — flashy; ostentatious; glitzy
- blizzarding — Meteorology. a storm with dry, driving snow, strong winds, and intense cold. a heavy and prolonged snowstorm covering a wide area.
- blogjacking — the use of another person’s blog without his or her consent, esp for malicious or satirical purposes
- bludgeoning — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- bluejacking — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to gain access to another, esp in order to send anonymous text messages
- bobsledding — a sled having two pairs of runners, a brake, and a steering wheel or other mechanism that enables the front rider to direct the sled down a steeply banked run or chute.
- bogtrotting — the act of roaming over boggy areas, or living in boggy areas
- boil-in-bag — of or being a prepared, often frozen, food sealed and sold in a plastic bag that is immersed in boiling water until the contents are cooked or heated for serving.
- bokhara rug — a Turkoman rug having a tan or red background and decorated with varied octagon patterns.
- bonderizing — to coat (steel) with an anticorrosive phosphate solution, usually in preparation for the application of paint, enamel, or lacquer.
- bonefishing — the activity of fishing for bonefish
- book-ending — a support placed at the end of a row of books to hold them upright, usually used in pairs.
- bookbinding — Bookbinding is the work of fastening books together and putting covers on them.
- bookkeeping — Bookkeeping is the job or activity of keeping an accurate record of the money that is spent and received by a business or other organization.
- bookselling — the activity of selling books
- bootlegging — alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
- bootlicking — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
- boottopping — the area between the water lines of a ship when fully loaded and when unloaded.
- bossnapping — kidnapping a company executive as part of industrial action
- bottom plug — A bottom plug is a bridge or cement seal placed near the bottom of the well in order to shut it off.
- bourgeoning — to grow or develop quickly; flourish: The town burgeoned into a city. He burgeoned into a fine actor.
- bowling bag — a bag for carrying a bowling ball and often bowling shoes or other equipment.
- box-ticking — the process of satisfying bureaucratic administrative requirements rather than assessing the actual merit of something
- boxing ring — A boxing ring is a raised square platform with ropes around it in which boxers fight.
- brachiating — Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
- brandenburg — a state in NE Germany, part of East Germany until 1990. A former electorate, it expanded under the Hohenzollerns to become the kingdom of Prussia (1701). The district east of the Oder River became Polish in 1945. Capital: Potsdam. Pop: 2 575 000 (2003 est). Area: 29 481 sq km (11 219 sq miles)
- brattishing — decorative work along the coping or on the cornice of a building
- break a leg — to performer: good luck
- bricklaying — the technique or practice of laying bricks
- brickmaking — the activity of making bricks
- bring along — If you bring someone or something along, you bring them with you when you come to a place.
- brobdingnag — in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, a land inhabited by giants about 60 feet tall
- browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- brownnosing — If you accuse someone of brownnosing, you are saying in a rather offensive way that they are agreeing with someone important in order to get their support.
- buckjumping — a competitive event for buckjumpers in a rodeo
- buffalo bug — carpet beetle
- bukhara rug — a kind of rug, typically having a black-and-white geometrical pattern on a reddish ground
- bulk buying — the purchase at one time, and often at a reduced price, of a large quantity of a particular commodity
- bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
- bull riding — a rodeo event in which a contestant tries to ride a bucking bull for eight seconds, with one hand holding a rope tied to a band around the bull's chest.
- bullbaiting — a type of blood sport involving the baiting of a bull by dogs
- bulldogging — one of an English breed of medium-sized, short-haired, muscular dogs with prominent, undershot jaws, usually having a white and tan or brindled coat, raised originally for bullbaiting.
- bushbashing — the process of forcing a path through the bush
- bushhogging — to clear (land) by using a bush hog.
- bushranging — the life of a bushranger
- bushwalking — an expedition on foot in the bush