9-letter words that end in g
- bowstring — the string of an archer's bow, usually consisting of three strands of hemp
- brabbling — to argue stubbornly about trifles; wrangle.
- brambling — a Eurasian finch, Fringilla montifringilla, with a speckled head and back and, in the male, a reddish brown breast and darker wings and tail
- branching — the occurrence of several decay paths (branches) in the disintegration of a particular nuclide or the de-excitation of an excited atom. The branching fraction (nuclear) or branching ratio (atomic) is the proportion of the disintegrating nuclei that follow a particular branch to the total number of disintegrating nuclides
- brandling — a small red earthworm, Eisenia foetida (or Helodrilus foetidus), found in manure and used as bait by anglers
- breaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- breasting — Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- breathing — the passage of air into and out of the lungs to supply the body with oxygen
- breeching — the strap of a harness that passes behind a horse's haunches
- brigading — a military unit having its own headquarters and consisting of two or more regiments, squadrons, groups, or battalions.
- bristling — Bristling means thick, hairy, and rough. It is used to describe things such as moustaches, beards, or eyebrows.
- brittling — having hardness and rigidity but little tensile strength; breaking readily with a comparatively smooth fracture, as glass.
- brokering — the work of a broker or brokerage
- brown bag — to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
- brown-bag — If you brown-bag your lunch or you brown-bag it, you bring your lunch in a bag to work or school.
- brunching — a meal that serves as both breakfast and lunch.
- budgeting — financial planning
- buffering — temporary storage of data
- buffeting — response of an aircraft structure to buffet, esp an irregular oscillation of the tail
- bull-ring — an arena for a bullfight.
- bulleting — a small metal projectile, part of a cartridge, for firing from small arms.
- bundaberg — a town in E Australia, near the E coast of Queensland: centre of a sugar-growing area, with a nearby deep-water port. Pop: 44 556 (2001)
- bundestag — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the legislative assembly, which is elected by universal adult suffrage and elects the federal chancellor
- bunkering — a large bin or receptacle; a fixed chest or box: a coal bunker.
- bunny hug — a ballroom dance with syncopated rhythm, popular in America in the early 20th century
- burrawang — any of several Australian cycads of the genus Macrozamia, having an edible nut
- burrowing — a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refuge.
- buttering — the fatty portion of milk, separating as a soft whitish or yellowish solid when milk or cream is agitated or churned.
- bypassing — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
- c & g — City and Guilds
- caballing — a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
- cacholong — a type of opal, commonly of a milky colour
- cadencing — rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words: the cadence of language.
- calcining — Present participle of calcine.
- callusing — Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- cambering — a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- campering — a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- canceling — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- cankering — a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, especially in the mouth.
- cannoning — Present participle of cannon.
- cannoting — cannot but, have no alternative but to: We cannot but choose otherwise.
- canopying — The activity of going through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.
- cantering — an easy gallop.
- cantoning — Present participle of canton.
- canvasing — Present participle of canvas.
- canyoning — the sport of travelling down a river situated in a canyon by a variety of means including scrambling, floating, swimming, and abseiling
- capsizing — Present participle of capsize.
- capturing — Present participle of capture.
- careening — Present participle of careen.
- careering — an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.