10-letter words containing a, b, g
- aubergiste — an innkeeper or hotelier
- aurangabad — city in central Maharashtra, W India: pop. 573,000
- babbitting — Present participle of babbitt.
- babia gora — the highest peak in Beskids mountain range, on the border of Poland and Slovakia. 5659 feet (1726 meters).
- baby buggy — A baby buggy is a small folding seat with wheels, which a young child can sit in and which can be pushed around.
- baby grand — a small grand piano, approximately 5 feet long
- baby sling — a pouch supported by straps at the shoulder or neck, used to carry small babies on one's chest
- back green — grass or a garden at the back of a house, esp a tenement
- back judge — an official who makes rulings regarding pass receptions, field goals, etc.
- back light — light falling on a photographic or television subject from the rear
- back slang — a type of slang in which words are spelled and, as far as possible, pronounced backwards
- backbiting — If you accuse someone of backbiting, you mean that they say unpleasant or unkind things about someone who is not present, especially in order to stop them doing well at work.
- backdating — Present participle of backdate.
- backfiring — Present participle of backfire.
- backgammon — Backgammon is a game for two people, played on a board marked with long triangles. Each player has 15 wooden or plastic discs. The players throw dice and move the discs around the board.
- background — Your background is the kind of family you come from and the kind of education you have had. It can also refer to such things as your social and racial origins, your financial status, or the type of work experience that you have.
- backlights — Plural form of backlight.
- backlogged — a reserve or accumulation, as of stock, work, or business: a backlog of business orders.
- backsights — Plural form of backsight.
- backswings — Plural form of backswing.
- bafflingly — to confuse, bewilder, or perplex: He was baffled by the technical language of the instructions.
- bagassosis — an allergic response to the dust of bagasse, causing breathlessness and fever
- bagatelles — Plural form of bagatelle.
- baggageman — (US) a railway employee who was in charge of the baggage car, storing and retrieving passenger's baggage and sometimes handling mail.
- baggataway — a form of lacrosse as played originally by the Ojibwa Indians.
- bainbridge — Beryl.1934–2010, British novelist and playwright. Novels include The Dressmaker (1973), Injury Time (1977), Master Georgie (1998), and According to Queeney (2001)
- baking tin — an open metal container in which dough, cake mixture etc can be placed for baking
- balbriggan — a knitted unbleached cotton fabric
- bald eagle — A bald eagle is a large eagle with a white head that lives in North America. It is the national bird of the United States of America.
- balenciaga — Cristobal (krisˈtoβal). 1895–1972, Spanish couturier
- ballasting — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballooning — Ballooning is the sport or activity of flying a hot-air balloon.
- balneology — the branch of medical science concerned with the therapeutic value of baths, esp those taken with natural mineral waters
- bandishing — Present participle of bandish.
- bandwaggon — Alt form bandwagon.
- bandwagons — Plural form of bandwagon.
- bangladesh — a republic in S Asia: formerly the Eastern Province of Pakistan; became independent in 1971 after civil war and the defeat of Pakistan by India; consists of the plains and vast deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers; prone to flooding: economy based on jute and jute products (over 70 per cent of world production); a member of the Commonwealth. Language: Bengali. Religion: Muslim. Currency: taka. Capital: Dhaka. Pop: 163 654 860 (2013 est). Area: 142 797 sq km (55 126 sq miles)
- bank night — Informal. (especially in the 1930s) an evening when prizes are awarded to members of the audience at a motion-picture theater.
- banqueting — A banqueting hall or room is a large room where banquets are held.
- bantingism — a fat-reducing diet invented by William Banting, involving high protein intake, and low fat and carbohydrate intake
- bar magnet — a bar-shaped, usually permanent, magnet.
- baragnosis — loss of the ability to estimate or perceive the weight of an object.
- barasingha — Rucervus duvaucelii, the swamp deer.
- barbecuing — Present participle of barbecue.
- barelegged — having uncovered legs
- bargain on — to rely or depend on (something)
- bargainers — Plural form of bargainer.
- bargaining — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- bargainous — (informal) cheap (characteristic of a bargain).
- bargeboard — a board, often decorated with carved ornaments, placed along the gable end of a roof