10-letter words containing a, b, g
- bargepoles — Plural form of bargepole.
- bargestone — any of several stones forming the sloping edge of a gable.
- barn grass — a weedy, coarse grass, Echinochloa crus-galli, having a spikelike cluster of flowers.
- barognosis — the ability to judge weight
- barographs — Plural form of barograph.
- baronetage — the order of baronets; baronets collectively
- barracking — Present participle of barrack.
- barrelling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- barrington — Jonah. born 1940, British squash player; winner of the Open Championship 1966–67, 1969–72
- bartending — to serve or work as a bartender.
- basic slag — a furnace slag produced in steel-making, containing large amounts of calcium phosphate: used as a fertilizer
- basic wage — a person's wage excluding overtime, bonuses, etc
- batfowling — A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
- batologist — someone who practises batology
- battenburg — an oblong sponge cake divided longitudinally into four square sections, two coloured pink and two yellow, with an outer coating of marzipan
- batterings — Plural form of battering.
- baumgarten — Alexander Gottlieb. 1714–62, German philosopher, noted for his pioneering work on aesthetics, a term that he originated
- bayoneting — (US) present participle of bayonet.
- beachgoers — Plural form of beachgoer.
- beaglehole — John. 1901–71, New Zealand historian and author. His works include Exploration of the Pacific (1934) and The Journals of James Cook (1955)
- bean goose — a grey goose, Anser fabalis
- bear grass — Also called elk grass. a tall, western North American plant, Xerophyllum tenax, of the lily family, having narrow leaves and a dense, broad cluster of tiny white flowers.
- beatboxing — a form of hip-hop music in which the voice is used to simulate percussion instruments
- beatifying — Present participle of beatify.
- beating-up — a physical assault
- beau geste — a noble or gracious gesture or act, esp one that is meaningless
- beauregard — P(ierre) G(ustave) T(outant) de1818-93; Confederate general
- bedazzling — to impress forcefully, especially so as to make oblivious to faults or shortcomings: Audiences were bedazzled by her charm.
- bedraggled — Someone or something that is bedraggled looks untidy because they have got wet or dirty.
- beer glass — a glass of a standard size (in Britain holding one pint, or half a pint) with straight sides, or with a handle, to drink beer from
- beet sugar — the sucrose obtained from sugar beet, identical in composition to cane sugar
- beg-pardon — an expression of apology (used especially in the phrase with no beg-pardons).
- beggarweed — any of various leguminous plants of the genus Desmodium, esp D. purpureum of the Caribbean, grown in the southern US as forage plants and to improve the soil
- bell glass — a bell-shaped glass jar or cover for protecting delicate instruments, bric-a-brac, or the like, or for containing gases or a vacuum in chemical experiments.
- bellhanger — a person who mounts bells
- bellingham — seaport in NW Wash., at the N end of Puget Sound: pop. 67,000
- benignancy — kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
- bent grass — any grass of the genus Agrostis, especially the redtop.
- bergamasca — a fast dance similar to the tarantella.
- bergamasko — an inhabitant of Bergamo
- bering sea — a part of the N Pacific Ocean, between NE Siberia and Alaska. Area: about 2 275 000 sq km (878 000 sq miles)
- bespangled — covered or adorned with or as if with spangles or jewels
- bestraught — distraught; distracted
- beth-phage — a place in ancient Israel, at the foot of the Mount of Olives: starting point of Jesus' ride into Jerusalem. Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29.
- bevel gear — a gear having teeth cut into a conical surface known as the pitch zone. Two such gears mesh together to transmit power between two shafts at an angle to each other
- bi-lingual — able to speak two languages with the facility of a native speaker.
- big bertha — any of three large German guns of World War I used to bombard Paris
- big casino — (in the game of casino) the ten of diamonds.
- big laurel — the rhododendron.
- big league — a major sports league