11-letter words containing a, b, r, g
- gas bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- gas bracket — a metal pipe projecting from the wall of an apartment, used to support gas lamps and to supply them with gas
- gas chamber — an enclosure used for the execution of prisoners by means of a poisonous gas.
- gas turbine — a turbine utilizing the gaseous products of combustion.
- gas-bladder — a vesicle or sac containing air.
- gender bias — sexual discrimination
- germaphobia — Pathological fear of germs.
- germaphobic — Alternative form of germophobic.
- gimbal-ring — Sometimes, gimbal. a contrivance, consisting of a ring or base on an axis, that permits an object, as a ship's compass, mounted in or on it to tilt freely in any direction, in effect suspending the object so that it will remain horizontal even when its support is tipped.
- gingerbread — a type of cake flavored with ginger and molasses.
- glabrescent — becoming glabrous.
- glacier bay — a national park in SE Alaska, made up of large tidewater glaciers. 4381 sq. mi. (11,347 sq. km).
- glamour boy — a man whose appearance or lifestyle is considered glamorous by popular standards.
- glass fiber — Glass fiber is another name for fiberglass.
- glass fibre — Glass fibre is another name for fibreglass.
- glassblower — A person skilled in the art of glassblowing.
- glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
- glazing-bar — a supporting or strengthening bar for a glass window, door, etc
- glitterball — Synonym of mirrorball.
- global rule — (in transformational grammar) a rule that makes reference to nonconsecutive stages of a derivation
- globigerina — any marine foraminifer of the genus Globigerina, having a calcareous shell, occurring either near the surface of the sea or in the mud at the bottom.
- go bail for — to furnish bail for
- goatsbeards — Plural form of goatsbeard.
- goldbergian — Rube Goldberg.
- gopher ball — a pitched ball hit for a home run: leading the league in gopher balls.
- grab handle — A grab handle is a handle on the side of an object such as a bathtub that you hold in order to help you get in and out.
- gradability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
- grand banks — an extensive shoal SE of Newfoundland: fishing grounds. 350 miles (565 km) long; 40,000 sq. mi. (104,000 sq. km).
- grandbabies — Plural form of grandbaby.
- granny bond — (in Britain) an informal name for retirement issue certificate, an index-linked savings certificate, originally available only to people over retirement age
- gratifiable — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- graverobber — a person who steals valuables from graves and tombs: Graverobbers had emptied the Mayan tomb before archaeologists could examine its contents.
- great abaco — two islands (Great Abaco and Little Abaco) in the N Bahamas. 776 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- great basin — a region in the Western U.S. that has no drainage to the ocean: includes most of Nevada and parts of Utah, California, Oregon, and Idaho. 210,000 sq. mi. (544,000 sq. km).
- green beans — the narrow green edible pods of a green bean plant
- ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
- ground ball — a batted ball that rolls or bounces along the ground.
- ground bass — a short fundamental bass part continually repeated throughout a movement.
- ground beam — a reinforced concrete beam for supporting walls, joists, etc., at or near ground level, itself either resting directly upon the ground or supported at both ends by piers.
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- gutter ball — a bowling ball that is rolled into one of the gutters and does not hit any pins.
- halsingborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, opposite Helsingör.
- harbingered — Simple past tense and past participle of harbinger.
- hattiesburg — a city in SE Mississippi.
- head-banger — metalhead.
- headbangers — Plural form of headbanger.
- headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
- herb garden — where herbs are grown
- hibernating — Present participle of hibernate.
- hybernating — Present participle of hybernate.