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11-letter words containing a, g, r, d

  • badger game — the blackmailing of a man by maneuvering him into a compromising situation with a woman
  • bargeboards — Plural form of bargeboard.
  • barking mad — If you say that someone is barking mad, you mean that they are insane or are acting very strangely.
  • barricading — Present participle of barricade.
  • basal ridge — a U -shaped ridge at the base of the posterior surface of the crown of a tooth.
  • beach ridge — a ridge just inland from a beach, consisting of sand and gravel built up by storm waves
  • beam riding — a method of missile guidance in which the missile steers itself along the axis of a conically scanned microwave beam
  • bear garden — (formerly) a place where bears were exhibited and where bear-baiting took place
  • beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
  • bedraggling — Present participle of bedraggle.
  • beer garden — a garden attached to a pub, where people can sit and drink beer
  • beleaguered — experiencing difficulties, opposition or criticism
  • bermuda bag — an oval-shaped handbag with wooden handles and changeable decorative cloth covers.
  • bermuda rig — a fore-and-aft sailing boat rig characterized by a tall mainsail (Bermudian mainsail) that tapers to a point
  • bidding war — a situation in which multiple offerers bid to own a single property
  • big-hearted — If you describe someone as big-hearted, you think they are kind and generous, and always willing to help people.
  • bilge board — a board lowered from the bilge of a sailing vessel to serve as a keel.
  • blady grass — a coarse leafy Australasian grass, Imperata cylindrica
  • blizzarding — Meteorology. a storm with dry, driving snow, strong winds, and intense cold. a heavy and prolonged snowstorm covering a wide area.
  • blood sugar — the glucose concentration in the blood: the normal fasting value is between 3.9 and 5.6 mmol/l
  • braggadocio — vain empty boasting
  • brand image — The brand image of a particular brand of product is the image or impression that people have of it, usually created by advertising.
  • 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)
  • bridal gown — a wedding dress
  • bridge lamp — a floor lamp, especially one having the light source on an arm so hinged as to be horizontally adjustable.
  • bridge loan — A bridge loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example, so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
  • bridgeboard — a board on both sides of a staircase that is cut to support the treads and risers
  • bridgewater — a town in E Massachusetts.
  • bright idea — suggestion: clever
  • broad gauge — a railway track with a greater distance between the lines than the standard gauge of 561⁄2 inches (about 1.44 metres) used now by most mainline railway systems
  • broad glass — cylinder glass.
  • broad-gauge — Railroads. of or relating to equipment designed for a railroad having track of a broad gauge: broad-gauge rolling stock.
  • brobdingnag — in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, a land inhabited by giants about 60 feet tall
  • calendaring — a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
  • calendering — a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
  • campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
  • caprimulgid — (zoology) Any of the Caprimulgidae, or nightjar family.
  • cardiogenic — originating in the heart, or resulting from a disorder of the heart
  • cardiograms — Plural form of cardiogram.
  • cardiograph — an instrument for recording the mechanical force and form of heart movements
  • cardophagus — a donkey
  • carloadings — the number of railroad carloads shipped in or out within a given period
  • casa grande — the massive, prehistoric structure within Indian ruins in S Ariz., now constituting a national monument
  • casting rod — a fishing rod, generally 4–8 feet (1.2–2.4 meters) long, for casting bait or lures with a reel mounted near the handle that enables the thumb or finger to control the line during a cast, including rods used for bait casting and spinning.
  • categorised — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • categorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • cattle grid — A cattle grid is a set of metal bars in the surface of a road which prevents cattle and sheep from walking along the road, but allows people and vehicles to pass.
  • chandlering — the work of a chandler
  • changeround — the process of changing position
  • charge card — A charge card is a plastic card that you use to buy goods on credit from a particular store or group of stores. Compare credit card.
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