10-letter words containing b, a, g, n
- biobanking — the practice of creating large-scale repositories of human biological material (eg blood, urine, tissue samples, DNA, etc) designed to further medical research
- biomagnify — to undergo biological magnification.
- bioorganic — pertaining to the composition and biological activity of carbon-based compounds, especially those of laboratory rather than biogenic origin (contrasted with bioinorganic).
- bioreagent — a reagent of biological origin, such as an enzyme
- biratnagar — a city in SE Nepal.
- birmingham — an industrial city in central England, in Birmingham unitary authority, in the West Midlands: the second largest city in Great Britain; two cathedrals; three universities (1900, 1966, 1992). Pop: 970 892 (2001)
- blabbering — to reveal indiscreetly and thoughtlessly: They blabbed my confidences to everyone.
- black gang — the crew working in a stokehold of a ship.
- black gnat — a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
- black lung — pneumoconiosis of coal miners, caused by coal dust; anthracosis.
- black ring — a disease of grasses, characterized by black rings surrounding the stems and blighted seeds, caused by a fungus, Balansia strangulans.
- blancmange — Blancmange is a cold dessert that is made from milk, sugar, cornflour or corn starch, and flavouring, and looks rather like jelly.
- blanketing — a large, rectangular piece of soft fabric, often with bound edges, used especially for warmth as a bed covering.
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- blazonings — heraldic adornments
- blue angel — a blue capsule or tablet containing the barbiturate amobarbital or its derivative.
- blue giant — any of the large, bright stars having surface temperatures of about 20,000 K and diameters that are often ten times that of the sun.
- bog spavin — enlargement of the hock of a horse by accumulation in the joint, usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness
- bombarding — to attack or batter with artillery fire.
- bon voyage — You say 'bon voyage' to someone who is going on a journey, as a way of saying goodbye and wishing them good luck.
- bookmaking — Bookmaking is the activity of taking people's money when they bet and paying them money if they win.
- bootmaking — the activity of making boots and shoes
- bordraging — an attack or raid on a border region
- boring bar — Metalworking. a bar holding a tool for boring a cylinder or the like.
- born-again — A born-again Christian is a person who has become an evangelical Christian as a result of a religious experience.
- boston bag — a two-handled bag for carrying books, papers, etc.
- boulangism — the doctrines of militarism and reprisals against Germany, advocated, especially in the 1880s, by the French general Boulanger.
- bounty bag — a set of free samples, such as nappies and creams, given to mothers leaving hospital with a new baby
- bowlingual — a device that allegedly translates a dog’s barks and grunts into a human language
- boxing day — Boxing Day is the 26th of December, the day after Christmas Day.
- bracketing — a set of brackets
- brain gain — the immigration into a country of scientists, technologists, academics, etc, attracted by better pay, equipment, or conditions
- brandering — furring (def 4b).
- branglings — a series of squabbles or disputes
- brass ring — great success or a highly valued prize; also, an opportunity for this
- bratticing — a partition or lining, as of planks or cloth, forming an air passage in a mine.
- brattlings — a series of rattling or clattering sounds
- brigandage — plundering by brigands
- brigandine — a coat of mail, invented in the Middle Ages to increase mobility, consisting of metal rings or sheets sewn on to cloth or leather
- brigandish — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- brigantine — a two-masted sailing ship, rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft with square topsails on the mainmast
- bring back — Something that brings back a memory makes you think about it.
- bronze age — The Bronze Age was a period of time which began when people started making things from bronze about 4,000–6,000 years ago.
- brown alga — an alga of the class Phaeophyceae, usually brown owing to the presence of brown pigments in addition to the chlorophyll.
- brugmansia — any of various solanaceous plants of the genus Brugmansia, native to tropical American regions and closely related to daturas, having sweetly scented flowers
- buckingham — a town in S central England, in Buckinghamshire; university (1975). Pop: 12 512 (2001)
- buckraking — the practice of accepting large sums of money for speaking to special interest groups.
- buffaloing — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- bump along — advance unevenly
- bunchgrass — grass that grows in tufts