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11-letter words containing b, a, n, g, l

  • block grant — (in Britain) an annual grant made by the government to a local authority to help to pay for the public services it provides, such as health, education, and housing
  • blogjacking — the use of another person’s blog without his or her consent, esp for malicious or satirical purposes
  • bluejacking — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to gain access to another, esp in order to send anonymous text messages
  • boil-in-bag — of or being a prepared, often frozen, food sealed and sold in a plastic bag that is immersed in boiling water until the contents are cooked or heated for serving.
  • boring clam — piddock
  • boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
  • bowling bag — a bag for carrying a bowling ball and often bowling shoes or other equipment.
  • bricklaying — the technique or practice of laying bricks
  • bridal gown — a wedding dress
  • 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.
  • bring along — If you bring someone or something along, you bring them with you when you come to a place.
  • brown algae — any algae of the phylum Phaeophyta, such as the wracks and kelps, which contain a brown pigment in addition to chlorophyll
  • budget plan — the planning of one's spending
  • bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
  • bullbaiting — a type of blood sport involving the baiting of a bull by dogs
  • bulldog ant — any of several aggressive ants of the genus Myrmecia, mostly of Australia and Tasmania, capable of inflicting a painful and potentially dangerous sting.
  • bushwalking — an expedition on foot in the bush
  • busy signal — If you try to make a telephone call and get a busy signal, it means that you cannot make the call because the line is already being used by someone else.
  • calibrating — Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.
  • canal barge — a long narrow boat used on canals, esp for carrying freight
  • celebrating — Present participle of celebrate.
  • conglobated — in the form of a globe or ball
  • dangleberry — a blue huckleberry (Gaylussacia frondosa), native to E North America
  • dealing box — a box that holds a deck or decks of cards, allowing them to be dealt only one at a time, often used in casino games such as blackjack or chemin de fer.
  • diabolizing — Present participle of diabolize.
  • diagnosable — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
  • dignifiable — Capable of being dignified.
  • disenabling — Present participle of disenable.
  • east bengal — formerly a part of the Indian province of Bengal; now coextensive with Bangladesh. Compare Bengal (def 1).
  • elaborating — Present participle of elaborate.
  • emblazoning — Present participle of to emblazon.
  • embracingly — In an embracing manner.
  • embrangling — Present participle of embrangle.
  • enlargeable — Capable of being enlarged.
  • exchangable — Alternative spelling of exchangeable.
  • fireballing — (baseball) Tending to pitch fastballs.
  • flying boat — a seaplane whose main body is a hull adapted for floating.
  • footballing — a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent's goal line and by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent's goal posts. Compare conversion (def 13), field goal (def 1), safety (def 6), touchdown.
  • gaberlunzie — a wandering beggar
  • giambologna — Giovanni da [jee-uh-vah-nee duh;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /ˌdʒi əˈvɑ ni də;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Jean de Boulogne; Giambologna) c1525–1608, Italian sculptor, born in France.
  • 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.
  • glabrescent — becoming glabrous.
  • 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
  • globalising — Present participle of globalise.
  • globalizing — Present participle of globalize.
  • 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.
  • goldbeating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
  • goldbergian — Rube Goldberg.
  • gonimoblast — a spore-bearing filament in the carpogonium of red algae
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