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11-letter words containing b, a, u, g

  • black angus — Aberdeen Angus
  • blacktongue — canine pellagra.
  • blood sugar — the glucose concentration in the blood: the normal fasting value is between 3.9 and 5.6 mmol/l
  • bluejacking — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to gain access to another, esp in order to send anonymous text messages
  • bokhara rug — a Turkoman rug having a tan or red background and decorated with varied octagon patterns.
  • boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
  • bounce game — (esp in soccer) a non-competitive game played as part of training
  • 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)
  • breaking-up — separation, or the action of separating, into smaller parts
  • bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
  • 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-gauge — Railroads. of or relating to equipment designed for a railroad having track of a broad gauge: broad-gauge rolling stock.
  • brown sugar — Brown sugar is sugar that has not been refined, or is only partly refined. It is golden brown in color.
  • bucaramanga — a city in N central Colombia, in the Cordillera Oriental: centre of a district growing coffee, tobacco, and cotton. Pop: 1 069 000 (2005 est)
  • budget plan — the planning of one's spending
  • buffalo bug — carpet beetle
  • bukhara rug — a kind of rug, typically having a black-and-white geometrical pattern on a reddish ground
  • 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.
  • bunch grass — any of various grasses that grow in tufts
  • bungstarter — a mallet for loosening or removing the bung of a cask.
  • burglarious — of, constituting, or inclined to burglary
  • burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
  • burnt sugar — caramel
  • bush league — In baseball, a bush league is the same as a minor league.
  • bush-league — inferior or amateurish; mediocre: a bush-league theatrical performance.
  • bushbashing — the process of forcing a path through the bush
  • bushranging — the life of a bushranger
  • 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.
  • cabbage bug — harlequin bug
  • cat burglar — A cat burglar is a thief who steals from houses or other buildings by climbing up walls and entering through windows or through the roof.
  • cattle grub — the larva or adult of a warble fly, especially Hypoderma lineatum, a common pest of cattle in North America.
  • chamber mug — a chamber pot.
  • chibougamau — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
  • concubinage — cohabitation without legal marriage
  • cougar bait — a younger man who is often pursued by older women seeking a sexual relationship: We all agreed he was prime cougar bait.
  • dear-bought — having been purchased at great expense
  • disguisable — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
  • douglas bag — an airtight bag used to collect expired air for analysis of oxygen consumption.
  • douglas sbd — dauntless (def 2).
  • drumbeating — That to beat on drums.
  • exuberating — Present participle of exuberate.
  • farnborough — a town in S England, in NE Hampshire: military base, with an aeronautical research centre. Pop: 57 147 (2001)
  • four-bagger — home run.
  • four-banger — a four-cylinder engine.
  • fur brigade — (formerly) a convoy of canoes, horses, or dog sleighs that transported furs and other goods between trading posts and towns or factories
  • gaberlunzie — a wandering beggar
  • gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
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