9-letter words containing b, e, a, g
- barbering — The trade of and practice of shaving and cutting hair.
- bargained — Simple past tense and past participle of bargain.
- bargainer — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- bargepole — a long pole used to propel a barge
- barrelage — an amount, esp of beer, as measured in barrels
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- bartering — Present participle of barter.
- batteling — Alternative form of battling.
- battening — to thrive by feeding; grow fat.
- battering — If something takes a battering, it suffers very badly as a result of a particular event or action.
- bavardage — idle chattering
- beach bag — a large bag for carrying towels, swimsuits etc
- beachgoer — a person who goes to the beach, esp frequently
- beaconage — a number or system of beacons.
- beaconing — a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- beamingly — in a beaming manner
- beargrass — a North-West American plant, Xerophyllum tenax, belonging to the lily family but resembling tall grass
- beastings — beestings
- becalming — Present participle of becalm.
- bedaubing — Present participle of bedaub.
- bedraggle — to make (hair, clothing, etc) limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud
- befalling — A happening; occurrence; chance; event.
- beg leave — to ask permission
- beggardom — beggary (def 2).
- beggaring — a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- beglamour — to endow with glamour
- beguinage — a convent for members of the Beguine sisterhood
- beheading — the action of decapitating someone
- beleaguer — to trouble persistently; harass
- belgravia — a fashionable residential district of W central London, around Belgrave Square
- ben hogan — Ben, 1912–97, U.S. golfer.
- bengalese — Bengali adjective
- bengaline — a heavy corded fabric, esp silk with woollen or cotton cord
- bengaluru — a state in S India. 70,051 sq. mi. (191,791 sq. km). Capital: Bengaluru.
- benignant — kind; gracious, as a king to his subjects
- bentgrass — any perennial grass of the genus Agrostis, esp A. tenuis, which has a spreading panicle of tiny flowers. Some species are planted for hay or in lawns
- bereaving — to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of): Illness bereaved them of their mother.
- bergamask — person from Bergamo
- bergander — a species of European duck; sheldrake
- bespangle — to cover or adorn with or as if with spangles
- bethphage — a place in ancient Israel, at the foot of the Mount of Olives: starting point of Jesus' ride into Jerusalem. Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29.
- big apple — People sometimes refer to the city of New York as the Big Apple.
- big beast — an important or powerful person
- big media — the mainstream media, as television and newspapers: blogs that compete with big media.
- big skate — See under skate2 .
- bigarreau — any of several heart-shaped varieties of sweet cherry that have firm flesh
- bigeminal — happening in pairs
- bigheaded — Informal. an excessive estimate of one's importance; conceit.
- bigorexia — muscle dysmorphia.
- bigotgate — an incident in the 2010 British general election in which the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, described in private a voter he had met as a ‘bigoted woman’ not realizing that his radio microphone was still on and that his comments were being recorded