10-letter words containing b, e, o
- frobnicate — /frob'ni-kayt/ (Possibly from frobnitz, and usually abbreviated to frob, but "frobnicate" is recognised as the official full form). To manipulate or adjust, to tweak. One frequently frobs bits or other 2-state devices. Thus: "Please frob the light switch" (that is, flip it), but also "Stop frobbing that clasp; you'll break it". One also sees the construction "to frob a frob". Usage: frob, twiddle, and tweak sometimes connote points along a continuum. "Frob" connotes aimless manipulation; "twiddle" connotes gross manipulation, often a coarse search for a proper setting; "tweak" connotes fine-tuning. If someone is turning a knob on an oscilloscope, then if he's carefully adjusting it, he is probably tweaking it; if he is just turning it but looking at the screen, he is probably twiddling it; but if he's just doing it because turning a knob is fun, he's frobbing it. The variant "frobnosticate" has also been reported.
- frontbench — Alternative form of front bench.
- frostbites — Plural form of frostbite.
- funny bone — the part of the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes by the internal condyle of the humerus, which when struck causes a peculiar, tingling sensation in the arm and hand; crazy bone.
- furbelowed — Simple past tense and past participle of furbelow.
- gable roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
- garderobes — Plural form of garderobe.
- genophobes — Plural form of genophobe.
- genophobia — The physical or psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
- genophobic — Relating to or characteristic of genophobia or genophobes.
- geobotanic — phytogeography.
- germaphobe — One who suffers from germaphobia.
- germophobe — A person who fears physical contact with germs and is therefore obsessed with cleanliness.
- globalised — Simple past tense and past participle of globalise.
- globalized — to extend to other or all parts of the globe; make worldwide: efforts to globalize the auto industry.
- globe-trot — If someone spends their time globe-trotting, they spend a lot of time travelling to different parts of the world.
- globulites — Plural form of globulite.
- gnotobiote — a gnotobiotic animal.
- go begging — to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor: to beg alms; to beg forgiveness.
- go berserk — If someone or something goes berserk, they lose control of themselves and become very angry or violent.
- go bye-bye — Baby Talk. sleep.
- go-between — a person who acts as an agent or intermediary between persons or groups; emissary.
- goatsbeard — any of several composite plants of the genus Tragopogon, especially T. pratensis, having yellow flower heads.
- gobsmacked — utterly astounded; astonished.
- gobstopper — a large piece of hard candy.
- god bless! — may God bestow blessings on you
- godbrother — The son of one's godparent.
- goggle-box — a television set.
- goldbeater — a person who pounds gold into thin leaves for use in gilding
- goldberger — Joseph, 1874–1929, U.S. physician, born in Austria: discovered the cause of and treatment for pellagra.
- golden boy — a man or boy who is especially popular and successful
- gombeenism — the practice of usury
- googlebomb — an effort to move a website to the top of search-engine results for a particular word or phrase, by creating a large number of links that contain this search text.
- gooneybird — an informal name for the albatross, esp the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes)
- gooseberry — the edible, acid, globular, sometimes spiny fruit of certain prickly shrubs belonging to the genus Ribes, of the saxifrage family, especially R. uva-crispa (or R. grossularia).
- goosebumps — Plural form of goosebump.
- gorbellied — a protruding belly.
- gorse bush — a gorse plant
- gothenburg — Göteborg.
- governable — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- grade book — a book in which a student's grades are recorded
- green book — 1.
Informal name for one of the four standard references on PostScript. The other three official guides are known as the Blue Book, the Red Book, and the White Book. 2. (publication) Informal name for one of the three standard references on SmallTalk. Also associated with blue and red books. 3. The "X/Open Compatibility Guide", which defines an international standard Unix environment that is a proper superset of POSIX/SVID. It also includes descriptions of a standard utility toolkit, systems administrations features, and the like. This grimoire is taken with particular seriousness in Europe. See Purple Book. 4. The IEEE 1003.1 POSIX Operating Systems Interface standard has been dubbed "The Ugly Green Book". 5. Any of the 1992 standards issued by the ITU-T's tenth plenary assembly. These include, among other things, the dreadful X.400 electronic mail standard and the Group 1 through 4 fax standards. 6. Green Book CD-ROM. See also book titles. - greenboard — a green chalkboard or blackboard.
- greensboro — a city in N North Carolina.
- gubernator — a governor
- guest book — (web) The electronic equivalent of the physical notebooks found in some small hotels, in which visitors can write their names, comments and suggestions for the benefit of the proprietors and future visitors or purely for posterity. The electronic version is a form on a website into which users can enter similar details for display on the site.
- guideboard — a large board or sign, usually mounted on a post, giving directions to travelers.
- guidebooks — Plural form of guidebook.
- gynephobia — an abnormal fear of women.
- habergeons — Plural form of habergeon.