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11-letter words containing b, g, h

  • book rights — the legal right to make use of the text of a printed book
  • brachialgia — pain in the nerves of the upper arm.
  • brachiating — Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
  • brake light — a red light attached to the rear of a motor vehicle that lights up when the brakes are applied, serving as a warning to following drivers
  • brattishing — decorative work along the coping or on the cornice of a building
  • bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
  • bright idea — suggestion: clever
  • bright wool — the wool of sheep raised east of the Mississippi River.
  • bright-eyed — eager; fresh and enthusiastic
  • bright-line — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
  • bring forth — to give birth to
  • british gum — dextrin.
  • 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.
  • bullfighter — A bullfighter is the person who tries to injure or kill the bull in a bullfight.
  • bunch grass — any of various grasses that grow in tufts
  • bunch light — a light consisting of a group of small light bulbs mounted in a reflecting box.
  • burns night — (in Scotland) 25 January, the traditional date for holding a celebratory meal (Burns supper) in honour of Robert Burns
  • 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
  • bushhogging — to clear (land) by using a bush hog.
  • bushranging — the life of a bushranger
  • bushwalking — an expedition on foot in the bush
  • cabbagehead — cabbage1 (def 2).
  • chamber mug — a chamber pot.
  • chargebacks — Plural form of chargeback.
  • chessboxing — a sport in which participants contest alternating rounds of chess and boxing, of four and two minutes respectively
  • chibougamau — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
  • chiliburger — a hamburger served with a topping of chili con carne.
  • curb weight — the weight of an automotive vehicle including fuel, coolant, and lubricants but excluding occupants and cargo.
  • dear-bought — having been purchased at great expense
  • delightable — (obsolete) Delightful.
  • double-hung — (of a window) having two vertically sliding sashes, each closing a different part of the opening.
  • exchangable — Alternative spelling of exchangeable.
  • farnborough — a town in S England, in NE Hampshire: military base, with an aeronautical research centre. Pop: 57 147 (2001)
  • fire blight — a disease of pears, apples, quinces, etc., characterized by blossom, twig, and fruit blight and stem cankers, caused by a bacterium, Erwinia amylovora.
  • fixing bath — a solution containing one or more chemical compounds that is used, in fixing, to dissolve unexposed silver halides. It sometimes has an additive to stop the action of developer
  • galeophobia — The fear of sharks.
  • gas chamber — an enclosure used for the execution of prisoners by means of a poisonous gas.
  • george bushBarbara (Barbara Pierce) born 1925, U.S. First Lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
  • germaphobia — Pathological fear of germs.
  • germaphobic — Alternative form of germophobic.
  • germophobic — Morbidly afraid of germs.
  • ghostbuster — A person who claims to be able to banish ghosts and poltergeists.
  • globefishes — Plural form of globefish.
  • gopher ball — a pitched ball hit for a home run: leading the league in gopher balls.
  • gopherberry — bush huckleberry.
  • grab handle — A grab handle is a handle on the side of an object such as a bathtub that you hold in order to help you get in and out.
  • green thumb — an exceptional aptitude for gardening or for growing plants successfully: Houseplants provide much pleasure for the city dweller with a green thumb.
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