9-letter words containing b, g, i
- kingbolts — Plural form of kingbolt.
- knobbling — Present participle of knobble.
- labelling — a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
- labouring — (British, Canada) present participle of labour.
- levigable — capable of being levigated or ground into a fine powder
- libelling — Present participle of libel.
- librating — Present participle of librate.
- light box — a boxlike object having a uniformly lighted surface, as of ground glass, against which films or transparencies can be held for examination.
- lightboat — a small lightship.
- lightbulb — Alternative spelling of light bulb.
- limbering — Present participle of limber.
- limburger — a variety of soft white cheese of strong odor and flavor.
- lindbergh — Anne (Spencer) Morrow, 1906–2001, U.S. writer (wife of Charles Augustus Lindbergh).
- lingberry — The lingonberry.
- litigable — subject to litigation; actionable by a lawsuit.
- litterbag — a small paper or plastic bag for trash or rubbish, as one carried in an automobile.
- litterbug — a person who litters public places with items of refuse: Litterbugs had thrown beer cans on the picnic grounds.
- log cabin — house made of trimmed tree trunks
- louisburg — a seaport on SE Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, in SE Canada: French fortress captured by British 1745, 1758.
- lumbering — timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- m-banking — the practice of making financial transactions or managing bank accounts using mobile phone technology
- māori bug — a large shining black wingless cockroach of New Zealand, Platyzosteria novae-zelandiae
- microblog — to post very short entries, as a brief update or a photo, on a blog or social media website: A lot of people were microblogging during the crisis.
- minirugby — a version of rugby played with nine players per team on a pitch half the usual size
- mitigable — to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
- mixed bag — an often unexpected assortment of various things, people, or ideas: The concert was a mixed bag of works from three centuries.
- mumblings — Plural form of mumbling.
- muybridge — Eadweard [ed-werd] /ˈɛd wərd/ (Show IPA), (Edward James Muggeridge) 1830–1904, U.S. photographer, born in England: pioneered in photographic studies of animals and humans in motion.
- myoglobin — hemoglobin of muscle, weighing less and carrying more oxygen and less carbon monoxide than blood hemoglobin.
- navigable — deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.
- neighbors — Plural form of neighbor.
- neighbour — a person who lives near another.
- nightbird — Alternative spelling of night bird.
- nightclub — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.
- nightrobe — A robe to be worn at night; a nightgown.
- nirenberg — Marshall Warren, 1927–2010, U.S. biochemist: pioneered studies on the genetic code; Nobel Prize in medicine 1968.
- no biggie — not important; no big deal
- nonbiting — That does not bite.
- nonbuying — not buying or purchasing
- numbering — a numeral or group of numerals.
- numbingly — causing numbness or insensibility; stupefying: the numbing effects of grief; a story repeated with numbing regularity.
- obbligato — (used as a musical direction) obligatory or indispensable; so important that it cannot be omitted.
- obeyingly — (rare) obediently.
- objecting — anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
- obligated — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- obligatee — (government) A person who is obligated by law to do something.
- obligates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obligate.
- obligator — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- obscuring — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- observing — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.