11-letter words containing b, i, g, t
- british gum — dextrin.
- browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- bugging out — Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
- bullbaiting — a type of blood sport involving the baiting of a bull by dogs
- bullfighter — A bullfighter is the person who tries to injure or kill the bull in a bullfight.
- bunch light — a light consisting of a group of small light bulbs mounted in a reflecting box.
- burning out — to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire: The fire burned in the grate.
- burns night — (in Scotland) 25 January, the traditional date for holding a celebratory meal (Burns supper) in honour of Robert Burns
- calibrating — Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.
- carbonating — Present participle of carbonate.
- celebrating — Present participle of celebrate.
- cerebrating — Present participle of cerebrate.
- congestible — to fill to excess; overcrowd or overburden; clog: The subway entrance was so congested that no one could move.
- cougar bait — a younger man who is often pursued by older women seeking a sexual relationship: We all agreed he was prime cougar bait.
- crib-biting — a harmful habit of horses in which the animal leans on the manger or seizes it with the teeth and swallows a gulp of air
- curb weight — the weight of an automotive vehicle including fuel, coolant, and lubricants but excluding occupants and cargo.
- defatigable — (very, rare) Easily tired or wearied; capable of being fatigued.
- delightable — (obsolete) Delightful.
- diabetology — (medicine) The study of the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes.
- diving boat — a boat used as a tender for divers or others working under water.
- dog biscuit — a hard biscuit for dogs, usually containing ground meat, bones, etc.
- drumbeating — That to beat on drums.
- elaborating — Present participle of elaborate.
- eligibility — The state, quality, or the fact of being eligible.
- embittering — Present participle of embitter.
- embrittling — Present participle of embrittle.
- embrocating — Present participle of embrocate.
- exuberating — Present participle of exuberate.
- fabricating — Present participle of fabricate.
- fimbriating — Present participle of fimbriate.
- 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
- flying boat — a seaplane whose main body is a hull adapted for floating.
- footballing — a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent's goal line and by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent's goal posts. Compare conversion (def 13), field goal (def 1), safety (def 6), touchdown.
- footbinding — The old Chinese custom of binding women's feet with cloth to prevent them from growing with age.
- footbridges — Plural form of footbridge.
- freebooting — to act as a freebooter; plunder; loot.
- frigatebird — Any of five species of bird in the genus Fregata, the only genus in the family Fregatidae.
- frostbiting — Present participle of frostbite.
- fungibility — (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.
- gangbusting — the activity of a gangbuster
- garbologist — the study of the material discarded by a society to learn what it reveals about social or cultural patterns.
- gas turbine — a turbine utilizing the gaseous products of combustion.
- geiger tube — a tube functioning as an ionization chamber within a Geiger counter.
- geobotanist — a person who studies geobotany
- gift of gab — an aptitude for speaking fluently, glibly, or persuasively.
- gilt bronze — ormolu (def 2).
- give battle — to commence fighting
- glitterball — Synonym of mirrorball.
- gnotobiosis — an environmental condition in which germfree animals have been inoculated with strains of known microorganisms.