0%

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.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?