11-letter words containing b, i, g, u, n
- bushwalking — an expedition on foot in the bush
- busy signal — If you try to make a telephone call and get a busy signal, it means that you cannot make the call because the line is already being used by someone else.
- concubinage — cohabitation without legal marriage
- double-ring — being or pertaining to a marriage ceremony in which the partners give rings to one another.
- drumbeating — That to beat on drums.
- encumbering — Present participle of encumber.
- exuberating — Present participle of exuberate.
- 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.
- furbelowing — Present participle of furbelow.
- gaberlunzie — a wandering beggar
- gangbusting — the activity of a gangbuster
- gas turbine — a turbine utilizing the gaseous products of combustion.
- gibbousness — The quality of being gibbous.
- glen burnie — a city in E central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
- grumblingly — While or as if grumbling.
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- gum benzoin — Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
- habituating — Present participle of habituate.
- headbutting — Present participle of headbutt.
- home-buying — the purchase of a house or flat
- hot-tubbing — a wooden tub, usually large enough to accommodate several persons, that is filled with hot aerated water and often equipped with a thermostat and whirlpool: used for recreation or physical therapy and often placed out of doors, as on a porch.
- human being — any individual of the genus Homo, especially a member of the species Homo sapiens.
- hummingbird — a very small nectar-sipping New World bird of the family Trochilidae, characterized by the brilliant, iridescent plumage of the male, a slender bill, and narrow wings, the extremely rapid beating of which produces a humming sound: noted for their ability to hover and to fly upward, downward, and backward in a horizontal position.
- husking bee — a gathering of farm families or friends to husk corn, usually as part of a celebration or party.
- indigo blue — indigo (def 4).
- job hunting — the activity of searching for employment
- king's blue — cobalt blue.
- kissing bug — Informal. a person much given to kissing. an irresistible desire to kiss or be kissed.
- landlubbing — an unseasoned sailor or someone unfamiliar with the sea.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lumbaginous — relating to, or suffering from, lumbago
- lumberingly — With heavy, clumsy movements.
- martinsburg — a city in NE West Virginia.
- minangkabau — a member of an Indonesian people native to west-central Sumatra.
- misdoubting — Present participle of misdoubt.
- neighbourly — (British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
- neuroglobin — (protein) Any of a class of vertebrate globins involved in cellular oxygen homeostasis.
- nonbuilding — Not being or pertaining to a building.
- nothing but — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- nubian goat — one of a breed of large, long-eared North African goats having a Roman nose and predominantly brown or black hair: noted for their rich milk.
- number sign — a symbol (#) for “number” or “numbered”: item #8 on the list.
- nursing bra — a bra for breastfeeding mothers which provides additional support and has cups that can be folded down so the infant can be fed without the mother having to remove the bra
- obfuscating — Present participle of obfuscate.
- objurgating — Present participle of objurgate.
- objurgation — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- obstructing — Present participle of obstruct.
- oil-burning — that uses paraffin, esp as a domestic fuel
- outbreaking — The act of breaking out.