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8-letter words containing b, i, n, g

  • brailing — Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
  • brainfag — prolonged mental fatigue.
  • braining — Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
  • branding — The branding of a product is the presentation of it to the public in a way that makes it easy for people to recognize or identify.
  • branking — to hold up and toss the head, as a horse when spurning the bit or prancing.
  • branting — Karl Hjalmar (jalmar). 1860–1925, Swedish politician; prime minister (1920; 1921–23; 1924–25). He founded Sweden's welfare state and shared the Nobel peace prize 1921
  • bratling — a small badly-behaved child
  • brawling — a noisy quarrel, squabble, or fight.
  • breading — a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
  • breaking — (in Old English, Old Norse, etc) the change of a vowel into a diphthong
  • breaming — to clean (a ship's bottom) by applying burning furze, reeds, etc., to soften the pitch and loosen adherent matter.
  • breeding — If someone says that a person has breeding, they mean that they think the person is from a good social background and has good manners.
  • breezing — a wind or current of air, especially a light or moderate one.
  • bricking — the falsification of evidence in order to bring a criminal charge
  • bridgend — a county borough in S Wales, created in 1996 from S Mid Glamorgan. Administrative centre: Bridgend. Pop: 129 900 (2003 est). Area: 264 sq km (102 sq miles)
  • bridging — one or more timber struts fixed between floor or roof joists to stiffen the construction and distribute the loads
  • bridgman — Percy Williams. 1882–1961, US physicist: Nobel prize for physics (1946) for his work on high-pressure physics and thermodynamics
  • bridling — part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
  • briefing — A briefing is a meeting at which information or instructions are given to people, especially before they do something.
  • brigands — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
  • brighten — If someone brightens or their face brightens, they suddenly look happier.
  • brighton — a coastal resort in S England, in Brighton and Hove unitary authority, East Sussex: patronized by the Prince Regent, who had the Royal Pavilion built (1782); seat of the University of Sussex (1966) and the University of Brighton (1992). Pop: 134 293 (2001)
  • brimming — completely full with something
  • bring in — When a government or organization brings in a new law or system, they introduce it.
  • bring on — If something brings on an illness, pain, or feeling, especially one that you often suffer from, it causes you to have it.
  • bring to — If you bring someone to when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
  • bring up — When someone brings up a child, they look after it until it is an adult. If someone has been brought up in a certain place or with certain attitudes, they grew up in that place or were taught those attitudes when they were growing up.
  • bringing — to carry, convey, conduct, or cause (someone or something) to come with, to, or toward the speaker: Bring the suitcase to my house. He brought his brother to my office.
  • brisking — quick and active; lively: brisk trading; a brisk walk.
  • brisling — another name for a sprat, esp a Norwegian sprat seasoned, smoked, and canned in oil
  • broiling — If the weather is broiling, it is very hot.
  • bronzing — blue pigment producing a metallic lustre when ground into paint media at fairly high concentrations
  • brooding — Brooding is used to describe an atmosphere or feeling that makes you feel anxious or slightly afraid.
  • brooming — an implement for sweeping, consisting of a brush of straw or stiff strands of synthetic material bound tightly to the end of a long handle.
  • browning — a substance used to darken soups, gravies, etc
  • browsing — to eat, nibble at, or feed on (leaves, tender shoots, or other soft vegetation).
  • bruising — If someone has bruising on their body, they have bruises on it.
  • bubbling — a nearly spherical body of gas contained in a liquid.
  • buckling — Buckling happens when a force presses on a slender structure and makes it collapse.
  • buginese — a member of a Muslim people inhabiting the southern part of Sulawesi.
  • building — A building is a structure that has a roof and walls, for example a house or a factory.
  • bulganin — Nikolai Aleksandrovich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsandrəvitʃ). 1895–1975, Soviet statesman and military leader; chairman of the council of ministers (1955–58)
  • bullgine — a steam locomotive
  • bullring — A bullring is a circular area of ground surrounded by rows of seats where bullfights take place.
  • bullying — the intimidation of weaker people
  • bumbling — If you describe a person or their behaviour as bumbling, you mean that they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
  • bunching — a connected group; cluster: a bunch of grapes.
  • bundling — several objects or a quantity of material gathered or bound together: a bundle of hay.
  • bunfight — a tea party
  • bungling — to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch: He bungled the job.
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