9-letter words containing b, i, o, g
- gabionage — a structure or fortification built with gabions
- gainsboro — A light bluish grey colour.
- gamboling — (US) present participle of gambol.
- genoa jib — a large triangular jib sail, often with a foot that extends as far aft as the clew of the mainsail
- gibbosity — the state of being gibbous.
- gibeonite — one of the inhabitants of Gibeon, who were condemned by Joshua to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for the Israelites. Josh. 9.
- gill book — book gill.
- gin block — a block having a large sheave in an open metal frame, used especially to support a cargo whip.
- globalise — Alternative spelling of globalize.
- globalism — the attitude or policy of placing the interests of the entire world above those of individual nations.
- globalist — the attitude or policy of placing the interests of the entire world above those of individual nations.
- globalize — to extend to other or all parts of the globe; make worldwide: efforts to globalize the auto industry.
- globefish — puffer (def 2).
- globesity — obesity as affecting a very large percentage of the global population: the public-health crisis of globesity.
- globulins — Plural form of globulin.
- globulite — (mineral) A rudimentary spherical form of crystallite.
- go public — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- goldbrick — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- guidebook — a book of directions, advice, and information, especially for travelers or tourists.
- gynobasic — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- harboring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- high moby — /hi:' mohb'ee/ The high half of a 512K PDP-10's physical address space; the other half was of course the low moby. This usage has been generalised in a way that has outlasted the PDP-10; for example, at the 1990 Washington D.C. Area Science Fiction Conclave (Disclave), when a miscommunication resulted in two separate wakes being held in commemoration of the shutdown of MIT's last ITS machines, the one on the upper floor was dubbed the "high moby" and the other the "low moby". All parties involved grokked this instantly. See moby.
- highbrows — Plural form of highbrow.
- hobgoblin — something causing superstitious fear; a bogy.
- ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- imbosking — Present participle of imbosk.
- imbroglio — a misunderstanding, disagreement, etc., of a complicated or bitter nature, as between persons or nations.
- intombing — Present participle of intomb.
- jawboning — a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.
- jiggumbob — an indistinct thing; thingamabob
- khouribga — a city in W central Morocco.
- kingbolts — Plural form of kingbolt.
- knobbling — Present participle of knobble.
- labouring — (British, Canada) present participle of labour.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- myoglobin — hemoglobin of muscle, weighing less and carrying more oxygen and less carbon monoxide than blood hemoglobin.
- neighbors — Plural form of neighbor.
- neighbour — a person who lives near another.
- nightrobe — A robe to be worn at night; a nightgown.
- no biggie — not important; no big deal
- nonbiting — That does not bite.
- nonbuying — not buying or purchasing
- 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.