11-letter words containing b, i, t, n, g
- besiegement — the state of being besieged
- betting man — a person who is in the habit of placing bets
- betting tax — a tax on gambling
- big-footing — a prominent or influential person, especially a journalist or news analyst.
- binge-watch — to watch a large number of television programmes (especially all the shows from one series) in succession
- biogenetics — the branch of biology concerned with altering the genomes of living organisms
- bioprinting — the construction of replacement body parts using techniques developed for three-dimensional printing
- bit bashing — (Also "bit diddling" or bit twiddling). Any of several kinds of low-level programming characterised by manipulation of bit, flag, nibble, and other smaller-than-character-sized pieces of data. These include low-level device control, encryption algorithms, checksum and error-correcting codes, hash functions, some flavours of graphics programming (see bitblt), and assembler/compiler code generation. May connote either tedium or a real technical challenge (more usually the former). "The command decoding for the new tape driver looks pretty solid but the bit-bashing for the control registers still has bugs." See also bit bang, mode bit.
- bit-robbing — in-band signalling
- blightingly — in a blighting manner
- blind tiger — speak-easy
- bloomington — a city in central Indiana: seat of the University of Indiana (1820). Pop: 70 642 (2003 est)
- bogtrotting — the act of roaming over boggy areas, or living in boggy areas
- bootlegging — alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
- bootlicking — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
- boottopping — the area between the water lines of a ship when fully loaded and when unloaded.
- box-ticking — the process of satisfying bureaucratic administrative requirements rather than assessing the actual merit of something
- brachiating — Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
- bratticings — a series of temporary wooden housings erected on top of a wall, esp a castle wall
- brattishing — decorative work along the coping or on the cornice of a building
- bright-line — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
- bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- bring forth — to give birth to
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- diving boat — a boat used as a tender for divers or others working under water.
- drumbeating — That to beat on drums.
- elaborating — Present participle of elaborate.
- 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.
- 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.
- freebooting — to act as a freebooter; plunder; loot.
- frostbiting — Present participle of frostbite.