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11-letter words containing b, o, g, e

  • bobsledding — a sled having two pairs of runners, a brake, and a steering wheel or other mechanism that enables the front rider to direct the sled down a steeply banked run or chute.
  • bodgo gegen — a former Buddhist leader of the Mongols.
  • bogged down — If you get bogged down in something, it prevents you from making progress or getting something done.
  • bok globule — a dense spherical cloud of gas and dust in interstellar space that absorbs light from stars.
  • bolingbroke — the surname of Henry IV of England
  • bomb damage — damage to buildings, etc caused by the explosion of a bomb
  • bonderizing — to coat (steel) with an anticorrosive phosphate solution, usually in preparation for the application of paint, enamel, or lacquer.
  • bonefishing — the activity of fishing for bonefish
  • book-ending — a support placed at the end of a row of books to hold them upright, usually used in pairs.
  • booking fee — a fee that some theatre and agencies charge the customer for booking through them
  • bookkeeping — Bookkeeping is the job or activity of keeping an accurate record of the money that is spent and received by a business or other organization.
  • bookselling — the activity of selling books
  • boomeranger — a young adult who returns to live with parents after a period of living away from home.
  • boondoggler — a product of simple manual skill, as a plaited leather cord for the neck or a knife sheath, made typically by a camper or a scout.
  • bootlegging — alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
  • bottled gas — butane or propane gas liquefied under pressure in portable containers and used in camping stoves, blowtorches, etc
  • bottom gear — the lowest gear of a car, lorry, etc
  • boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
  • bounce game — (esp in soccer) a non-competitive game played as part of training
  • bourgeoisie — In Marxist theory, the bourgeoisie are the middle-class people who own most of the wealth in a capitalist system.
  • bourgeoning — to grow or develop quickly; flourish: The town burgeoned into a city. He burgeoned into a fine actor.
  • brent goose — a small goose, Branta bernicla, that has a dark grey plumage and short neck and occurs in most northern coastal regions
  • bridge loan — A bridge loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example, so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
  • bridge roll — a soft bread roll in a long thin shape
  • bridgeboard — a board on both sides of a staircase that is cut to support the treads and risers
  • broad gauge — a railway track with a greater distance between the lines than the standard gauge of 561⁄2 inches (about 1.44 metres) used now by most mainline railway systems
  • broad-gauge — Railroads. of or relating to equipment designed for a railroad having track of a broad gauge: broad-gauge rolling stock.
  • browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
  • brown algae — any algae of the phylum Phaeophyta, such as the wracks and kelps, which contain a brown pigment in addition to chlorophyll
  • bull tongue — a heavy plough used in growing cotton, having an almost vertical mouldboard
  • bungee cord — a type of stretchy rope consisting of elastic strands often in a fabric casing. Bungee cords may be used in parachuting, bungee jumping or to secure loads. Ones used for securing loads often have hooks on either end.
  • burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
  • cabbagetown — a former slum area of Toronto, now known for its Victorian architecture and thriving arts community
  • cabbageworm — any caterpillar that feeds on cabbages, esp that of the cabbage white
  • chessboxing — a sport in which participants contest alternating rounds of chess and boxing, of four and two minutes respectively
  • cognoscible — able to be known or recognized
  • combat gear — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
  • concubinage — cohabitation without legal marriage
  • congestible — to fill to excess; overcrowd or overburden; clog: The subway entrance was so congested that no one could move.
  • conglobated — in the form of a globe or ball
  • daggerboard — a light bladelike board inserted into the water through a slot in the keel of a boat to reduce keeling and leeway
  • dealing box — a box that holds a deck or decks of cards, allowing them to be dealt only one at a time, often used in casino games such as blackjack or chemin de fer.
  • dear-bought — having been purchased at great expense
  • delagoa bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean, in S Mozambique
  • diabetology — (medicine) The study of the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes.
  • diagnosable — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
  • dog breeder — a person who breeds canines
  • dogger bank — a shoal in the North Sea, between N England and Denmark: fishing grounds; naval battle 1915.
  • double-hung — (of a window) having two vertically sliding sashes, each closing a different part of the opening.
  • double-ring — being or pertaining to a marriage ceremony in which the partners give rings to one another.
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