8-letter words containing b, o, g, i
- bongoist — a player of the bongos
- borghild — (in the Volsunga Saga) the first wife of Sigmund: she poisons Sinfiotli in revenge for his killing of her brother.
- boringly — causing or marked by boredom: a boring discussion; to have a boring time.
- bostangi — a Turkish imperial guard
- botching — to spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed by up): He botched up the job thoroughly.
- bouncing — If you say that someone is bouncing with health, you mean that they are very healthy. You can also refer to a bouncing baby.
- bounding — under a legal or moral obligation: He is bound by the terms of the contract.
- boweling — Anatomy. Usually, bowels. the intestine. a part of the intestine.
- bowingly — in a curved manner
- brigalow — any of various acacia trees
- 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)
- 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.
- broguish — having or tending to a brogue
- 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).
- by jingo — an exclamation of surprise
- cambogia — gamboge (def 1).
- cobbling — to pave with cobblestones.
- combings — the loose hair, wool, etc, removed by combing, esp that of animals
- deboning — to remove the bones from (meat, fish, or fowl); bone: Before cooking, the chicken breasts should be deboned with a small, sharp knife.
- doubling — anything that is twofold in size or amount or twice the usual size, quantity, strength, etc.
- doubting — Present participle of doubt.
- elbowing — Present participle of elbow.
- enrobing — Present participle of enrobe.
- firbolgs — any member of the pre-Celtic inhabitants of Ireland who were defeated by the Tuatha De Danann.
- fribourg — a canton in W Switzerland. 644 sq. mi. (1668 sq. km).
- frog-bit — an aquatic, floating plant, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, of Eurasia, having thick, roundish, spongy leaves.
- gabbroic — Of, pertaining to, or containing gabbro.
- gabbroid — gabbro-like, esp of a rock in the petrographic clan which contains the gabbro family
- gaboriau — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1835–73, French author of detective stories.
- gambogic — of or derived from gamboge
- gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.
- gelibolu — a peninsula in NW European Turkey, extending between the Aegean Sea and the Dardanelles. 50 miles (80 km) long.
- gill box — a machine having a number of gills, used in combing.
- gisborne — a seaport on E North Island, in N New Zealand.
- globbing — Present participle of glob.
- globoids — Plural form of globoid.
- globulin — any of a group of proteins, as myosin, occurring in plant and animal tissue, insoluble in pure water but soluble in dilute salt solutions and coagulable by heat.
- gobbling — Present participle of gobble.
- gobshite — a mean and contemptible person, especially a braggart.
- gottlieb — Adolph, 1903–74, U.S. painter.
- gumboils — Plural form of gumboil.
- gumbotil — a sticky clay formed by the thorough weathering of glacial drift, the thickness of the clay furnishing means for comparing relative lengths of interglacial ages.
- highborn — of high rank by birth.
- highboys — Plural form of highboy.