11-letter words containing b, o, r, g
- gopherberry — bush huckleberry.
- granny bond — (in Britain) an informal name for retirement issue certificate, an index-linked savings certificate, originally available only to people over retirement age
- graverobber — a person who steals valuables from graves and tombs: Graverobbers had emptied the Mayan tomb before archaeologists could examine its contents.
- great abaco — two islands (Great Abaco and Little Abaco) in the N Bahamas. 776 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- greenbottle — any of several metallic-green blowflies, as Phaenicia sericata.
- ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
- ground ball — a batted ball that rolls or bounces along the ground.
- ground bass — a short fundamental bass part continually repeated throughout a movement.
- ground beam — a reinforced concrete beam for supporting walls, joists, etc., at or near ground level, itself either resting directly upon the ground or supported at both ends by piers.
- ground beef — meat: minced beef
- groundburst — The explosion of a bomb dropped from the air when it hits the ground.
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- gutterblood — a low person of inferior breeding
- halsingborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, opposite Helsingör.
- headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
- helsingborg — a port in SW Sweden, on the Sound opposite Helsingør, Denmark: changed hands several times between Denmark and Sweden, finally becoming Swedish in 1710; shipbuilding. Pop: 121 097 (2004 est)
- herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- herringbone — a pattern consisting of adjoining vertical rows of slanting lines, any two contiguous lines forming either a V or an inverted V , used in masonry, textiles, embroidery, etc.
- high blower — a horse that produces a blowing sound when exhaling.
- highbrowism — Highbrow attitudes and policies generally.
- hobgoblinry — the behaviour or activities of hobgoblins
- ibn gabirol — Arabic name of Avicebrón.
- ibn-gabirol — Solomon. ?1021–?58, Jewish philosopher and poet, born in Spain. His work The Fountain of Life influenced Western medieval philosophers
- incombering — Present participle of incomber.
- interrobang — a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
- job sharing — to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.
- keyboarding — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- laborsaving — designed or intended to reduce or replace human labor: The dishwasher is a laborsaving device.
- langobardic — Lombard1 (def 4).
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- lingonberry — mountain cranberry.
- long barrow — a funerary barrow having an elongate shape, sometimes constructed over a megalithic chamber tomb and usually containing one or more inhumed corpses along with artifacts: primarily Neolithic but extending into the Bronze Age.
- long branch — a city in E New Jersey: seaside resort.
- marlborough — John Churchill, 1st Duke of, Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
- maryborough — a seaport in E Australia.
- mockingbird — any of several gray, black, and white songbirds of the genus Mimus, especially M. polyglottos, of the U.S. and Mexico, noted for their ability to mimic the songs of other birds.
- negrophobia — strong fear or dislike of black people.
- neighboring — situated or living near another: one of our neighbor nations.
- neighbourly — (British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
- neuroglobin — (protein) Any of a class of vertebrate globins involved in cellular oxygen homeostasis.
- nonbreaking — Alternative spelling of non-breaking.
- nonbreeding — Not breeding.
- northbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
- objurgating — Present participle of objurgate.
- objurgation — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- objurgative — That objurgates; sharply disapproving.
- objurgatory — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- observingly — Attentively, observantly.
- obsignatory — (obsolete) Ratifying; confirming by sealing.
- obstructing — Present participle of obstruct.