11-letter words containing b, r, a, g
- brachialgia — pain in the nerves of the upper arm.
- brachiating — Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
- bragg's law — the principle that when a beam of X-rays of wavelength λ enters a crystal, the maximum intensity of the reflected ray occurs when sin θ = nλ/2d, where θ is the complement of the angle of incidence, n is a whole number, and d is the distance between layers of atoms
- braggadocio — vain empty boasting
- braggartism — the activity of a braggart
- brake light — a red light attached to the rear of a motor vehicle that lights up when the brakes are applied, serving as a warning to following drivers
- brand image — The brand image of a particular brand of product is the image or impression that people have of it, usually created by advertising.
- brandenburg — a state in NE Germany, part of East Germany until 1990. A former electorate, it expanded under the Hohenzollerns to become the kingdom of Prussia (1701). The district east of the Oder River became Polish in 1945. Capital: Potsdam. Pop: 2 575 000 (2003 est). Area: 29 481 sq km (11 219 sq miles)
- 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
- break a leg — to performer: good luck
- breaking-up — separation, or the action of separating, into smaller parts
- bricklaying — the technique or practice of laying bricks
- brickmaking — the activity of making bricks
- bridal gown — a wedding dress
- bridge lamp — a floor lamp, especially one having the light source on an arm so hinged as to be horizontally adjustable.
- 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.
- bridgeboard — a board on both sides of a staircase that is cut to support the treads and risers
- bridgewater — a town in E Massachusetts.
- bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
- bright idea — suggestion: clever
- bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- bring along — If you bring someone or something along, you bring them with you when you come to a place.
- brisingamen — the magic necklace worn by Freya.
- 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 glass — cylinder glass.
- broad-gauge — Railroads. of or relating to equipment designed for a railroad having track of a broad gauge: broad-gauge rolling stock.
- brobdingnag — in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, a land inhabited by giants about 60 feet tall
- 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
- brown sugar — Brown sugar is sugar that has not been refined, or is only partly refined. It is golden brown in color.
- bucaramanga — a city in N central Colombia, in the Cordillera Oriental: centre of a district growing coffee, tobacco, and cotton. Pop: 1 069 000 (2005 est)
- bukhara rug — a kind of rug, typically having a black-and-white geometrical pattern on a reddish ground
- bunch grass — any of various grasses that grow in tufts
- bungstarter — a mallet for loosening or removing the bung of a cask.
- burglarious — of, constituting, or inclined to burglary
- burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
- burnt sugar — caramel
- bushranging — the life of a bushranger
- cabbageworm — any caterpillar that feeds on cabbages, esp that of the cabbage white
- calibrating — Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.
- canal barge — a long narrow boat used on canals, esp for carrying freight
- car bombing — an instance when a bomb which someone has hidden under or in a car explodes
- carbonating — Present participle of carbonate.
- carbonizing — Present participle of carbonize.
- carrier bag — A carrier bag is a bag made of plastic or paper which has handles and which you carry shopping in.
- cat burglar — A cat burglar is a thief who steals from houses or other buildings by climbing up walls and entering through windows or through the roof.
- cattle grub — the larva or adult of a warble fly, especially Hypoderma lineatum, a common pest of cattle in North America.
- celebrating — Present participle of celebrate.
- cerebrating — Present participle of cerebrate.