11-letter words containing b, r, i, g, u
- lumberingly — With heavy, clumsy movements.
- martinsburg — a city in NE West Virginia.
- 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.
- number sign — a symbol (#) for “number” or “numbered”: item #8 on the list.
- nursing bra — a bra for breastfeeding mothers which provides additional support and has cups that can be folded down so the infant can be fed without the mother having to remove the bra
- objurgating — Present participle of objurgate.
- objurgation — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- objurgative — That objurgates; sharply disapproving.
- obstructing — Present participle of obstruct.
- oil-burning — that uses paraffin, esp as a domestic fuel
- outbreaking — The act of breaking out.
- outbreeding — to breed selected individuals outside the limits of the breed or variety.
- overdubbing — Present participle of overdub.
- pietersburg — capital of Northern Transvaal province, South Africa: pop. 26,000
- pouring box — tundish (def 2).
- right about — the position assumed by turning about to the right so as to face in the opposite direction.
- ring nebula — a planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra that has a ringlike appearance surrounding its central star.
- rowing club — rowboat association
- rubber ring — an air-filled ring made of rubber, used as a swimming aid
- rubbish bag — a plastic bag for the disposal of household rubbish
- rugby shirt — a knitted pullover sport shirt usually in bold horizontal stripes and having a white collar and neckline placket, styled after the shirts traditionally worn by the members of Rugby teams.
- rugby union — a form of rugby football played between teams of 15 players
- ruling body — authority, group in charge
- schrödinbug — (jargon, programming) /shroh'din-buhg/ (MIT, from the Schrödinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A design or implementation bug that doesn't manifest until someone reading the source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at which point it stops working until fixed. Though (like bit rot) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harboured schrödinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug, Bohr bug, mandelbug.
- soul-baring — confessing intimate thoughts
- southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
- spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
- spur blight — a disease of raspberries, characterized by reddish-brown spots on the stems, caused by a fungus, Didymella applanata.
- stourbridge — an industrial town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 480 (2001)
- subfreezing — below the freezing point.
- subirrigate — to irrigate beneath the surface of the ground, as with water passing through a system of underground porous pipes or transmitted through the subsoil from ditches, etc.
- submarginal — Biology. near the margin.
- submarining — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submergible — submersible.
- subrogation — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- subscribing — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- sugar basin — sugar bowl.
- superbright — exceptionally bright
- unbreathing — not breathing; holding the breath
- underbridge — a bridge underneath a railway or road
- unignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- unignorably — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- unlabouring — not labouring
- unobserving — not observing
- unrightable — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- untrembling — not trembling or shaking
- wilkinsburg — a borough in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.