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11-letter words containing b, r, i, n, g, o

  • furbelowing — Present participle of furbelow.
  • gibson girl — the idealized American girl of the 1890s as represented in the illustrations of Charles Dana Gibson.
  • gilt bronze — ormolu (def 2).
  • globigerina — any marine foraminifer of the genus Globigerina, having a calcareous shell, occurring either near the surface of the sea or in the mud at the bottom.
  • goldbergian — Rube Goldberg.
  • gooney bird — any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross and the Laysan albatross, occurring on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
  • ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
  • gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
  • halsingborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, opposite Helsingör.
  • 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)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • observingly — Attentively, observantly.
  • obsignatory — (obsolete) Ratifying; confirming by sealing.
  • obstructing — Present participle of obstruct.
  • oil-burning — that uses paraffin, esp as a domestic fuel
  • omnibearing — the magnetic bearing of an omnirange station.
  • organizable — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
  • outbreaking — The act of breaking out.
  • outbreeding — to breed selected individuals outside the limits of the breed or variety.
  • overbearing — domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant.
  • overbetting — the activity or practice of betting more than the usual or permitted amount
  • overbidding — Present participle of overbid.
  • overblowing — A technique for playing a wind instrument so as to produce overtones.
  • overbooking — Present participle of overbook.
  • overdubbing — Present participle of overdub.
  • pawnbroking — the business of a pawnbroker.
  • pouring box — tundish (def 2).
  • preboarding — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.
  • raking bond — a brickwork bond in which concealed courses of diagonally laid bricks are used to bond exposed brickwork to the wall structure.
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