8-letter words containing b, r, i, n, g
- bridging — one or more timber struts fixed between floor or roof joists to stiffen the construction and distribute the loads
- bridgman — Percy Williams. 1882–1961, US physicist: Nobel prize for physics (1946) for his work on high-pressure physics and thermodynamics
- bridling — part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
- briefing — A briefing is a meeting at which information or instructions are given to people, especially before they do something.
- brigands — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- brighten — If someone brightens or their face brightens, they suddenly look happier.
- 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)
- brimming — completely full with something
- bring in — When a government or organization brings in a new law or system, they introduce it.
- 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.
- bring up — When someone brings up a child, they look after it until it is an adult. If someone has been brought up in a certain place or with certain attitudes, they grew up in that place or were taught those attitudes when they were growing up.
- bringing — to carry, convey, conduct, or cause (someone or something) to come with, to, or toward the speaker: Bring the suitcase to my house. He brought his brother to my office.
- brisking — quick and active; lively: brisk trading; a brisk walk.
- brisling — another name for a sprat, esp a Norwegian sprat seasoned, smoked, and canned in oil
- 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).
- bruising — If someone has bruising on their body, they have bruises on it.
- bullring — A bullring is a circular area of ground surrounded by rows of seats where bullfights take place.
- burbling — the bubbling or gurgling sound of water
- bursting — If a place is bursting with people or things, it is full of them.
- crabbing — Informal. an ill-tempered or grouchy person.
- cribbing — the action of one that cribs
- crumbing — Present participle of crumb.
- cybering — Present participle of cyber.
- drubbing — a blow with a stick or the like.
- edinburg — a city in S Texas.
- enrobing — Present participle of enrobe.
- garbling — Present participle of garble.
- ginsberg — Allen, 1926–97, U.S. poet associated with the Beat Generation.
- ginsburg — Ruth Bader [bey-der] /ˈbeɪ dər/ (Show IPA), born 1933, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1993.
- ginzberg — Asher [ash-er] /ˈæʃ ər/ (Show IPA), (Achad Ha-Am; Ahad Ha-am) 1856–1927, Hebrew philosophical writer and editor, born in Russia.
- ginzburg — Natalia (nataˈliːa). 1916–91, Italian writer and dramatist. Her books include The Road to the City (1942), Voices in the Evening (1961), and Family Sayings (1963)
- gisborne — a seaport on E North Island, in N New Zealand.
- grabbing — Present participle of grab.
- grubbing — Present participle of grub.
- gun brig — a naval brig of the 18th century having from 8 to 12 guns.
- hangbird — a bird that builds a hanging nest, especially the Baltimore oriole.
- highborn — of high rank by birth.
- imbruing — Present participle of imbrue.
- kingbird — any of several American tyrant flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus, especially T. tyrannus (eastern kingbird) of North America, known for their pugnacious disposition toward predators.
- laboring — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- marbling — metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- neighbor — a person who lives near another.
- orbiting — the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- rabbling — a tool or mechanically operated device used for stirring or mixing a charge in a roasting furnace.