11-letter words containing b, u, g, e
- grub street — a street in London, England: formerly inhabited by many impoverished minor writers and literary hacks; now called Milton Street.
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- gum benzoin — Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
- guttae band — regula.
- gutter ball — a bowling ball that is rolled into one of the gutters and does not hit any pins.
- gutterblood — a low person of inferior breeding
- hattiesburg — a city in SE Mississippi.
- headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
- headbutting — Present participle of headbutt.
- hedge about — If you say that something such as an offer is hedged about or is hedged around with rules or conditions, you mean that there are a lot of rules or conditions.
- home-buying — the purchase of a house or flat
- human being — any individual of the genus Homo, especially a member of the species Homo sapiens.
- humbuggable — capable of being humbugged
- husking bee — a gathering of farm families or friends to husk corn, usually as part of a celebration or party.
- indigo blue — indigo (def 4).
- keyed bugle — a bugle that has keys to make it possible to play a chromatic scale
- king's blue — cobalt blue.
- klausenburg — German name of Cluj-Napoca.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- lumberingly — With heavy, clumsy movements.
- make-up bag — a bag in which cosmetics are kept
- mecklenburg — a former state in NE Germany, formed in 1934 from two states (Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz)
- mumbledypeg — a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
- mumbletypeg — a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
- munsterberg — Hugo [hyoo-goh;; German hoo-goh] /ˈhyu goʊ;; German ˈhu goʊ/ (Show IPA), 1863–1916, German psychologist and philosopher in the U.S.
- musette bag — Also called musette bag. a small leather or canvas bag with a shoulder strap, used for carrying personal belongings, food, etc., while hiking, marching, or the like.
- 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.
- objurgative — That objurgates; sharply disapproving.
- ombrogenous — (of plants) able to flourish in wet conditions
- outbreaking — The act of breaking out.
- outbreeding — to breed selected individuals outside the limits of the breed or variety.
- over-budget — costing or being more than the amount alloted or budgeted: The building is half-finished and it's already overbudget.
- overdubbing — Present participle of overdub.
- parkersburg — a city in NW West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
- pietersburg — capital of Northern Transvaal province, South Africa: pop. 26,000
- plunge bath — a bath large enough to immerse the whole body or to dive into
- pressburger — Emeric (ˈɛmərɪk). 1902–88, Hungarian film writer and producer, living in Britain: best known for his collaboration (1942–57) with Michael Powell. Films include The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), I Know Where I'm Going (1945), and A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
- public gaze — If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
- ring nebula — a planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra that has a ringlike appearance surrounding its central star.
- rubber game — any game played to break a tie resulting when each side has won the same number of games
- rubber ring — an air-filled ring made of rubber, used as a swimming aid
- shutter-bug — an amateur photographer, especially one who is greatly devoted to the hobby.
- southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
- spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
- staggerbush — an ericaceous deciduous shrub, Lyonia mariana, of E North America, having white or pinkish flowers: it is poisonous to livestock
- stourbridge — an industrial town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 480 (2001)
- sub-heading — a title or heading of a subdivision, as in a chapter, essay, or newspaper article.
- sub-manager — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.