8-letter words containing b, u, g, l
- bunghole — a hole in a cask, barrel, etc, through which liquid can be poured or drained
- bungling — to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch: He bungled the job.
- bungwall — an Australian fern, Blechnum indicum, having an edible rhizome
- burbling — the bubbling or gurgling sound of water
- burghley — William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 1520–98, English statesman: chief adviser to Elizabeth I; secretary of state (1558–72) and Lord High Treasurer (1572–98)
- burglary — If someone commits a burglary, they enter a building by force and steal things. Burglary is the act of doing this.
- burleigh — Burghley
- bustling — to move or act with a great show of energy (often followed by about): He bustled about cooking breakfast.
- club bag — a soft, usually leather, two-handled bag suitable for use in traveling or for general utility.
- clubbing — Clubbing is the activity of going to night clubs.
- doubling — anything that is twofold in size or amount or twice the usual size, quantity, strength, etc.
- flat bug — any of numerous flattened bugs of the family Aradidae, inhabiting the underside of bark and feeding on fungi.
- flubbing — Present participle of flub.
- fumbling — to feel or grope about clumsily: She fumbled in her purse for the keys.
- fungible — (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.
- galbanum — a gum resin with a peculiar, strong odor, obtained from certain Asian plants of the genus Ferula, used in incense and formerly in medicine.
- galbulus — A fleshy seed-producing cone of junipers and cypresses.
- gelibolu — a peninsula in NW European Turkey, extending between the Aegean Sea and the Dardanelles. 50 miles (80 km) long.
- glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
- globular — globe-shaped; spherical.
- globules — Plural form of globule.
- globulet — a small globule
- globulin — any of a group of proteins, as myosin, occurring in plant and animal tissue, insoluble in pure water but soluble in dilute salt solutions and coagulable by heat.
- globulus — The nucleus globosus.
- glueball — a hypothetical object consisting of two or more gluons.
- glum bum — a pessimistic person
- gold bug — one who buys, or advocates buying, gold as protection against an anticipated collapse in the value of currency, stocks, etc.
- goldbugs — Informal. a person, especially an economist or politician, who supports the gold standard.
- grubbily — In a grubby manner.
- grumbled — to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly.
- grumbler — A person who persistently grumbles; a complainer.
- grumbles — Plural form of grumble.
- guidable — Capable of being guided; willing to be guided or counselled.
- gullable — easily deceived or cheated.
- gullible — easily deceived or cheated.
- gullibly — easily deceived or cheated.
- gumballs — Plural form of gumball.
- gumboils — Plural form of gumboil.
- gumbotil — a sticky clay formed by the thorough weathering of glacial drift, the thickness of the clay furnishing means for comparing relative lengths of interglacial ages.
- gustable — Having a taste; capable of being tasted.
- huggable — evoking a desire to hug close; inviting a close embrace; cuddly: a huggable little baby.
- humbling — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- jumbling — Present participle of jumble.
- lace bug — any of several bugs of the family Tingidae, characterized by a lacy pattern of ridges on the head, thorax, and wings, and feeding on the leaves of oak, birch, sycamore, etc.
- ladybugs — Plural form of ladybug.
- lebesgue — Henri Léon [ahn-ree ley-awn] /ɑ̃ˈri leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1875–1941, French mathematician.
- leesburg — a city in central Florida.
- limbourg — a medieval duchy in W Europe: now divided into a province in the SE Netherlands (Limburg) and a province in NE Belgium (Limbourg)
- luggable — (esp of computers) portable, but with difficulty
- lundberg — George A(ndrew) 1895–1966, U.S. sociologist and author.