11-letter words containing b, u, g
- belowground — underground
- benue-congo — a branch of the Niger-Congo family of African languages, consisting of the Bantu languages together with certain other languages of W Africa
- bequeathing — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- bergschrund — a crevasse at the head of a glacier
- bermuda bag — an oval-shaped handbag with wooden handles and changeable decorative cloth covers.
- bermuda rig — a fore-and-aft sailing boat rig characterized by a tall mainsail (Bermudian mainsail) that tapers to a point
- big picture — a broad, overall view or perspective of an issue or problem.
- big-leaguer — Sports. a player in a major league.
- bivouacking — a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
- black angus — Aberdeen Angus
- blacktongue — canine pellagra.
- blood group — Someone's blood group is the type of blood that they have in their body. There are four main types: A, B, AB, and O.
- blood guilt — guilty of murder or bloodshed.
- blood purge — the mass execution, especially by a government, of persons considered guilty of treason or sedition.
- blood sugar — the glucose concentration in the blood: the normal fasting value is between 3.9 and 5.6 mmol/l
- bloodguilty — guilty of murder or bloodshed.
- bludgeoning — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- blue ensign — an ensign having the Union Jack on a blue background at the upper corner of the vertical edge alongside the hoist: flown by Royal Navy auxiliary vessels, and, with some extra distinguishing mark or insignia, by certain yacht clubs
- blue grouse — a grouse, Dendragapus obscurus, of W North America, having a bluish-grey plumage with a black tail
- bluejacking — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to gain access to another, esp in order to send anonymous text messages
- bok globule — a dense spherical cloud of gas and dust in interstellar space that absorbs light from stars.
- bokhara rug — a Turkoman rug having a tan or red background and decorated with varied octagon patterns.
- bombing run — the part of a flight of a bomber aircraft that brings it to the point over a target at which its bombs are released
- borborygmus — rumbling of the stomach
- bottom plug — A bottom plug is a bridge or cement seal placed near the bottom of the well in order to shut it off.
- boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
- bounce game — (esp in soccer) a non-competitive game played as part of training
- bourgeoisie — In Marxist theory, the bourgeoisie are the middle-class people who own most of the wealth in a capitalist system.
- bourgeoning — to grow or develop quickly; flourish: The town burgeoned into a city. He burgeoned into a fine actor.
- bourguignon — a sauce made with red wine, onions, and seasoning
- brandenburg — a state in NE Germany, part of East Germany until 1990. A former electorate, it expanded under the Hohenzollerns to become the kingdom of Prussia (1701). The district east of the Oder River became Polish in 1945. Capital: Potsdam. Pop: 2 575 000 (2003 est). Area: 29 481 sq km (11 219 sq miles)
- breaking-up — separation, or the action of separating, into smaller parts
- bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- bring round — to restore (a person) to consciousness, esp after a faint
- bringing-up — 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.
- british gum — dextrin.
- broad gauge — a railway track with a greater distance between the lines than the standard gauge of 561⁄2 inches (about 1.44 metres) used now by most mainline railway systems
- broad-gauge — Railroads. of or relating to equipment designed for a railroad having track of a broad gauge: broad-gauge rolling stock.
- brown sugar — Brown sugar is sugar that has not been refined, or is only partly refined. It is golden brown in color.
- bucaramanga — a city in N central Colombia, in the Cordillera Oriental: centre of a district growing coffee, tobacco, and cotton. Pop: 1 069 000 (2005 est)
- buckjumping — a competitive event for buckjumpers in a rodeo
- budget plan — the planning of one's spending
- buffalo bug — carpet beetle
- bugging out — Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
- bukhara rug — a kind of rug, typically having a black-and-white geometrical pattern on a reddish ground
- bulk buying — the purchase at one time, and often at a reduced price, of a large quantity of a particular commodity
- bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
- bull riding — a rodeo event in which a contestant tries to ride a bucking bull for eight seconds, with one hand holding a rope tied to a band around the bull's chest.
- bull tongue — a heavy plough used in growing cotton, having an almost vertical mouldboard
- bullbaiting — a type of blood sport involving the baiting of a bull by dogs