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11-letter words containing b, u, r, g, a

  • gaberlunzie — a wandering beggar
  • gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
  • gas turbine — a turbine utilizing the gaseous products of combustion.
  • glamour boy — a man whose appearance or lifestyle is considered glamorous by popular standards.
  • glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
  • global rule — (in transformational grammar) a rule that makes reference to nonconsecutive stages of a derivation
  • ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
  • ground ball — a batted ball that rolls or bounces along the ground.
  • ground bass — a short fundamental bass part continually repeated throughout a movement.
  • ground beam — a reinforced concrete beam for supporting walls, joists, etc., at or near ground level, itself either resting directly upon the ground or supported at both ends by piers.
  • gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
  • gutter ball — a bowling ball that is rolled into one of the gutters and does not hit any pins.
  • hattiesburg — a city in SE Mississippi.
  • headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
  • klausenburg — German name of Cluj-Napoca.
  • laundry bag — A laundry bag is a bag for clothes that that are about to be washed.
  • lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • marlboroughJohn Churchill, 1st Duke of, Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
  • marsh buggy — swamp buggy.
  • martinsburg — a city in NE West Virginia.
  • maryborough — a seaport in E Australia.
  • nursing bra — a bra for breastfeeding mothers which provides additional support and has cups that can be folded down so the infant can be fed without the mother having to remove the bra
  • objurgating — Present participle of objurgate.
  • objurgation — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
  • objurgative — That objurgates; sharply disapproving.
  • objurgatory — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
  • outbreaking — The act of breaking out.
  • parkersburg — a city in NW West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
  • plattsburgh — a city in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: battle, 1814.
  • right about — the position assumed by turning about to the right so as to face in the opposite direction.
  • ring nebula — a planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra that has a ringlike appearance surrounding its central star.
  • royal burgh — (in Scotland) a burgh that was established by a royal charter granted directly by the sovereign
  • rubber game — any game played to break a tie resulting when each side has won the same number of games
  • rubbish bag — a plastic bag for the disposal of household rubbish
  • scarborough — a seaport in North Yorkshire, in NE England.
  • soul-baring — confessing intimate thoughts
  • spartanburg — a city in NW South Carolina.
  • staggerbush — an ericaceous deciduous shrub, Lyonia mariana, of E North America, having white or pinkish flowers: it is poisonous to livestock
  • sub-manager — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
  • subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
  • subglobular — globe-shaped; spherical.
  • subirrigate — to irrigate beneath the surface of the ground, as with water passing through a system of underground porous pipes or transmitted through the subsoil from ditches, etc.
  • submarginal — Biology. near the margin.
  • submarining — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
  • subrogation — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
  • sugar basin — sugar bowl.
  • table sugar — granulated white sugar.
  • tharborough — a type of constable in William Shakespeare's 'Love's Labours Lost'
  • tub gurnard — a type of gurnard coastal fish with pectoral fins used for crawling along the seabed
  • turbocharge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
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