10-letter words containing b, u, r, g
- glauberite — a mineral, sodium calcium sulfate, Na 2 Ca(SO 4) 2 , often found as a deposit on the beds of salt lakes.
- glory bush — a shrub, Tibouchina urvilleana, native to Brazil, having showy purple flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- gobi burin — a wedge-shaped engraving tool made by Pleistocene hunters on both the Asian and American sides of the Bering Strait.
- gorse bush — a gorse plant
- gothenburg — Göteborg.
- graubunden — German name of Grisons.
- greensburg — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- ground bug — any member of a family (Lygaeidae) of hemipterous plant-eating insects, having generally dark bodies, sometimes marked with red, and lighter, yellowish wings
- groundbait — chum2 (def 1).
- groundball — Alternative form of ground ball.
- grub screw — headless metal bolt
- grubbiness — dirty; slovenly: children with grubby faces and sad eyes.
- grubstaked — Simple past tense and past participle of grubstake.
- grubstaker — provisions, gear, etc., furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any discoveries.
- grubstakes — Plural form of grubstake.
- grubstreet — produced by a hack; poor in quality: a grubstreet book.
- grumblings — Plural form of grumbling.
- guard band — an unassigned range of radio frequencies either just above or just below the band of frequencies required for the signal transmitted by a broadcasting station. It helps to prevent interference in receivers between signals from different stations.
- gubernator — a governor
- guest beer — a draught beer stocked by a bar, often for a limited period, in addition to its usual range
- guideboard — a large board or sign, usually mounted on a post, giving directions to travelers.
- gum arabic — a water-soluble, gummy exudate obtained from the acacia tree, especially Acacia senegal, used as an emulsifier, an adhesive, in inks, and in pharmaceuticals.
- gun barrel — firearm: tube-shaped part
- hamburgers — Plural form of hamburger.
- harbourage — (British, nautical) A place for refuge for a vessel.
- harbouring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- harrisburg — a state in the E United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). Capital: Harrisburg. Abbreviation: PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.
- haubergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
- hindenburg — Paul von [pawl von;; German poul fuh n] /pɔl vɒn;; German paʊl fən/ (Show IPA), (Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg) 1847–1934, German field marshal; 2nd president of Germany 1925–34.
- humblebrag — a statement intended as a boast or brag but disguised by a humble apology, complaint, etc.
- humbuggery — pretense; sham.
- inarguable — not arguable: Her conclusion is so obvious as to be inarguable.
- inarguably — not arguable: Her conclusion is so obvious as to be inarguable.
- jitterbugs — Plural form of jitterbug.
- kalaburagi — a city in Karnataka state, in S central India.
- laurinburg — a town in S North Carolina.
- le bourget — a suburb of Paris: former airport, landing site for Charles A. Lindbergh, May 1927.
- lignotuber — (botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.
- limburgite — a glassy, dark-coloured volcanic rock containing olivine and augite but little or no feldspar
- litterbugs — Plural form of litterbug.
- louisbourg — a fortress in Canada, in Nova Scotia on SE Cape Breton Island: founded in 1713 by the French and strongly fortified (1720–40); captured by the British (1758) and demolished; reconstructed as a historic site
- lounge bar — more elegant bar
- lugubrious — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- luluabourg — former name of Kananga.
- luxembourg — a grand duchy surrounded by Germany, France, and Belgium. 999 sq. mi. (2585 sq. km).
- miamisburg — a town in W Ohio.
- middelburg — a province in the SW Netherlands, consisting largely of islands. 1041 sq. mi. (2695 sq. km). Capital: Middelburg.
- muhlenberg — Frederick Augustus Conrad, 1750–1801, U.S. clergyman and statesman: first Speaker of the House 1789–91, 1793–95.
- mulligrubs — ill temper; colic; grumpiness.
- neighbours — Plural form of neighbour.