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11-letter words containing d, e, g, r

  • bermuda rig — a fore-and-aft sailing boat rig characterized by a tall mainsail (Bermudian mainsail) that tapers to a point
  • bewildering — A bewildering thing or situation is very confusing and difficult to understand or to make a decision about.
  • big-hearted — If you describe someone as big-hearted, you think they are kind and generous, and always willing to help people.
  • bilge board — a board lowered from the bilge of a sailing vessel to serve as a keel.
  • birds' eggs — the eggs of birds
  • blind tiger — speak-easy
  • blood purge — the mass execution, especially by a government, of persons considered guilty of treason or sedition.
  • bonderizing — to coat (steel) with an anticorrosive phosphate solution, usually in preparation for the application of paint, enamel, or lacquer.
  • boondoggler — a product of simple manual skill, as a plaited leather cord for the neck or a knife sheath, made typically by a camper or a scout.
  • brand image — The brand image of a particular brand of product is the image or impression that people have of it, usually created by advertising.
  • 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)
  • bridge deck — a deck on top of a bridge house; flying bridge.
  • bridge lamp — a floor lamp, especially one having the light source on an arm so hinged as to be horizontally adjustable.
  • bridge loan — A bridge loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example, so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
  • bridge roll — a soft bread roll in a long thin shape
  • bridge view — a town in NE Illinois.
  • bridgeboard — a board on both sides of a staircase that is cut to support the treads and risers
  • bridgewater — a town in E Massachusetts.
  • bright idea — suggestion: clever
  • bright-eyed — eager; fresh and enthusiastic
  • 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.
  • bungee cord — a type of stretchy rope consisting of elastic strands often in a fabric casing. Bungee cords may be used in parachuting, bungee jumping or to secure loads. Ones used for securing loads often have hooks on either end.
  • calendaring — a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
  • calendering — a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
  • cardiogenic — originating in the heart, or resulting from a disorder of the heart
  • casa grande — the massive, prehistoric structure within Indian ruins in S Ariz., now constituting a national monument
  • categorised — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • categorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • cattle grid — A cattle grid is a set of metal bars in the surface of a road which prevents cattle and sheep from walking along the road, but allows people and vehicles to pass.
  • centrifuged — an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.
  • cerro gordo — a mountain pass in E Mexico, between Veracruz and Jalapa: site of a battle in the Mexican War (1847) in which American forces under General Scott decisively defeated the Mexicans
  • chandlering — the work of a chandler
  • changeround — the process of changing position
  • charge card — A charge card is a plastic card that you use to buy goods on credit from a particular store or group of stores. Compare credit card.
  • chargrilled — Simple past tense and past participle of chargrill.
  • clamdiggers — Close-fitting women’s casual pants hemmed at mid-calf.
  • clopidogrel — An oral antiplatelet agent used to inhibit blood clots in coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease, having the chemical formula C16H16ClNO2S.
  • cogenerated — Simple past tense and past participle of cogenerate.
  • congregated — Simple past tense and past participle of congregate.
  • considering — You use considering to indicate that you are thinking about a particular fact when making a judgment or giving an opinion.
  • copyrighted — Copyrighted material is protected by a copyright.
  • copywronged — copybroke
  • corn dodger — South Midland and Southern U.S. a small, usually oval cake made of corn bread and baked or fried hard in a skillet.
  • corndodgers — Plural form of corndodger.
  • corrigendum — an error to be corrected
  • cost ledger — a subsidiary ledger in which are recorded the costs of goods produced or services supplied.
  • counterdrug — Against the trafficking of drugs.
  • cracked gas — Cracked gas is gas from a refining process, which is often compressed afterwards.
  • craggedness — the quality of being cragged
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