11-letter words containing d, g
- 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
- bring round — to restore (a person) to consciousness, esp after a faint
- 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 glass — cylinder glass.
- broad-gauge — Railroads. of or relating to equipment designed for a railroad having track of a broad gauge: broad-gauge rolling stock.
- brobdingnag — in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, a land inhabited by giants about 60 feet tall
- brown goods — Brown goods are electrical appliances such as televisions and audio equipment. Compare white goods.
- budget plan — the planning of one's spending
- 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.
- bulldog ant — any of several aggressive ants of the genus Myrmecia, mostly of Australia and Tasmania, capable of inflicting a painful and potentially dangerous sting.
- bulldogging — one of an English breed of medium-sized, short-haired, muscular dogs with prominent, undershot jaws, usually having a white and tan or brindled coat, raised originally for bullbaiting.
- 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.
- cabbagehead — cabbage1 (def 2).
- 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.
- camouflaged — concealed or disguised
- campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
- canandaigua — a town in central New York.
- candlelight — Candlelight is the light that a candle produces.
- cannonading — a continued discharge of cannon, especially during an attack.
- caprimulgid — (zoology) Any of the Caprimulgidae, or nightjar family.
- cardiogenic — originating in the heart, or resulting from a disorder of the heart
- cardiograms — Plural form of cardiogram.
- cardiograph — an instrument for recording the mechanical force and form of heart movements
- cardophagus — a donkey
- carloadings — the number of railroad carloads shipped in or out within a given period
- casa grande — the massive, prehistoric structure within Indian ruins in S Ariz., now constituting a national monument
- case ending — a suffix on an inflected noun, pronoun, or adjective that indicates its grammatical function.
- casting rod — a fishing rod, generally 4–8 feet (1.2–2.4 meters) long, for casting bait or lures with a reel mounted near the handle that enables the thumb or finger to control the line during a cast, including rods used for bait casting and spinning.
- cat-and-dog — continuously or unceasingly vicious and destructive: cat-and-dog competition.
- 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
- chandelling — Present participle of chandelle.
- chandlering — the work of a chandler
- change down — When you change down, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a lower gear.
- 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.