11-letter words containing d, i, g
- backloading — to defer to a later date, as wages, benefits, or costs: The union agreed to back-load pay raises.
- backsliding — If you accuse someone of backsliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing.
- badmouthing — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- bag of wind — windbag.
- baking dish — a usually ceramic dish in which items can be baked
- baking soda — Baking soda is the same as bicarbonate of soda.
- bangladeshi — Bangladeshi means belonging to or relating to Bangladesh, or to its people or culture.
- barking mad — If you say that someone is barking mad, you mean that they are insane or are acting very strangely.
- barricading — Present participle of barricade.
- basal ridge — a U -shaped ridge at the base of the posterior surface of the crown of a tooth.
- beach ridge — a ridge just inland from a beach, consisting of sand and gravel built up by storm waves
- beam riding — a method of missile guidance in which the missile steers itself along the axis of a conically scanned microwave beam
- bed molding — a molding below a projecting part, esp. between the corona and frieze
- bed-wetting — the act or habit of involuntarily urinating in bed
- bedclothing — bedclothes; bedding.
- bedding out — the process of planting out young flowering plants in beds
- bedevilling — (British) present participle of bedevil.
- bedraggling — Present participle of bedraggle.
- bedside rug — a rug beside a bed
- bergenfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
- 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.
- bidding war — a situation in which multiple offerers bid to own a single property
- big diomede — See under Diomede Islands.
- big-hearted — If you describe someone as big-hearted, you think they are kind and generous, and always willing to help people.
- bigeye scad — a carangid fish, Selar crumenophthalmus, of tropical seas and Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S., having prominent eyes and commonly used as bait.
- bilge board — a board lowered from the bilge of a sailing vessel to serve as a keel.
- bindingness — the quality of being binding
- biomodeling — the mathematical modeling of biological reactions.
- birddogging — the act of pursuing with determination
- birds' eggs — the eggs of birds
- blind tiger — speak-easy
- blizzarding — Meteorology. a storm with dry, driving snow, strong winds, and intense cold. a heavy and prolonged snowstorm covering a wide area.
- blood guilt — guilty of murder or bloodshed.
- bloodguilty — guilty of murder or bloodshed.
- bludgeoning — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- bobsledding — a sled having two pairs of runners, a brake, and a steering wheel or other mechanism that enables the front rider to direct the sled down a steeply banked run or chute.
- bonderizing — to coat (steel) with an anticorrosive phosphate solution, usually in preparation for the application of paint, enamel, or lacquer.
- book-ending — a support placed at the end of a row of books to hold them upright, usually used in pairs.
- bookbinding — Bookbinding is the work of fastening books together and putting covers on them.
- braggadocio — vain empty boasting
- 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.
- bridal gown — a wedding dress
- 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.