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10-letter words containing e, g

  • bilge pump — a pump for removing water from a bilge.
  • bilge well — bilge (def 1c).
  • bilge-well — Nautical. either of the rounded areas that form the transition between the bottom and the sides on the exterior of a hull. Also, bilges. (in a hull with a double bottom) an enclosed area between frames at each side of the floors, where seepage collects. Also called bilge well. a well into which seepage drains to be pumped away. Also called bilge water. seepage accumulated in bilges.
  • bill gates — (person)   William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. He was a computer nerd who dropped out of Harvard and one of the first programmers to oppose software piracy ("Open Letter to Hobbyists," Computer Notes, February 3, 1976).
  • billbergia — any bromeliad of the tropical American genus Billbergia, having stiff leaves and flowers with showy, variously colored bracts.
  • biodegrade — to decompose (something)
  • bioecology — the science that deals with the interrelations of communities of animals and plants with their environment
  • biogenesis — the principle that a living organism must originate from a parent organism similar to itself
  • biogenetic — genetic engineering.
  • biographee — a person whose biography has been written
  • biographer — Someone's biographer is a person who writes an account of their life.
  • bioreagent — a reagent of biological origin, such as an enzyme
  • biosurgery — the use of live sterile maggots to treat patients with infected wounds
  • birddogged — characterized by being pursued with determination
  • bitterling — a small brightly coloured European freshwater cyprinid fish, Rhodeus sericeus: a popular aquarium fish
  • blabbering — to reveal indiscreetly and thoughtlessly: They blabbed my confidences to everyone.
  • black sage — a shrubby Californian plant, Salvia mellifera, of the mint family, having an interrupted spike of lavender-blue or white flowers.
  • blancmange — Blancmange is a cold dessert that is made from milk, sugar, cornflour or corn starch, and flavouring, and looks rather like jelly.
  • blanketing — a large, rectangular piece of soft fabric, often with bound edges, used especially for warmth as a bed covering.
  • blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
  • blistering — Blistering heat is very great heat.
  • blithering — talking foolishly; jabbering
  • blitzkrieg — A blitzkrieg is a fast and intense military attack that takes the enemy by surprise and is intended to achieve a very quick victory.
  • bloggerati — those considered to be important or influential in the world of blogging
  • blogstream — the publication on the internet of content from weblogs rather than from mainstream media sources
  • blubbering — Zoology. the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales and other cetaceans, from which oil is made.
  • bludgeoned — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
  • blue agave — a Mexican plant, Agave tequilana variant weber, with blue leaves, used in tequila.
  • blue angel — a blue capsule or tablet containing the barbiturate amobarbital or its derivative.
  • blue flags — any North American plant of the genus Iris, especially I. versicolor : the state flower of Tennessee.
  • blue giant — any of the large, bright stars having surface temperatures of about 20,000 K and diameters that are often ten times that of the sun.
  • blue goose — a variety of the snow goose that has a bluish-grey body and white head and neck
  • blue grama — any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis (blue grama)
  • blue ridge — a mountain range extending SW from N Virginia to N Georgia: part of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • blue-green — a color about midway between blue and green in the spectrum.
  • bluetongue — an Australian lizard, Tiliqua scincoides, having a cobalt-blue tongue
  • blundering — a gross, stupid, or careless mistake: That's your second blunder this morning.
  • board game — A board game is a game such as chess or backgammon, which people play by moving small objects around on a board.
  • body image — an individual's concept of his or her own body
  • bog myrtle — sweet gale.
  • bog turtle — a small turtle, Clemmys muhlenbergi, inhabiting swamps and slow, muddy-bottomed streams in scattered areas from New York to North Carolina.
  • bogey hole — a natural pool used for swimming
  • bogey-hole — a swimming hole.
  • bogtrotter — a highly offensive term for an Irish person
  • boiled egg — an egg cooked in its shell in boiling water
  • bolstering — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
  • bon voyage — You say 'bon voyage' to someone who is going on a journey, as a way of saying goodbye and wishing them good luck.
  • boondoggle — People sometimes refer to an official organization or activity as a boondoggle when they think it wastes a lot of time and money and does not achieve much.
  • bootlegged — made, sold, or transported unlawfully.
  • bootlegger — alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
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