8-letter words containing e, g
- bretagne — Brittany2
- breughel — Jan Bruegel
- bridgend — a county borough in S Wales, created in 1996 from S Mid Glamorgan. Administrative centre: Bridgend. Pop: 129 900 (2003 est). Area: 264 sq km (102 sq miles)
- briefing — A briefing is a meeting at which information or instructions are given to people, especially before they do something.
- brigaded — a military unit having its own headquarters and consisting of two or more regiments, squadrons, groups, or battalions.
- brighten — If someone brightens or their face brightens, they suddenly look happier.
- brighter — radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
- brigitte — a female given name, French form of Bridget.
- brockage — a defect or fault imposed on a coin during its minting.
- broguery — the use of a brogue or accent
- bromberg — German name of Bydgoszcz.
- brueghel — Jan (jɑn). 1568–1625, Flemish painter, noted for his detailed still lifes and landscapes
- budgeree — excellent; fine
- budgerow — a large slow-moving barge formerly used on the Ganges
- budgeted — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
- budgeter — a person who budgets
- bug-eyed — A bug-eyed person or animal has eyes that stick out.
- buggered — If someone says that they will be buggered if they will do something, they mean that they do not want to do it and they will definitely not do it.
- bughouse — a mental hospital or asylum
- buginese — a member of a Muslim people inhabiting the southern part of Sulawesi.
- bullgine — a steam locomotive
- bunghole — a hole in a cask, barrel, etc, through which liquid can be poured or drained
- burbidge — (Eleanor) Margaret (Peachey) [pee-chee] /ˈpi tʃi/ (Show IPA), born 1919, U.S. astronomer, born in England.
- burghley — William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 1520–98, English statesman: chief adviser to Elizabeth I; secretary of state (1558–72) and Lord High Treasurer (1572–98)
- burgonet — a light 16th-century helmet, usually made of steel, with hinged cheekpieces
- burgoyne — John. 1722–92, British general in the War of American Independence who was forced to surrender at Saratoga (1777)
- burgrave — the military governor of a German town or castle, esp in the 12th and 13th centuries
- burleigh — Burghley
- cabbaged — Chiefly British. cloth scraps that remain after a garment has been cut from a fabric and that by custom the tailor may claim. Also called cab. such scraps used for reprocessing.
- cabbages — Plural form of cabbage.
- cabbagey — resembling a cabbage
- cabotage — coastal navigation or shipping, esp within the borders of one country
- cagebird — A bird kept in a cage.
- cageless — Without a cage.
- cagelike — resembling a cage
- cageling — a bird kept in a cage
- cagework — openwork resembling the bars of a cage
- caginess — cautious, wary, or shrewd: a cagey reply to the probing question.
- cagoules — Plural form of cagoule.
- calzaghe — Joe. born 1972, Welsh boxer: won all 46 of his professional fights (1993–2008); world champion in the super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions
- cam gear — a gear not centered on the shaft, used where discontinuous action is required
- camaguey — a city in E central Cuba. Pop: 320 000 (2005 est)
- campagne — a low plain surrounding the city of Rome, Italy.
- canaigre — a dock, Rumex hymenosepalus, of the southern US, the root of which yields a substance used in tanning
- canegrub — any of various grubs that are a pest of sugar cane, esp, in Australia, the greyback canegrub, Dermolepida albohirtum
- canoeing — Canoeing is the sport of using and racing a canoe.
- capering — to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol.
- carageen — carrageen
- carnegie — Andrew. 1835–1919, US steel manufacturer and philanthropist, born in Scotland: endowed public libraries, education, and research trusts
- carriage — A carriage is an old-fashioned vehicle, usually for a small number of passengers, which is pulled by horses.