10-letter words containing e, l, i, g
- apterygial — (of eels, certain insects, etc) lacking such paired limbs as wings or fins
- areligious — unconcerned with or indifferent to religious matters.
- argenteuil — a suburb of Paris, France, with a convent (656) that became famous when Héloïse was abbess (12th century). Pop: 103 250 (2008)
- aspergilla — Plural form of aspergillum.
- assembling — to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
- assignable — capable of being specified: The word has no assignable meaning in our language.
- azalignane — (organic compound) Any derivative of a lignane in which one or more of the benzene rings has been replaced with pyridine.
- balenciaga — Cristobal (krisˈtoβal). 1895–1972, Spanish couturier
- barrelling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- beclouding — Present participle of becloud.
- becomingly — that suits or gives a pleasing effect or attractive appearance, as to a person or thing: a becoming dress; a becoming hairdo.
- bedazzling — to impress forcefully, especially so as to make oblivious to faults or shortcomings: Audiences were bedazzled by her charm.
- bedeviling — to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
- bedlington — Also called Bedlingtonshire [bed-ling-tuh n-sheer, -sher] /ˈbɛd lɪŋ tənˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). an urban area in E Northumberland, in N England.
- befuddling — to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments: politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises.
- bellingham — seaport in NW Wash., at the N end of Puget Sound: pop. 67,000
- belly girt — girth (def 2).
- belongings — Your belongings are the things that you own, especially things that are small enough to be carried.
- bibliopegy — the art of binding books
- big laurel — the rhododendron.
- big league — a major sports league
- big-league — Sports. of or belonging to a major league: a big-league pitcher.
- bilge keel — one of two keel-like projections along the bilges of some vessels to improve sideways stability
- 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.
- bioecology — the science that deals with the interrelations of communities of animals and plants with their environment
- 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.
- 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
- blubbering — Zoology. the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales and other cetaceans, from which oil is made.
- 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 ridge — a mountain range extending SW from N Virginia to N Georgia: part of the Appalachian Mountains.
- blundering — a gross, stupid, or careless mistake: That's your second blunder this morning.
- boiled egg — an egg cooked in its shell in boiling water
- bolstering — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- bouldering — rock climbing on large boulders or small outcrops either as practice or as a sport in its own right
- bowldering — pavement made with small boulders.
- bridgeable — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- bridgetalk — (language) A visual language.
- bridgewall — (in a furnace or boiler) a transverse baffle that serves to deflect products of combustion.
- brightline — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
- brinelling — a localized surface corrosion; a cause of damage to bearings