10-letter words containing e, n, r, g, i
- bedsprings — Plural form of bedspring.
- begrudging — to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of (someone): She begrudged her friend the award.
- ben-gurion — David, original name David Gruen. 1886–1973, Israeli socialist statesman, born in Poland; first prime minister of Israel (1948–53, 1955–63)
- bergsonism — the philosophy of Henri Bergson, which emphasizes duration as the basic element of experience and asserts the existence of a life-giving force that permeates the entire natural order
- bering sea — a part of the N Pacific Ocean, between NE Siberia and Alaska. Area: about 2 275 000 sq km (878 000 sq miles)
- bice green — a medium to bright yellow-green color.
- big screen — When people talk about the big screen, they are referring to films that are made for cinema rather than for television.
- bioreagent — a reagent of biological origin, such as an enzyme
- 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.
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- blistering — Blistering heat is very great heat.
- blithering — talking foolishly; jabbering
- blubbering — Zoology. the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales and other cetaceans, from which oil is made.
- blundering — a gross, stupid, or careless mistake: That's your second blunder this morning.
- bolstering — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- boringness — the quality of being boring
- 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.
- bracketing — a set of brackets
- brandering — furring (def 4b).
- bridgetown — the capital of Barbados, a port on the SW coast. Pop: 144 000 (2005 est)
- brig. gen. — Brig. Gen. is a written abbreviation for brigadier general.
- brigandage — plundering by brigands
- brigandine — a coat of mail, invented in the Middle Ages to increase mobility, consisting of metal rings or sheets sewn on to cloth or leather
- brigantine — a two-masted sailing ship, rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft with square topsails on the mainmast
- brightener — a person or thing that brightens.
- brightline — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
- brightness — the condition of being bright
- brinelling — a localized surface corrosion; a cause of damage to bearings
- bring home — introduce to parents
- bring over — to cause (a person) to change allegiances
- bug-ridden — full of insects
- buildering — the practice of climbing tall urban buildings, for sport or publicity.
- buitenzorg — former Dutch name of Bogor.
- burgeoning — rapidly developing or growing; flourishing
- burlingame — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, U.S. diplomat.
- campaigner — A campaigner is a person who campaigns for social or political change.
- carcinogen — A carcinogen is a substance which can cause cancer.
- caregiving — the practice of providing care for a vulnerable neighbour or relative
- caretaking — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
- caringness — The quality of being caring.
- cariogenic — (of a substance) producing caries, esp in the teeth
- cashiering — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
- cassegrain — of an arrangement of mirrors, lenses, etc. used in reflecting telescopes and microwave antennas, having its focus or transmission point near or behind the center of the main mirror
- centigrade — Centigrade is a scale for measuring temperature, in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees. It is represented by the symbol °C.
- centigrams — Plural form of centigram.
- centrifuge — A centrifuge is a machine that spins mixtures of different substances around very quickly so that they separate by centrifugal force.
- ceredigion — a county of W Wales, on Cardigan Bay: created in 1996 from part of Dyfed; corresponds to the former Cardiganshire (abolished 1974): mainly agricultural, with the Cambrian Mountains in the E and N. Administrative centre: Aberaeron. Pop: 77 200 (2003 est). Area: 1793 sq km (692 sq miles)
- certifying — Present participle of certify.