8-letter words containing g, a, b
- barghest — (in the North of England, esp Yorkshire) a goblin that appears in the shape of a dog as an omen of death or other misfortune
- barkings — Plural form of barking.
- barn egg — an egg laid by a chicken that is allowed to move freely within a barn
- barogram — the record of atmospheric pressure traced by a barograph or similar instrument
- barology — (obsolete, physics) The science of gravity or weight.
- baronage — barons collectively
- barraged — Simple past tense and past participle of barrage.
- barrages — Plural form of barrage.
- barrings — Plural form of barring.
- bashings — Plural form of bashing.
- bastogne — a town in SE Belgium: of strategic importance to Allied defences during the Battle of the Bulge; besieged by the Germans during the winter of 1944–45. Pop: 14 070 (2004 est)
- bat girl — a girl or young woman who takes care of the bats and sometimes other equipment of a team.
- batangas — a port in the Philippines, in SW Luzon. Pop: 293 000 (2005 est)
- batching — a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together: a batch of prisoners.
- batlings — Plural form of batling.
- batology — the study of members of the species Rubus
- batswing — in the form of the wing of a bat
- battling — a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo.
- baulking — to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech.
- be along — to come or arrive
- beachbag — a large handbag, sometimes of canvas, used to carry personal items, as a bathing suit, towel, and suntan lotion, to and from a beach.
- beaching — an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
- beadings — Plural form of beading.
- beagling — hunting with beagle hounds.
- bean bag — A bean bag is a large round cushion filled with tiny pieces of plastic or rubber. It takes the shape of your body when you sit on it.
- beanbags — Plural form of beanbag.
- bear hug — A bear hug is a rather rough, tight, affectionate hug.
- bear-hug — to greet with or hold in a bear hug: eager fans bear-hugging the victorious team.
- bearding — the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- bearings — a sense of one's relative position or situation; orientation (esp in the phrases lose, get, or take one's bearings)
- beathing — Present participle of beath.
- beatings — Plural form of beating.
- bedaggle — to soil the bottom of (garments) by trailing through dirt
- bedeguar — a moss-like growth found on rosebushes, caused by a reaction by the bush to the egg-laying process of the gall wasp or gallfly
- beggared — a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- beggarly — meanly inadequate; very poor
- being as — You can use being as to introduce a reason for what you are saying.
- belgrade — the capital of Serbia, in the E part at the confluence of the Danube and Sava Rivers: became the capital of Serbia in 1878, of Yugoslavia in 1929, and later of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006). Pop: 1 280 639 (2002)
- belgrano — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1820, Argentine general.
- belt bag — a bag that can be attached to a belt
- bengalee — a native or inhabitant of Bangladesh.
- benghazi — a port in N Libya, on the Gulf of Sidra: centre of Italian colonization (1911–42); scene of much fighting in World War II. Pop: 1 080 500 (2002 est)
- benguela — a port in W Angola: founded in 1617; a terminus (with Lobito) of the railway that runs from Beira in Mozambique through the Copper Belt of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Pop: about 200 000 (1990 est)
- beranger — Pierre-Jean de (pjɛr ʒɑ̃ də). 1780–1857, French lyric and satirical poet
- berating — to scold; rebuke: He berated them in public.
- bergamot — a small Asian spiny rutaceous tree, Citrus bergamia, having sour pear-shaped fruit
- bergenia — an evergreen ground-covering plant
- bergerac — Savinien Cyrano de [sav-in-yen sir-uh-noh duh;; French sa-vee-nyan see-ra-naw duh] /ˌsæv ɪnˈyɛn ˈsɪr əˌnoʊ də;; French sa viˈnyɛ̃ si raˈnɔ də/ (Show IPA), 1619–55, French soldier, swordsman, and writer: hero of play by Rostand.
- bergfall — an avalanche
- beringia — the former land bridge between Siberia & Alas., over which Asian animals and peoples migrated into North America