9-letter words containing g, a, l, b
- belgravia — a fashionable residential district of W central London, around Belgrave Square
- bengalese — Bengali adjective
- bengaline — a heavy corded fabric, esp silk with woollen or cotton cord
- bengaluru — a state in S India. 70,051 sq. mi. (191,791 sq. km). Capital: Bengaluru.
- bespangle — to cover or adorn with or as if with spangles
- bhagalpur — a city in India, in Bihar: agriculture, textiles, university (1960). Pop: 340 349 (2001)
- biangular — having two angles or corners.
- big apple — People sometimes refer to the city of New York as the Big Apple.
- big labor — large labor unions collectively.
- bigeminal — happening in pairs
- bilingual — Bilingual means involving or using two languages.
- billabong — a backwater channel that forms a lagoon or pool
- black bag — a large sturdy black plastic or polythene bag used to put rubbish in
- black dog — depression or melancholy
- black fog — (in Cape Cod, Mass.) a dense fog.
- black gum — a tall, deciduous tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) with sour purple fruits and leaves that turn scarlet in the fall, found in moist forests of the E U.S.
- black-bag — of, relating to, or distributing money for expenses that has been diverted from the regular budget: Black-bag funds have paid for much overseas travel by the military.
- blackgame — a large grouse found in northern Europe and Asia
- blazingly — in a blazing manner
- bleaching — to make whiter or lighter in color, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from.
- bloggable — interesting, enjoyable, or entertaining enough to be a topic for a blog or blog post
- blood gas — a gas, as oxygen or carbon dioxide, that is dissolved in plasma.
- bloodgate — an incident during the 2010 Heineken Cup quarter-final in which winger Tom Williams faked a bleeding mouth injury to create a substitution opportunity for his team, the Harlequins
- blue flag — an award given to a seaside resort that meets EU standards of cleanliness of beaches and purity of water in bathing areas
- bluegrass — Bluegrass is a style of fast folk music that began in the Southern United States.
- bojangles — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- bolograph — a record made by a bolometer
- boomslang — a large greenish venomous arboreal colubrid snake, Dispholidus typus, of southern Africa
- boulanger — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1837–91, French general and minister of war (1886–87). Accused of attempting a coup d'état, he fled to Belgium, where he committed suicide
- bowl game — bowl1 (def 8).
- brabbling — to argue stubbornly about trifles; wrangle.
- bracingly — strengthening; invigorating: This mountain air is bracing.
- bradlaugh — Charles. 1833–91, British radical and freethinker: barred from taking his seat in parliament (1880–86) for refusing to take the parliamentary oath
- brambling — a Eurasian finch, Fringilla montifringilla, with a speckled head and back and, in the male, a reddish brown breast and darker wings and tail
- brandling — a small red earthworm, Eisenia foetida (or Helodrilus foetidus), found in manure and used as bait by anglers
- bricolage — the jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings from different periods and in different architectural styles
- bulgarian — Bulgarian means belonging or relating to Bulgaria, or to its people, language, or culture.
- bull gear — any large driving gear among smaller gears.
- bungaloid — resembling a bungalow or bungalows or characterized by bungalows or structures resembling bungalows
- butlerage — a butler's position or rank
- caballing — a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
- cablegram — a message sent by undersea cable
- calabogus — a mixed drink containing rum, spruce beer, and molasses
- changable — Misspelling of changeable.
- cogitable — conceivable
- daubingly — in a coating or smearing manner
- delegable — capable of being delegated: delegable authority.
- diabology — the study of the devil or devils
- dilly bag — a bag made from reeds, grasses, or hair.
- disabling — Present participle of disable.