10-letter words containing g, e, n
- augustness — inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic: an august performance of a religious drama.
- austringer — a person who keeps goshawks
- authigenic — (of minerals) having crystallized in a sediment during or after deposition
- autogenous — originating within the body
- autosexing — the breeding of birds to reveal specific sexual characteristics
- avantgarde — the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
- avengeance — (obsolete) vengeance.
- avengement — (rare) The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken.
- avengeress — a female avenger
- averagings — average values
- avgolemono — a Greek soup made with eggs, lemon juice, and rice
- awakenings — Plural form of awakening.
- azalignane — (organic compound) Any derivative of a lignane in which one or more of the benzene rings has been replaced with pyridine.
- back green — grass or a garden at the back of a house, esp a tenement
- baggageman — (US) a railway employee who was in charge of the baggage car, storing and retrieving passenger's baggage and sometimes handling mail.
- bainbridge — Beryl.1934–2010, British novelist and playwright. Novels include The Dressmaker (1973), Injury Time (1977), Master Georgie (1998), and According to Queeney (2001)
- balenciaga — Cristobal (krisˈtoβal). 1895–1972, Spanish couturier
- balneology — the branch of medical science concerned with the therapeutic value of baths, esp those taken with natural mineral waters
- bangladesh — a republic in S Asia: formerly the Eastern Province of Pakistan; became independent in 1971 after civil war and the defeat of Pakistan by India; consists of the plains and vast deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers; prone to flooding: economy based on jute and jute products (over 70 per cent of world production); a member of the Commonwealth. Language: Bengali. Religion: Muslim. Currency: taka. Capital: Dhaka. Pop: 163 654 860 (2013 est). Area: 142 797 sq km (55 126 sq miles)
- banqueting — A banqueting hall or room is a large room where banquets are held.
- bar magnet — a bar-shaped, usually permanent, magnet.
- barbecuing — Present participle of barbecue.
- bargainers — Plural form of bargainer.
- bargestone — any of several stones forming the sloping edge of a gable.
- baronetage — the order of baronets; baronets collectively
- barrelling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- bartending — to serve or work as a bartender.
- battenburg — an oblong sponge cake divided longitudinally into four square sections, two coloured pink and two yellow, with an outer coating of marzipan
- batterings — Plural form of battering.
- baumgarten — Alexander Gottlieb. 1714–62, German philosopher, noted for his pioneering work on aesthetics, a term that he originated
- bayoneting — (US) present participle of bayonet.
- bean goose — a grey goose, Anser fabalis
- beatboxing — a form of hip-hop music in which the voice is used to simulate percussion instruments
- beatifying — Present participle of beatify.
- beating-up — a physical assault
- 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.
- bedighting — Present participle of bedight.
- bedizening — Present participle of bedizen.
- 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.
- bedsitting — as in bedsitting room
- bedsprings — Plural form of bedspring.
- bedwetting — Bedwetting means urinating in bed, usually by small children.
- beekeeping — Beekeeping is the practice of owning and taking care of bees.
- beetlebung — sour gum.
- befuddling — to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments: politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises.
- beg-pardon — an expression of apology (used especially in the phrase with no beg-pardons).
- beginnings — the early stages; the first signs