10-letter words containing g, e, r, b, o
- bugger off — If someone buggers off, they go away quickly and suddenly. People often say bugger off as a rude way of telling someone to go away.
- buitenzorg — former Dutch name of Bogor.
- bulldogger — a person who brings an animal, esp a steer, to the ground by twisting its head from the horns
- burgeoning — rapidly developing or growing; flourishing
- by george! — a figure of St. George killing the dragon, especially one forming part of the insignia of the Order of the Garter.
- clobbering — Present participle of clobber.
- coatbridge — an industrial town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire. Pop: 41 170 (2001)
- comburgess — (formerly) a fellow citizen or freeman of a borough
- corbelling — a set of corbels stepped outwards, one above another
- coreid bug — leaf-footed bug.
- corrigible — capable of being corrected
- counterbug — (humour) A bug used as a relpy to refute another person's bug report, as in "counterargument".
- cyberglove — (hardware, virtual reality) A data glove sold by Virtual Technologies. The spandex-like glove houses 18 sensors to track accurately just about every move your hand is capable of making. The accompanying software includes a three-dimensional hand model that can he added to any virtual reality application. The glove includes a mount for Polhemus and Ascension sensors.
- cybergroup — A group based in cyberspace or on the Internet.
- dagobert i — a.d. 602?–639, Merovingian king of the Franks 628–639.
- de broglie — Prince Louis Victor (lwi viktɔr). 1892–1987, French physicist, noted for his research in quantum mechanics and his development of wave mechanics: Nobel prize for physics 1929
- disembargo — to remove an embargo from.
- dogberries — Plural form of dogberry.
- embargoing — Present participle of embargo.
- embowering — Present participle of embower.
- embroiling — Present participle of embroil.
- embryogeny — the formation and development of an embryo
- embryology — The branch of biology and medicine concerned with the study of embryos and their development.
- ergophobia — An irrational fear of work.
- fibrinogen — a globulin occurring in blood and yielding fibrin in blood coagulation.
- fingerbone — A bone in the finger.
- fingerbowl — a small bowl filled with water for rinsing the fingers at the table after a meal
- flower bug — any of several bugs of the family Anthocoridae that live on flowers and are predaceous on aphids and other small insects.
- footbridge — a bridge intended for pedestrians only.
- forbearing — to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
- foreboding — a prediction; portent.
- forgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- fourbagger — home run.
- gable roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
- garderobes — Plural form of garderobe.
- germaphobe — One who suffers from germaphobia.
- germophobe — A person who fears physical contact with germs and is therefore obsessed with cleanliness.
- globe-trot — If someone spends their time globe-trotting, they spend a lot of time travelling to different parts of the world.
- go berserk — If someone or something goes berserk, they lose control of themselves and become very angry or violent.
- goatsbeard — any of several composite plants of the genus Tragopogon, especially T. pratensis, having yellow flower heads.
- gobstopper — a large piece of hard candy.
- godbrother — The son of one's godparent.
- goldbeater — a person who pounds gold into thin leaves for use in gilding
- goldberger — Joseph, 1874–1929, U.S. physician, born in Austria: discovered the cause of and treatment for pellagra.
- gooneybird — an informal name for the albatross, esp the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes)
- gooseberry — the edible, acid, globular, sometimes spiny fruit of certain prickly shrubs belonging to the genus Ribes, of the saxifrage family, especially R. uva-crispa (or R. grossularia).
- gorbellied — a protruding belly.
- gorse bush — a gorse plant
- gothenburg — Göteborg.
- governable — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.