11-letter words containing g, i, b, e
- gilt bronze — ormolu (def 2).
- ginger beer — a soft drink similar to ginger ale but containing more ginger flavor.
- gingerbread — a type of cake flavored with ginger and molasses.
- give battle — to commence fighting
- glacier bay — a national park in SE Alaska, made up of large tidewater glaciers. 4381 sq. mi. (11,347 sq. km).
- glass fiber — Glass fiber is another name for fiberglass.
- glass fibre — Glass fibre is another name for fibreglass.
- glen burnie — a city in E central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- glitterball — Synonym of mirrorball.
- globefishes — Plural form of globefish.
- globigerina — any marine foraminifer of the genus Globigerina, having a calcareous shell, occurring either near the surface of the sea or in the mud at the bottom.
- goldbeating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- goldbergian — Rube Goldberg.
- goldbricked — Simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick.
- goldbricker — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- gooney bird — any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross and the Laysan albatross, occurring on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
- grandbabies — Plural form of grandbaby.
- gratifiable — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- great basin — a region in the Western U.S. that has no drainage to the ocean: includes most of Nevada and parts of Utah, California, Oregon, and Idaho. 210,000 sq. mi. (544,000 sq. km).
- greenbriers — Plural form of greenbrier.
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- gum benzoin — Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
- haemoglobin — (protein) alternative spelling of hemoglobin.
- hang behind — to remain in a place after others have left; linger
- harbingered — Simple past tense and past participle of harbinger.
- hattiesburg — a city in SE Mississippi.
- headbanging — rhythmical moving of the head up and down in dancing to heavy metal
- headbutting — Present participle of headbutt.
- helsingborg — a port in SW Sweden, on the Sound opposite Helsingør, Denmark: changed hands several times between Denmark and Sweden, finally becoming Swedish in 1710; shipbuilding. Pop: 121 097 (2004 est)
- herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- herringbone — a pattern consisting of adjoining vertical rows of slanting lines, any two contiguous lines forming either a V or an inverted V , used in masonry, textiles, embroidery, etc.
- hibernating — Present participle of hibernate.
- high blower — a horse that produces a blowing sound when exhaling.
- highbinders — Plural form of highbinder.
- highblooded — of high blood, family, or race
- home baking — such things as bread, cakes and biscuits that are baked at home
- home-buying — the purchase of a house or flat
- human being — any individual of the genus Homo, especially a member of the species Homo sapiens.
- husking bee — a gathering of farm families or friends to husk corn, usually as part of a celebration or party.
- hybernating — Present participle of hybernate.
- icebreaking — Serving the purpose of breaking ice.
- ignobleness — The state or condition of being ignoble.
- immitigable — unable to be mitigated; not to be mitigated.
- impregnable — susceptible to impregnation, as an egg.
- impregnably — In an impregnable manner; in a manner to defy attack.
- incogitable — Not cogitable; inconceivable.
- incombering — Present participle of incomber.
- indigo blue — indigo (def 4).
- inebriating — to make drunk; intoxicate.
- infatigable — (obsolete) indefatigable.