7-letter words containing g, i, b
- bobigny — a department in N France. 91 sq. mi. (236 sq. km). Capital: Bobigny.
- boffing — Theater. a box-office hit. a joke or humorous line producing hearty laughter.
- bogging — filthy; covered in dirt and grime
- boggish — like a bog
- bogomil — a member of a dualistic sect, flourishing chiefly in Bulgaria in the Middle Ages, that rejected most of the Old Testament and was strongly anticlerical in polity.
- boiling — very warm
- bombing — a concerted and persistent use of bombs against a target
- bonding — the process by which individuals become emotionally attached to one another
- boobing — a stupid person; fool; dunce.
- booking — A booking is the arrangement that you make when you book something such as a hotel room, a table at a restaurant, a theatre seat, or a place on public transport.
- booming — perceived as too loud
- booting — bootstrap
- boozing — any alcoholic beverage; whiskey.
- bopping — a blow.
- borings — Machinery. the act or process of making or enlarging a hole. the hole so made.
- borking — to attack (a candidate or public figure) systematically, especially in the media.
- bossing — the act of shaping malleable metal, such as lead cladding, with mallets to fit a surface
- bowling — Bowling is a game in which you roll a heavy ball down a narrow track towards a group of wooden objects and try to knock down as many of them as possible.
- bracing — If you describe something, especially a place, climate, or activity as bracing, you mean that it makes you feel fresh and full of energy.
- braking — the act or process of slowing or stopping a vehicle, wheel, shaft, etc, or for keeping it stationary, esp by means of friction
- braving — possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
- braying — the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
- brewing — a quantity of a beverage brewed at one time
- bribing — money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.: The motorist offered the arresting officer a bribe to let him go.
- bridger — James, 1804–81, U.S. fur trader and mountain man, noted for his tall tales.
- bridges — Robert (Seymour). 1844–1930, English poet: poet laureate (1913–30)
- bridget — 453–523 ad, Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland. Feast day: Feb 1
- brigade — A brigade is one of the groups which an army is divided into.
- brigand — A brigand is someone who attacks people and robs them, especially in mountains or forests.
- brigham — a male given name.
- brights — the high beam of the headlights of a motor vehicle
- briming — the phosphorescence of seawater
- bringer — A bringer of something is someone who brings or provides it.
- broglie — Achille Charles Léonce Victor Duc de Broglie1785-1870; Fr. statesman under Napoleon I & Louis Philippe
- broking — acting as a broker
- brüning — Heinrich (ˈhainrɪç). 1885–1970, German statesman; chancellor (1930–32). He was forced to resign in 1932, making way for the Nazis
- bruting — the primary step in diamond cutting in which the girdle is shaped, often with another diamond
- bubinga — the tree Guibourtia demeusui, native to tropical African regions
- bucking — bukh.
- budding — If you describe someone as, for example, a budding businessman or a budding artist, you mean that they are starting to succeed or become interested in business or art.
- buffing — polishing
- bug fix — (programming) A change to a program or system intended to permanently cure a bug. Often a fix for one bug inadvertantly introduces new bugs, hence the need for careful forethought and testing. Compare: workaround.
- bugatti — Ettore (Arco Isidoro) (ˈɛttore). 1881–1947, Italian car manufacturer; founder of the Bugatti car factory at Molsheim (1909)
- bugging — surveillance using a hidden microphone
- bulging — a rounded projection, bend, or protruding part; protuberance; hump: a bulge in a wall.
- bulking — the expansion of excavated material to a volume greater than that of the excavation from which it came
- bulling — the male of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction.
- bumming — a person who avoids work and sponges on others; loafer; idler.
- bumping — to come more or less violently in contact with; collide with; strike: His car bumped a truck.
- bunking — a built-in platform bed, as on a ship.