10-letter words containing g, o, b
- bridgetown — the capital of Barbados, a port on the SW coast. Pop: 144 000 (2005 est)
- bridgework — a partial denture attached to the surrounding teeth
- brightsome — bright or luminous
- brightwork — shiny metal trimmings or fittings on ships, cars, etc
- bring down — When people or events bring down a government or ruler, they cause the government or ruler to lose power.
- bring home — introduce to parents
- bring over — to cause (a person) to change allegiances
- brogrammer — a male computer programmer who is characterized as a bro: Brogrammers challenge the geek/nerd stereotype.
- bromegrass — any of various grasses of the genus Bromus, having small flower spikes in loose drooping clusters. Some species are used for hay
- bromsgrove — a town in W central England, in N Worcestershire. Pop: 29 237 (2001)
- bronze age — The Bronze Age was a period of time which began when people started making things from bronze about 4,000–6,000 years ago.
- broodingly — preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts: a brooding frame of mind.
- brought on — made or bought outside the community, as a commercially manufactured product.
- brought-on — made or bought outside the community, as a commercially manufactured product.
- brown alga — an alga of the class Phaeophyceae, usually brown owing to the presence of brown pigments in addition to the chlorophyll.
- brown lung — a debilitating lung disease resembling emphysema, occurring among textile workers from inhalation of cotton dust.
- buddhology — the study of Buddha and of Buddhahood.
- budget for — If you budget for something, you take account of it when you are deciding how much you can afford to spend on different things.
- buffaloing — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- 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.
- bulk cargo — unpackaged cargoes, such as grain or coal
- bulldogged — one of an English breed of medium-sized, short-haired, muscular dogs with prominent, undershot jaws, usually having a white and tan or brindled coat, raised originally for bullbaiting.
- bulldogger — a person who brings an animal, esp a steer, to the ground by twisting its head from the horns
- bump along — advance unevenly
- bung it on — to behave in a pretentious manner
- bunglesome — characterized by bungling
- burgeoning — rapidly developing or growing; flourishing
- burlington — a city in S Canada on Lake Ontario, northeast of Hamilton. Pop: 150 836 (2001)
- buzz along — a low, vibrating, humming sound, as of bees, machinery, or people talking.
- by george! — a figure of St. George killing the dragon, especially one forming part of the insignia of the Order of the Garter.
- calico bug — harlequin bug.
- canonsburg — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- clobbering — Present participle of clobber.
- coagulable — that can be coagulated
- coatbridge — an industrial town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire. Pop: 41 170 (2001)
- coffee bag — a small bag containing ground coffee beans, infused to make coffee
- cognisable — Alternative form of cognizable.
- cognizable — perceptible
- cognizably — In a cognizable manner.
- cohabiting — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohobating — Present participle of cohobate.
- combatting — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- comburgess — (formerly) a fellow citizen or freeman of a borough
- combusting — Present participle of combust.
- comm badge — a small combined radio transmitter and receiver, carried around by one person, esp military personnel, in the form of a badge worn on the chest
- conglobate — to form into a globe or ball
- conjugable — Capable of being conjugated.
- corbelling — a set of corbels stepped outwards, one above another
- coreid bug — leaf-footed bug.