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7-letter words containing g, o

  • bagnold — Enid (Algerine). 1889–1981, British novelist and playwright; her works include the novel National Velvet (1935) and the play The Chalk Garden (1955)
  • bagwork — a revetment, consisting of heavy material sewn into bags, for protecting embankments against scour.
  • bagworm — the larva of moths of the family Psychidae, which forms a protective case of silk covered with grass, leaves, etc
  • bandogs — Plural form of bandog.
  • bang on — a loud, sudden, explosive noise, as the discharge of a gun.
  • bang-on — If someone is bang-on with something, they are exactly right in their opinions or actions.
  • bangkok — the capital and chief port of Thailand, on the Chao Phraya River: became a royal city and the capital in 1782. Pop: 6 604 000 (2005 est)
  • baoding — a city in NE China, in N Hebei province. Pop: 810 000 (2005 est)
  • baoqing — former name of Shaoyang.
  • bargoon — a bargain
  • be good — do not misbehave
  • bedgown — a nightdress
  • beg off — to ask to be released from an engagement, obligation, etc
  • begloom — to make gloomy
  • begonia — A begonia is a garden plant which has large brightly coloured leaves.
  • begored — smeared with a sticky substance
  • begorra — an emphatic exclamation, regarded as a characteristic utterance of Irish people
  • begroan — to groan at or about
  • bendigo — a city in SE Australia, in central Victoria: founded in 1851 after the discovery of gold. Pop: 68 715 (2001)
  • beograd — Belgrade
  • bergamo — a walled city in N Italy, in Lombardy. Pop: 113 143 (2001)
  • bergson — Henri Louis (ɑ̃ri lwi). 1859–1941, French philosopher, who sought to bridge the gap between metaphysics and science. His main works are Memory and Matter (1896, trans. 1911) and Creative Evolution (1907, trans. 1911): Nobel prize for literature 1927
  • bettong — a species of rat kangaroo of Australia having a short nose
  • beyoglu — a district of Istanbul, north of the Golden Horn: the European quarter
  • big boy — an articulated steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, one section of eight driving wheels, a second section of eight driving wheels, and a four-wheeled rear truck.
  • big one — a thousand dollars
  • big toe — Your big toe is the largest toe on your foot.
  • big top — The large round tent that a circus uses for its performances is called the big top.
  • big-box — A big-box store or retailer is a very large store where a great variety of merchandise is sold.
  • bigfoot — a yeti
  • bighorn — a large wild sheep, Ovis canadensis, inhabiting mountainous regions in North America and NE Asia: family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla. The male has massive curved horns, and the species is well adapted for climbing and leaping
  • bigoted — Someone who is bigoted has strong, unreasonable prejudices or opinions and will not change them, even when they are proved to be wrong.
  • bigotry — Bigotry is the possession or expression of strong, unreasonable prejudices or opinions.
  • biltong — strips of meat dried and cured in the sun
  • biogeny — the evolutionary history of living organisms
  • biology — Biology is the science which is concerned with the study of living things.
  • birddog — one of any of various breeds of dogs trained to hunt or retrieve birds.
  • blogger — a website containing a writer's or group of writers' own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having images and links to other websites.
  • blowgun — a long, tubelike weapon through which darts or pellets are blown
  • blowing — moving of air
  • boatage — the act of hauling by boat.
  • boating — Boating is travelling on a lake or river in a small boat for pleasure.
  • bobbing — a tap; light blow.
  • 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.
  • bog oak — oak or other wood preserved in peat bogs.
  • bog off — go away!
  • bogarde — Sir Dirk, real name Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde. 1920–99, British film actor and writer: his films include The Servant (1963) and Death in Venice (1970). His writings include the autobiographical A Postillion Struck by Lightning (1977) and the novel A Period of Adjustment (1994)
  • bogbean — buckbean
  • boggart — a ghost or poltergeist
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