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11-letter words containing g, o

  • blanket bog — a very acid peat bog, low in nutrients, extending widely over a flat terrain, found in cold wet climates
  • block grant — (in Britain) an annual grant made by the government to a local authority to help to pay for the public services it provides, such as health, education, and housing
  • blogjacking — the use of another person’s blog without his or her consent, esp for malicious or satirical purposes
  • blogosphere — In computer technology, the blogosphere or the blogsphere is all the weblogs on the Internet, considered collectively.
  • blood group — Someone's blood group is the type of blood that they have in their body. There are four main types: A, B, AB, and O.
  • blood guilt — guilty of murder or bloodshed.
  • blood purge — the mass execution, especially by a government, of persons considered guilty of treason or sedition.
  • blood sugar — the glucose concentration in the blood: the normal fasting value is between 3.9 and 5.6 mmol/l
  • bloodguilty — guilty of murder or bloodshed.
  • bloomington — a city in central Indiana: seat of the University of Indiana (1820). Pop: 70 642 (2003 est)
  • bludgeoning — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
  • blue grouse — a grouse, Dendragapus obscurus, of W North America, having a bluish-grey plumage with a black tail
  • bobsledding — a sled having two pairs of runners, a brake, and a steering wheel or other mechanism that enables the front rider to direct the sled down a steeply banked run or chute.
  • bodgo gegen — a former Buddhist leader of the Mongols.
  • bogged down — If you get bogged down in something, it prevents you from making progress or getting something done.
  • bogtrotting — the act of roaming over boggy areas, or living in boggy areas
  • boil-in-bag — of or being a prepared, often frozen, food sealed and sold in a plastic bag that is immersed in boiling water until the contents are cooked or heated for serving.
  • bok globule — a dense spherical cloud of gas and dust in interstellar space that absorbs light from stars.
  • bokhara rug — a Turkoman rug having a tan or red background and decorated with varied octagon patterns.
  • bolingbroke — the surname of Henry IV of England
  • bolingbrook — a city in NE Illinois.
  • bomb damage — damage to buildings, etc caused by the explosion of a bomb
  • bombing run — the part of a flight of a bomber aircraft that brings it to the point over a target at which its bombs are released
  • bonderizing — to coat (steel) with an anticorrosive phosphate solution, usually in preparation for the application of paint, enamel, or lacquer.
  • bonefishing — the activity of fishing for bonefish
  • book rights — the legal right to make use of the text of a printed book
  • book-ending — a support placed at the end of a row of books to hold them upright, usually used in pairs.
  • bookbinding — Bookbinding is the work of fastening books together and putting covers on them.
  • booking fee — a fee that some theatre and agencies charge the customer for booking through them
  • bookkeeping — Bookkeeping is the job or activity of keeping an accurate record of the money that is spent and received by a business or other organization.
  • bookselling — the activity of selling books
  • boomeranger — a young adult who returns to live with parents after a period of living away from home.
  • boondoggler — a product of simple manual skill, as a plaited leather cord for the neck or a knife sheath, made typically by a camper or a scout.
  • bootlegging — alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
  • bootlicking — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
  • boottopping — the area between the water lines of a ship when fully loaded and when unloaded.
  • borborygmus — rumbling of the stomach
  • boring clam — piddock
  • boring mill — a large vertical lathe having a rotating table on which work is secured. Tools are held on a fixed post and the work is rotated around it
  • bossnapping — kidnapping a company executive as part of industrial action
  • bottled gas — butane or propane gas liquefied under pressure in portable containers and used in camping stoves, blowtorches, etc
  • bottom gear — the lowest gear of a car, lorry, etc
  • bottom plug — A bottom plug is a bridge or cement seal placed near the bottom of the well in order to shut it off.
  • boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
  • bounce game — (esp in soccer) a non-competitive game played as part of training
  • bourgeoisie — In Marxist theory, the bourgeoisie are the middle-class people who own most of the wealth in a capitalist system.
  • bourgeoning — to grow or develop quickly; flourish: The town burgeoned into a city. He burgeoned into a fine actor.
  • bourguignon — a sauce made with red wine, onions, and seasoning
  • bowling bag — a bag for carrying a bowling ball and often bowling shoes or other equipment.
  • box-ticking — the process of satisfying bureaucratic administrative requirements rather than assessing the actual merit of something
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