11-letter words containing g, r, b
- farnborough — a town in S England, in NE Hampshire: military base, with an aeronautical research centre. Pop: 57 147 (2001)
- fimbriating — Present participle of fimbriate.
- finger bowl — a small bowl to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table.
- fingerboard — (of a violin, cello, etc.) the strip of wood on the neck against which the strings are stopped by the fingers.
- fire blight — a disease of pears, apples, quinces, etc., characterized by blossom, twig, and fruit blight and stem cankers, caused by a bacterium, Erwinia amylovora.
- fireballing — (baseball) Tending to pitch fastballs.
- firebombing — Present participle of firebomb.
- flabbergast — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- footbridges — Plural form of footbridge.
- forcing bid — a bid, often at a higher level than is required, that is understood to oblige the bidder's partner to reply
- forebearing — Present participle of forebear.
- forebodings — Plural form of foreboding.
- forgettable — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- forgiveable — Misspelling of forgivable.
- four-bagger — home run.
- four-banger — a four-cylinder engine.
- freebooting — to act as a freebooter; plunder; loot.
- freezer bag — a plastic bag used to hold food that is to be frozen
- frigatebird — Any of five species of bird in the genus Fregata, the only genus in the family Fregatidae.
- frostbiting — Present participle of frostbite.
- fur brigade — (formerly) a convoy of canoes, horses, or dog sleighs that transported furs and other goods between trading posts and towns or factories
- furbelowing — Present participle of furbelow.
- gaberlunzie — a wandering beggar
- gallbladder — a pear-shaped, muscular sac attached to the undersurface of the right lobe of the liver, in which bile is stored and concentrated.
- gamebreaker — a person who makes a significant contribution to a team's sporting success
- gang-banger — a member of a violent street gang.
- gangbangers — Plural form of gangbanger.
- gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- garage band — a rough-and-ready amateurish rock group
- garbage can — a container, usually of metal or plastic, for the disposal of waste matter, especially kitchen refuse.
- garbage man — refuse collector
- garbologist — the study of the material discarded by a society to learn what it reveals about social or cultural patterns.
- garment bag — a travel bag made of pliable, durable material with a handle and a zipper closure, designed to hang straight or fold double and used to carry suits, dresses, coats, or the like without crushing or wrinkling.
- garter belt — an undergarment of cloth or elastic, with attached garters, worn by women to hold up stockings.
- gas bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- gas bracket — a metal pipe projecting from the wall of an apartment, used to support gas lamps and to supply them with gas
- gas chamber — an enclosure used for the execution of prisoners by means of a poisonous gas.
- gas turbine — a turbine utilizing the gaseous products of combustion.
- gas-bladder — a vesicle or sac containing air.
- geiger tube — a tube functioning as an ionization chamber within a Geiger counter.
- gemfibrozil — An oral drug, one of the fibrates, used to lower lipid levels.
- gender bias — sexual discrimination
- george bush — Barbara (Barbara Pierce) born 1925, U.S. First Lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
- germaphobia — Pathological fear of germs.
- germaphobic — Alternative form of germophobic.
- germophobic — Morbidly afraid of germs.
- ghostbuster — A person who claims to be able to banish ghosts and poltergeists.
- gibberellic — Describing gibberellic acid and its derivatives.
- gibberellin — any of a class of growth hormones occurring in fungi and plants.
- gibberingly — While gibbering; with wild, incoherent speech.