11-letter words containing g, t, b, r
- bright-line — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
- bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- bring forth — to give birth to
- british gum — dextrin.
- browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- bullfighter — A bullfighter is the person who tries to injure or kill the bull in a bullfight.
- bungstarter — a mallet for loosening or removing the bung of a cask.
- burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
- burning out — to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire: The fire burned in the grate.
- burns night — (in Scotland) 25 January, the traditional date for holding a celebratory meal (Burns supper) in honour of Robert Burns
- burnt sugar — caramel
- butyl group — any of four univalent isomeric groups having the formula C 4 H 9 –.
- calibrating — Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.
- carbonating — Present participle of carbonate.
- cat burglar — A cat burglar is a thief who steals from houses or other buildings by climbing up walls and entering through windows or through the roof.
- cattle grub — the larva or adult of a warble fly, especially Hypoderma lineatum, a common pest of cattle in North America.
- celebrating — Present participle of celebrate.
- cerebrating — Present participle of cerebrate.
- combat gear — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
- cougar bait — a younger man who is often pursued by older women seeking a sexual relationship: We all agreed he was prime cougar bait.
- crib-biting — a harmful habit of horses in which the animal leans on the manger or seizes it with the teeth and swallows a gulp of air
- curb weight — the weight of an automotive vehicle including fuel, coolant, and lubricants but excluding occupants and cargo.
- dear-bought — having been purchased at great expense
- drumbeating — That to beat on drums.
- elaborating — Present participle of elaborate.
- embittering — Present participle of embitter.
- embrittling — Present participle of embrittle.
- embrocating — Present participle of embrocate.
- exuberating — Present participle of exuberate.
- fabricating — Present participle of fabricate.
- fimbriating — Present participle of fimbriate.
- 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.
- flabbergast — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- footbridges — Plural form of footbridge.
- forgettable — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- freebooting — to act as a freebooter; plunder; loot.
- frigatebird — Any of five species of bird in the genus Fregata, the only genus in the family Fregatidae.
- frostbiting — Present participle of frostbite.
- gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- 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 bracket — a metal pipe projecting from the wall of an apartment, used to support gas lamps and to supply them with gas
- gas turbine — a turbine utilizing the gaseous products of combustion.
- geiger tube — a tube functioning as an ionization chamber within a Geiger counter.
- ghostbuster — A person who claims to be able to banish ghosts and poltergeists.
- gilt bronze — ormolu (def 2).
- glabrescent — becoming glabrous.
- glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
- glitterball — Synonym of mirrorball.