11-letter words containing g, t, b
- boottopping — the area between the water lines of a ship when fully loaded and when unloaded.
- 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.
- box-ticking — the process of satisfying bureaucratic administrative requirements rather than assessing the actual merit of something
- brachiating — Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
- braggartism — the activity of a braggart
- brake light — a red light attached to the rear of a motor vehicle that lights up when the brakes are applied, serving as a warning to following drivers
- bratticings — a series of temporary wooden housings erected on top of a wall, esp a castle wall
- brattishing — decorative work along the coping or on the cornice of a building
- brent goose — a small goose, Branta bernicla, that has a dark grey plumage and short neck and occurs in most northern coastal regions
- bridgewater — a town in E Massachusetts.
- bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
- bright idea — suggestion: clever
- bright wool — the wool of sheep raised east of the Mississippi River.
- bright-eyed — eager; fresh and enthusiastic
- 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.
- bss segment — Block Started by Symbol
- budget plan — the planning of one's spending
- bugging out — Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
- bull tongue — a heavy plough used in growing cotton, having an almost vertical mouldboard
- bullbaiting — a type of blood sport involving the baiting of a bull by dogs
- bulldog ant — any of several aggressive ants of the genus Myrmecia, mostly of Australia and Tasmania, capable of inflicting a painful and potentially dangerous sting.
- bullfighter — A bullfighter is the person who tries to injure or kill the bull in a bullfight.
- bunch light — a light consisting of a group of small light bulbs mounted in a reflecting box.
- 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 –.
- cabbagetown — a former slum area of Toronto, now known for its Victorian architecture and thriving arts community
- 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
- congestible — to fill to excess; overcrowd or overburden; clog: The subway entrance was so congested that no one could move.
- conglobated — in the form of a globe or ball
- 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.
- db2 catalog — (database) An IBM DB2 system table listing all objects in a database installation including hosts, servers, databases, tables and many more. Commands are provided to manage the catalog, e.g. db2 catalog database mydatabase on /databases/mydatabase to add a database reference.
- dear-bought — having been purchased at great expense