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8-letter words containing g, t

  • birthing — Birthing means relating to or used during the process of giving birth.
  • bit bang — Transmission of data on a serial line accomplished by rapidly changing a single output bit, in software, at the appropriate times. The technique is a simple loop with eight OUT and SHIFT instruction pairs for each byte. Input is more interesting. And full-duplex (doing input and output at the same time) is one way to separate the real hackers from the wannabees. Bit bang was used on certain early models of Prime computers, presumably when UARTs were too expensive, and on archaic Zilog Z80 micros with a Zilog PIO but no SIO. In an interesting instance of the cycle of reincarnation, this technique is now (1991) coming back into use on some RISC architectures because it consumes such an infinitesimal part of the processor that it actually makes sense not to have a UART.
  • bitching — a female dog: The bitch won first place in the sporting dogs category.
  • bitewing — a dental X-ray film
  • bitingly — nipping; smarting; keen: biting cold; a biting sensation on the tongue.
  • blasting — a distortion of sound caused by overloading certain components of a radio system
  • blatting — bleat.
  • bleating — to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.
  • bletting — the ripening of fruit, especially of fruit stored until the desired degree of softness is attained.
  • blighted — Plant Pathology. the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues. a disease so characterized.
  • blighter — You can refer to someone you do not like as a blighter.
  • blitzing — Military. an overwhelming all-out attack, especially a swift ground attack using armored units and air support. an intensive aerial bombing.
  • bloating — Bloating is the swelling of a body or part of a body, usually because it has a lot of gas or liquid in it.
  • blogpost — A blogpost is a piece of writing that forms part of a regular blog.
  • blotting — a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
  • blunting — having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point; rounded; not sharp: a blunt pencil.
  • boasting — to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
  • boat bug — water boatman.
  • bogarted — to take an unfair share of (something); keep for oneself instead of sharing: Are you gonna bogart that joint all night?
  • bogosity — /boh-go's*-tee/ The degree to which something is "bogus" in the hackish sense of "bad". At CMU, bogosity is measured with a bogometer; in a seminar, when a speaker says something bogus, a listener might raise his hand and say "My bogometer just triggered". More extremely, "You just pinned my bogometer" means you just said or did something so outrageously bogus that it is off the scale, pinning the bogometer needle at the highest possible reading (one might also say "You just redlined my bogometer"). The agreed-upon unit of bogosity is the microLenat. Also, the potential field generated by a bogon flux; see quantum bogodynamics. See also bogon flux, bogon filter.
  • bogotify — (jargon)   /boh-go't*-fi:/ To make or become bad. A program that has been changed so many times as to become completely disorganised has become bogotified. If you tighten a nut too hard and strip the threads on the bolt, the bolt has become bogotified. See also bogosity.
  • boltings — (of flour) the coarse particles separated by sifting
  • bongoist — a player of the bongos
  • bostangi — a Turkish imperial guard
  • botching — to spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed by up): He botched up the job thoroughly.
  • botteghe — the studio of a master artist, in which lesser artists, apprentices, or students learn by participating in the work.
  • boughpot — a bouquet of flowers or boughs
  • boughten — bought at a store and not homemade
  • braggart — a person who boasts loudly or exaggeratedly; bragger
  • branting — Karl Hjalmar (jalmar). 1860–1925, Swedish politician; prime minister (1920; 1921–23; 1924–25). He founded Sweden's welfare state and shared the Nobel peace prize 1921
  • bratling — a small badly-behaved child
  • bretagne — Brittany2
  • brighten — If someone brightens or their face brightens, they suddenly look happier.
  • brighter — radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
  • brighton — a coastal resort in S England, in Brighton and Hove unitary authority, East Sussex: patronized by the Prince Regent, who had the Royal Pavilion built (1782); seat of the University of Sussex (1966) and the University of Brighton (1992). Pop: 134 293 (2001)
  • brigitte — a female given name, French form of Bridget.
  • bring to — If you bring someone to when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
  • budgeted — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
  • budgeter — a person who budgets
  • bunfight — a tea party
  • burgonet — a light 16th-century helmet, usually made of steel, with hinged cheekpieces
  • bursting — If a place is bursting with people or things, it is full of them.
  • bushgoat — a S African antelope
  • bustling — to move or act with a great show of energy (often followed by about): He bustled about cooking breakfast.
  • by right — properly; justly
  • by sight — by appearance; by recognizing but not through being acquainted
  • caatinga — a Brazilian semi-arid scrub forest
  • cabotage — coastal navigation or shipping, esp within the borders of one country
  • cant dog — cant hook
  • cantigny — a village in N France, S of Amiens: first major battle of U.S. forces in World War I, May 1918.
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