11-letter words containing g, u, r, a
- azido group — the univalent group N 3 −, derived from hydrazoic acid.
- backdraught — a reverse movement of air, gas, or liquid
- backgrounds — Plural form of background.
- baconburger — a hamburger topped with strips of cooked bacon.
- bad homburg — a city in W central Germany on the S slope of the Taunus Mountains, near Frankfurt.
- bankrupting — Present participle of bankrupt.
- baserunning — the act of running around bases
- bass guitar — a guitar that has the same pitch and tuning as a double bass, usually electrically amplified
- baton rouge — the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)
- beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
- beaugregory — a blue and yellow damselfish, Pomacentrus leucostictus, inhabiting shallow waters off Bermuda, Florida, and the West Indies.
- beleaguered — experiencing difficulties, opposition or criticism
- bermuda bag — an oval-shaped handbag with wooden handles and changeable decorative cloth covers.
- bermuda rig — a fore-and-aft sailing boat rig characterized by a tall mainsail (Bermudian mainsail) that tapers to a point
- big-leaguer — Sports. a player in a major league.
- blood sugar — the glucose concentration in the blood: the normal fasting value is between 3.9 and 5.6 mmol/l
- bokhara rug — a Turkoman rug having a tan or red background and decorated with varied octagon patterns.
- boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
- brandenburg — a state in NE Germany, part of East Germany until 1990. A former electorate, it expanded under the Hohenzollerns to become the kingdom of Prussia (1701). The district east of the Oder River became Polish in 1945. Capital: Potsdam. Pop: 2 575 000 (2003 est). Area: 29 481 sq km (11 219 sq miles)
- breaking-up — separation, or the action of separating, into smaller parts
- bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- broad gauge — a railway track with a greater distance between the lines than the standard gauge of 561⁄2 inches (about 1.44 metres) used now by most mainline railway systems
- broad-gauge — Railroads. of or relating to equipment designed for a railroad having track of a broad gauge: broad-gauge rolling stock.
- brown sugar — Brown sugar is sugar that has not been refined, or is only partly refined. It is golden brown in color.
- bucaramanga — a city in N central Colombia, in the Cordillera Oriental: centre of a district growing coffee, tobacco, and cotton. Pop: 1 069 000 (2005 est)
- bukhara rug — a kind of rug, typically having a black-and-white geometrical pattern on a reddish ground
- bunch grass — any of various grasses that grow in tufts
- bungstarter — a mallet for loosening or removing the bung of a cask.
- burglarious — of, constituting, or inclined to burglary
- burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
- burnt sugar — caramel
- bushranging — the life of a bushranger
- calcigerous — containing lime or other salts
- campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
- caprimulgid — (zoology) Any of the Caprimulgidae, or nightjar family.
- cardophagus — a donkey
- carousingly — in a carousing manner
- carpogonium — the female sex organ of red algae, consisting of a swollen base containing the ovum and a long neck down which the male gametes pass
- 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.
- cataloguers — Plural form of cataloguer.
- cattle grub — the larva or adult of a warble fly, especially Hypoderma lineatum, a common pest of cattle in North America.
- cauterizing — Present participle of cauterize.
- centrifugal — acting, moving, or tending to move away from a centre
- chamber mug — a chamber pot.
- changeround — the process of changing position
- chaulmoogra — a tropical Asian tree, Taraktogenos (or Hydnocarpus) kurzii: family Flacourtiaceae
- che guevara — Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- chirurgical — relating to, carrying out or expert in surgery
- circulating — Moving about freely.
- clavigerous — bearing a key or club