9-letter words containing g
- biogenous — the production of living organisms from other living organisms.
- biography — A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else.
- biologics — biological products such as vaccines and therapeutic sera, used to induce immunity to infectious diseases or harmful substances of biological origin
- biologies — the science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, especially with reference to origin, growth, reproduction, structure, and behavior.
- biologism — the explanation of human behaviour through biology
- biologist — a specialist in biology.
- biomining — the use of microorganisms to collect precious metals for extraction
- bioregion — a natural ecological community in which the biodiversity and ecosystem are distinct
- bird cage — metal enclosure for a bird
- bit gauge — a device for stopping a bit when it has reached a desired depth.
- bittering — having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.
- bjoerling — Jussi [yoo s-ee] /ˈyʊs i/ (Show IPA), 1911–60, Swedish tenor.
- black bag — a large sturdy black plastic or polythene bag used to put rubbish in
- black dog — depression or melancholy
- black fog — (in Cape Cod, Mass.) a dense fog.
- black gum — a tall, deciduous tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) with sour purple fruits and leaves that turn scarlet in the fall, found in moist forests of the E U.S.
- black-bag — of, relating to, or distributing money for expenses that has been diverted from the regular budget: Black-bag funds have paid for much overseas travel by the military.
- blackgame — a large grouse found in northern Europe and Asia
- blazingly — in a blazing manner
- bleaching — to make whiter or lighter in color, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from.
- blighting — Plant Pathology. the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues. a disease so characterized.
- blind gut — cecum
- blind pig — speak-easy
- blinglish — a form of spoken English that blends British English with Black youth slang
- bloggable — interesting, enjoyable, or entertaining enough to be a topic for a blog or blog post
- blood gas — a gas, as oxygen or carbon dioxide, that is dissolved in plasma.
- bloodgate — an incident during the 2010 Heineken Cup quarter-final in which winger Tom Williams faked a bleeding mouth injury to create a substitution opportunity for his team, the Harlequins
- blue flag — an award given to a seaside resort that meets EU standards of cleanliness of beaches and purity of water in bathing areas
- blue glue — Systems Network Architecture
- bluegrass — Bluegrass is a style of fast folk music that began in the Southern United States.
- boanerges — a nickname applied by Jesus to James and John in Mark 3:17
- bob-bling — a repeated, jerky movement; bob.
- bobsleigh — A bobsleigh is a vehicle with long thin strips of metal fixed to the bottom, which is used for racing downhill on ice.
- bodeguero — a wine-seller or grocer
- bodh gaya — a village in central Bihar, in NE India: site of tree under which Siddhartha became the Buddha.
- bodyguard — A bodyguard is a person or a group of people employed to protect someone.
- bog paper — toilet paper
- boghazkoy — a village in N central Turkey: site of the ancient Hittite city of Hattusas.
- bogo-sort — (algorithm, humour) /boh"goh-sort"/ (Or "stupid-sort") The archetypical perversely awful algorithm (as opposed to bubble sort, which is merely the generic *bad* algorithm). Bogo-sort is equivalent to repeatedly throwing a deck of cards in the air, picking them up at random, and then testing whether they are in order. It serves as a sort of canonical example of awfulness. Looking at a program and seeing a dumb algorithm, one might say "Oh, I see, this program uses bogo-sort." Also known as "monkey sort" after the Infinite Monkey Theorem. Compare brute force, Lasherism.
- bogometer — (humour) /boh-gom'-*t-er/ A notional instrument for measuring bogosity. Compare the "wankometer" described in the wank entry.
- bogorodsk — former name of Noginsk.
- bogue out — /bohg owt/ To become bogus, suddenly and unexpectedly. "His talk was relatively sane until somebody asked him a trick question; then he bogued out and did nothing but flame afterward." See also bogosity.
- boilingly — in a boiling manner
- bojangles — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- bolognese — of or relating to Bologna or its inhabitants
- bolograph — a record made by a bolometer
- bombsight — a mechanical or electronic device in an aircraft for aiming bombs
- bonington — Sir Chris(tian John Storey). born 1934, British mountaineer and writer; led 1970 Annapurna I and 1975 Everest expeditions; reached Everest summit in 1985
- boogerman — South Midland and Southern U.S. bogeyman.
- boogeyman — a frightening imaginary being, often one used as a threat in disciplining children