11-letter words containing i, g, b
- greenbriers — Plural form of greenbrier.
- ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
- grumblingly — While or as if grumbling.
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- gullibility — easily deceived or cheated.
- gum benzoin — Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
- gumbo-limbo — a tropical American tree, Bursera simaruba, having reddish bark and yielding a sweet, aromatic resin used in varnishes.
- gymnophobia — An inordinate fear or hatred of being naked, and possibly nudity or nudists and naturists.
- habituating — Present participle of habituate.
- haemoglobin — (protein) alternative spelling of hemoglobin.
- halo blight — a disease of plants, characterized by small, necrotic leaf or fruit lesions surrounded by a yellowish, halolike band, caused by any of several bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas.
- halsingborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, opposite Helsingör.
- handbagging — an assault with a handbag
- hang behind — to remain in a place after others have left; linger
- hangability — the ability to be hanged
- haptoglobin — A protein present in blood serum that binds to and removes free hemoglobin from the bloodstream.
- harbingered — Simple past tense and past participle of harbinger.
- hattiesburg — a city in SE Mississippi.
- headbanging — rhythmical moving of the head up and down in dancing to heavy metal
- headbutting — Present participle of headbutt.
- helsingborg — a port in SW Sweden, on the Sound opposite Helsingør, Denmark: changed hands several times between Denmark and Sweden, finally becoming Swedish in 1710; shipbuilding. Pop: 121 097 (2004 est)
- herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- herringbone — a pattern consisting of adjoining vertical rows of slanting lines, any two contiguous lines forming either a V or an inverted V , used in masonry, textiles, embroidery, etc.
- hibernating — Present participle of hibernate.
- higgs boson — a hypothetical type of heavy, electrically neutral particle with zero spin.
- high blower — a horse that produces a blowing sound when exhaling.
- highballing — a drink of whiskey mixed with club soda or ginger ale and served with ice in a tall glass.
- highbinders — Plural form of highbinder.
- highblooded — of high blood, family, or race
- highbrowism — Highbrow attitudes and policies generally.
- hob-jobbing — the work or activities of a hobjobber
- hobgoblinry — the behaviour or activities of hobgoblins
- home baking — such things as bread, cakes and biscuits that are baked at home
- home-buying — the purchase of a house or flat
- hot-tubbing — a wooden tub, usually large enough to accommodate several persons, that is filled with hot aerated water and often equipped with a thermostat and whirlpool: used for recreation or physical therapy and often placed out of doors, as on a porch.
- human being — any individual of the genus Homo, especially a member of the species Homo sapiens.
- hummingbird — a very small nectar-sipping New World bird of the family Trochilidae, characterized by the brilliant, iridescent plumage of the male, a slender bill, and narrow wings, the extremely rapid beating of which produces a humming sound: noted for their ability to hover and to fly upward, downward, and backward in a horizontal position.
- husking bee — a gathering of farm families or friends to husk corn, usually as part of a celebration or party.
- hybernating — Present participle of hybernate.
- hybridizing — Present participle of hybridize.
- ibn gabirol — Arabic name of Avicebrón.
- ibn-gabirol — Solomon. ?1021–?58, Jewish philosopher and poet, born in Spain. His work The Fountain of Life influenced Western medieval philosophers
- icebreaking — Serving the purpose of breaking ice.
- ignobleness — The state or condition of being ignoble.
- imbricating — Present participle of imbricate.
- immitigable — unable to be mitigated; not to be mitigated.
- immitigably — In an immitigable manner.
- impregnable — susceptible to impregnation, as an egg.
- impregnably — In an impregnable manner; in a manner to defy attack.
- incogitable — Not cogitable; inconceivable.