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11-letter words containing i, g, l

  • bling-bling — flashy; ostentatious; glitzy
  • blister gas — a poison gas that burns or blisters the tissues of the body; vesicant.
  • blizzarding — Meteorology. a storm with dry, driving snow, strong winds, and intense cold. a heavy and prolonged snowstorm covering a wide area.
  • blogjacking — the use of another person’s blog without his or her consent, esp for malicious or satirical purposes
  • blood guilt — guilty of murder or bloodshed.
  • bloodguilty — guilty of murder or bloodshed.
  • bloomington — a city in central Indiana: seat of the University of Indiana (1820). Pop: 70 642 (2003 est)
  • bludgeoning — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
  • blue ensign — an ensign having the Union Jack on a blue background at the upper corner of the vertical edge alongside the hoist: flown by Royal Navy auxiliary vessels, and, with some extra distinguishing mark or insignia, by certain yacht clubs
  • bluejacking — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to gain access to another, esp in order to send anonymous text messages
  • bobsledding — a sled having two pairs of runners, a brake, and a steering wheel or other mechanism that enables the front rider to direct the sled down a steeply banked run or chute.
  • boil-in-bag — of or being a prepared, often frozen, food sealed and sold in a plastic bag that is immersed in boiling water until the contents are cooked or heated for serving.
  • bolingbroke — the surname of Henry IV of England
  • bolingbrook — a city in NE Illinois.
  • bookselling — the activity of selling books
  • bootlegging — alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
  • bootlicking — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
  • boring clam — piddock
  • boring mill — a large vertical lathe having a rotating table on which work is secured. Tools are held on a fixed post and the work is rotated around it
  • boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
  • bowling bag — a bag for carrying a bowling ball and often bowling shoes or other equipment.
  • brachialgia — pain in the nerves of the upper arm.
  • 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
  • bricklaying — the technique or practice of laying bricks
  • bridal gown — a wedding dress
  • bridge lamp — a floor lamp, especially one having the light source on an arm so hinged as to be horizontally adjustable.
  • bridge loan — A bridge loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example, so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
  • bridge roll — a soft bread roll in a long thin shape
  • bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
  • bright wool — the wool of sheep raised east of the Mississippi River.
  • bright-line — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
  • bring along — If you bring someone or something along, you bring them with you when you come to a place.
  • bulk buying — the purchase at one time, and often at a reduced price, of a large quantity of a particular commodity
  • bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
  • bull riding — a rodeo event in which a contestant tries to ride a bucking bull for eight seconds, with one hand holding a rope tied to a band around the bull's chest.
  • bullbaiting — a type of blood sport involving the baiting of a bull by dogs
  • bulldogging — one of an English breed of medium-sized, short-haired, muscular dogs with prominent, undershot jaws, usually having a white and tan or brindled coat, raised originally for bullbaiting.
  • bullfighter — A bullfighter is the person who tries to injure or kill the bull in a bullfight.
  • bump uglies — to have sexual intercourse
  • bunch light — a light consisting of a group of small light bulbs mounted in a reflecting box.
  • burglarious — of, constituting, or inclined to burglary
  • bushwalking — an expedition on foot in the bush
  • busy signal — If you try to make a telephone call and get a busy signal, it means that you cannot make the call because the line is already being used by someone else.
  • cakewalking — Present participle of cakewalk.
  • calcigerous — containing lime or other salts
  • calcimining — Present participle of calcimine.
  • calculating — If you describe someone as calculating, you disapprove of the fact that they deliberately plan to get what they want, often by hurting or harming other people.
  • calendaring — a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
  • calendering — a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
  • calf roping — a timed rodeo event in which a mounted rider chases and lassos a calf, dismounts, and throws the calf to the ground, tying three of the animal's legs with a short length of rope.
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