10-letter words containing i, r, g
- bitterling — a small brightly coloured European freshwater cyprinid fish, Rhodeus sericeus: a popular aquarium fish
- blabbering — to reveal indiscreetly and thoughtlessly: They blabbed my confidences to everyone.
- black ring — a disease of grasses, characterized by black rings surrounding the stems and blighted seeds, caused by a fungus, Balansia strangulans.
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- blistering — Blistering heat is very great heat.
- blithering — talking foolishly; jabbering
- blitzkrieg — A blitzkrieg is a fast and intense military attack that takes the enemy by surprise and is intended to achieve a very quick victory.
- bloggerati — those considered to be important or influential in the world of blogging
- blubbering — Zoology. the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales and other cetaceans, from which oil is made.
- blue ridge — a mountain range extending SW from N Virginia to N Georgia: part of the Appalachian Mountains.
- blundering — a gross, stupid, or careless mistake: That's your second blunder this morning.
- blurringly — in a manner which causes blurring
- boatwright — a craftsman who builds wooden boats.
- bog orchid — an orchid, Hammarbya (or Malaxis) paludosa, growing in sphagnum bogs in the N hemisphere. It has greenish-yellow flowers and its leaves bear a fringe of tiny bulbils
- bolstering — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- bombarding — to attack or batter with artillery fire.
- borborygmi — a rumbling or gurgling sound caused by the movement of gas in the intestines.
- bordraging — an attack or raid on a border region
- boring bar — Metalworking. a bar holding a tool for boring a cylinder or the like.
- boringness — the quality of being boring
- born-again — A born-again Christian is a person who has become an evangelical Christian as a result of a religious experience.
- borrowings — a company's liabilities or indebtedness
- bouldering — rock climbing on large boulders or small outcrops either as practice or as a sport in its own right
- bourgeoise — a female bourgeois
- bowldering — pavement made with small boulders.
- box girder — a girder that is hollow and square or rectangular in shape
- box spring — A box spring is a frame containing rows of coiled springs that is used to provide support for a mattress. You can also use box springs to refer to the springs themselves.
- bracketing — a set of brackets
- brain gain — the immigration into a country of scientists, technologists, academics, etc, attracted by better pay, equipment, or conditions
- brandering — furring (def 4b).
- branglings — a series of squabbles or disputes
- brass ring — great success or a highly valued prize; also, an opportunity for this
- bratticing — a partition or lining, as of planks or cloth, forming an air passage in a mine.
- brattlings — a series of rattling or clattering sounds
- bridegroom — A bridegroom is a man who is getting married.
- bridgeable — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- bridgehead — A bridgehead is a good position which an army has taken in the enemy's territory and from which it can advance or attack.
- bridgeport — a port in SW Connecticut, on Long Island Sound. Pop: 139 664 (2003 est)
- bridgetalk — (language) A visual language.
- bridgetown — the capital of Barbados, a port on the SW coast. Pop: 144 000 (2005 est)
- bridgetree — a beam supporting the shaft on which an upper millstone rotates.
- bridgewall — (in a furnace or boiler) a transverse baffle that serves to deflect products of combustion.
- bridgework — a partial denture attached to the surrounding teeth
- bridgwater — a town in SW England, in central Somerset. Pop: 36 563 (2001)
- brig. gen. — Brig. Gen. is a written abbreviation for brigadier general.
- brigandage — plundering by brigands
- brigandine — a coat of mail, invented in the Middle Ages to increase mobility, consisting of metal rings or sheets sewn on to cloth or leather
- brigandish — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- brigantine — a two-masted sailing ship, rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft with square topsails on the mainmast
- brightener — a person or thing that brightens.