11-letter words containing l, a, g
- blady grass — a coarse leafy Australasian grass, Imperata cylindrica
- blagonravov — Anatoli Arkadyevich [an-uh-toh-lee;; Russian uh-nuh-taw-lyee uhr-kah-dyi-vyich] /ˈæn əˌtoʊ li;; Russian ʌ nʌˈtɔ lyi ʌrˈkɑ dyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1975, Russian scientist.
- blanket bog — a very acid peat bog, low in nutrients, extending widely over a flat terrain, found in cold wet climates
- blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- 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.
- block grant — (in Britain) an annual grant made by the government to a local authority to help to pay for the public services it provides, such as health, education, and housing
- blogjacking — the use of another person’s blog without his or her consent, esp for malicious or satirical purposes
- blood sugar — the glucose concentration in the blood: the normal fasting value is between 3.9 and 5.6 mmol/l
- bluejacking — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to gain access to another, esp in order to send anonymous text messages
- 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.
- boring clam — piddock
- bottled gas — butane or propane gas liquefied under pressure in portable containers and used in camping stoves, blowtorches, etc
- 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.
- bragg's law — the principle that when a beam of X-rays of wavelength λ enters a crystal, the maximum intensity of the reflected ray occurs when sin θ = nλ/2d, where θ is the complement of the angle of incidence, n is a whole number, and d is the distance between layers of atoms
- 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
- break a leg — to performer: good luck
- 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.
- bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
- bring along — If you bring someone or something along, you bring them with you when you come to a place.
- broad glass — cylinder glass.
- brown algae — any algae of the phylum Phaeophyta, such as the wracks and kelps, which contain a brown pigment in addition to chlorophyll
- budget plan — the planning of one's spending
- buffalo bug — carpet beetle
- bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
- bullbaiting — a type of blood sport involving the baiting of a bull by dogs
- bulldog ant — any of several aggressive ants of the genus Myrmecia, mostly of Australia and Tasmania, capable of inflicting a painful and potentially dangerous sting.
- burglarious — of, constituting, or inclined to burglary
- bush league — In baseball, a bush league is the same as a minor league.
- bush-league — inferior or amateurish; mediocre: a bush-league theatrical performance.
- 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.
- calf-length — Calf-length skirts, dresses, and coats come to halfway between your knees and ankles.
- calibrating — Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.
- calligramme — words arranged to form a picture
- calligraphy — Calligraphy is the art of producing beautiful handwriting using a brush or a special pen.
- callipygian — having beautifully shaped buttocks
- callipygous — having well-shaped buttocks.