11-letter words containing o, g, r, e
- autochanger — a device in a record player or CD player that enables a small stack of records or CDs to be dropped automatically onto the turntable or player tray one at a time and played separately
- autographed — Simple past tense and past participle of autograph.
- autogravure — a particular process of photographic engraving in which images are projected directly onto a plate
- autozeroing — (electronics) A sampling technique that measures an offset from zero and later compensates by subtracting the difference.
- average joe — An average Joe is an average or ordinary man.
- average out — If a set of numbers average out to a particular figure or if you average them out to that figure, their average is calculated to be that figure.
- azores high — a subtropical high centered near the Azores.
- baconburger — a hamburger topped with strips of cooked bacon.
- bargeboards — Plural form of bargeboard.
- baton rouge — the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)
- be good for — If someone is good for something, you can rely on them to provide that thing.
- be great on — to be informed about
- beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
- beaugregory — a blue and yellow damselfish, Pomacentrus leucostictus, inhabiting shallow waters off Bermuda, Florida, and the West Indies.
- beech grove — a grove of beech trees
- before long — If you say that something will happen or happened before long, you mean that it will happen or happened soon.
- belowground — underground
- bengal rose — China rose (def 1).
- bengal-rose — Also called Bengal rose. a rose, Rosa chinensis, of China, having slightly fragrant crimson, pink, or white flowers.
- big brother — People sometimes use Big Brother to refer to a person, government, or organization when they think it has complete control over people and is always checking what they do.
- bilge board — a board lowered from the bilge of a sailing vessel to serve as a keel.
- bioengineer — Also called biomedical engineering. the application of engineering principles and techniques to problems in medicine and biology, as the design and production of artificial limbs and organs.
- biographize — to write a biography of (someone)
- bioregional — relating to a bioregion
- blogosphere — In computer technology, the blogosphere or the blogsphere is all the weblogs on the Internet, considered collectively.
- blood purge — the mass execution, especially by a government, of persons considered guilty of treason or sedition.
- blue grouse — a grouse, Dendragapus obscurus, of W North America, having a bluish-grey plumage with a black tail
- bolingbroke — the surname of Henry IV of England
- bonderizing — to coat (steel) with an anticorrosive phosphate solution, usually in preparation for the application of paint, enamel, or lacquer.
- boomeranger — a young adult who returns to live with parents after a period of living away from home.
- boondoggler — a product of simple manual skill, as a plaited leather cord for the neck or a knife sheath, made typically by a camper or a scout.
- bottom gear — the lowest gear of a car, lorry, etc
- boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
- bourgeoisie — In Marxist theory, the bourgeoisie are the middle-class people who own most of the wealth in a capitalist system.
- bourgeoning — to grow or develop quickly; flourish: The town burgeoned into a city. He burgeoned into a fine actor.
- brent goose — a small goose, Branta bernicla, that has a dark grey plumage and short neck and occurs in most northern coastal regions
- 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
- bridgeboard — a board on both sides of a staircase that is cut to support the treads and risers
- broad gauge — a railway track with a greater distance between the lines than the standard gauge of 561⁄2 inches (about 1.44 metres) used now by most mainline railway systems
- broad-gauge — Railroads. of or relating to equipment designed for a railroad having track of a broad gauge: broad-gauge rolling stock.
- browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- brown algae — any algae of the phylum Phaeophyta, such as the wracks and kelps, which contain a brown pigment in addition to chlorophyll
- bungee cord — a type of stretchy rope consisting of elastic strands often in a fabric casing. Bungee cords may be used in parachuting, bungee jumping or to secure loads. Ones used for securing loads often have hooks on either end.
- burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
- cabbageworm — any caterpillar that feeds on cabbages, esp that of the cabbage white
- calcigerous — containing lime or other salts
- calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
- caneworking — A glassblowing technique that uses rods of coloured glass to add intricate patterns and stripes to blown glass objects.
- carcinogens — Plural form of carcinogen.