11-letter words containing o, u, g
- autoloading — self-loading
- autological — (grammar) Of a phrase (especially an adjective), possessing the property it describes.
- automagical — (of a usually complicated technical or computer process) done, operating, or happening in a way that is hidden from or not understood by the user, and in that sense, apparently “magical”: I just downloaded an automagical update to my word processing software that somehow fixed the problems.
- autophagous — self-consuming or devouring of itself
- autosuggest — to influence one's own thoughts or behaviour through methods other than conscious thought
- autozeroing — (electronics) A sampling technique that measures an offset from zero and later compensates by subtracting the difference.
- 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.
- azido group — the univalent group N 3 −, derived from hydrazoic acid.
- backgrounds — Plural form of background.
- baconburger — a hamburger topped with strips of cooked bacon.
- bad homburg — a city in W central Germany on the S slope of the Taunus Mountains, near Frankfurt.
- badmouthing — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- baton rouge — the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)
- 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.
- bedding out — the process of planting out young flowering plants in beds
- belowground — underground
- benue-congo — a branch of the Niger-Congo family of African languages, consisting of the Bantu languages together with certain other languages of W Africa
- bivouacking — a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
- blacktongue — canine pellagra.
- blood group — Someone's blood group is the type of blood that they have in their body. There are four main types: A, B, AB, and O.
- blood guilt — guilty of murder or bloodshed.
- blood purge — the mass execution, especially by a government, of persons considered guilty of treason or sedition.
- blood sugar — the glucose concentration in the blood: the normal fasting value is between 3.9 and 5.6 mmol/l
- bloodguilty — guilty of murder or bloodshed.
- bludgeoning — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- blue grouse — a grouse, Dendragapus obscurus, of W North America, having a bluish-grey plumage with a black tail
- bok globule — a dense spherical cloud of gas and dust in interstellar space that absorbs light from stars.
- bokhara rug — a Turkoman rug having a tan or red background and decorated with varied octagon patterns.
- bombing run — the part of a flight of a bomber aircraft that brings it to the point over a target at which its bombs are released
- borborygmus — rumbling of the stomach
- bottom plug — A bottom plug is a bridge or cement seal placed near the bottom of the well in order to shut it off.
- boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
- bounce game — (esp in soccer) a non-competitive game played as part of training
- 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.
- bourguignon — a sauce made with red wine, onions, and seasoning
- bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- bring round — to restore (a person) to consciousness, esp after a faint
- 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.
- brown sugar — Brown sugar is sugar that has not been refined, or is only partly refined. It is golden brown in color.
- buffalo bug — carpet beetle
- bugging out — Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
- bull tongue — a heavy plough used in growing cotton, having an almost vertical mouldboard
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- buon giorno — good day; hello
- burglarious — of, constituting, or inclined to burglary