9-letter words containing r, e, g
- bengaluru — a state in S India. 70,051 sq. mi. (191,791 sq. km). Capital: Bengaluru.
- benighter — a person who keeps others in darkness
- bentgrass — any perennial grass of the genus Agrostis, esp A. tenuis, which has a spreading panicle of tiny flowers. Some species are planted for hay or in lawns
- bereaving — to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of): Illness bereaved them of their mother.
- berg wind — a hot dry wind in South Africa blowing from the plateau down to the coast
- bergamask — person from Bergamo
- bergander — a species of European duck; sheldrake
- bergstrom — Sune (ˈsʊnə). 1916–2004, Swedish biochemist; shared the Nobel prize for medicine and physiology (1982) for work on prostaglandin
- bergy bit — a small iceberg, somewhat larger than a growler.
- besiegers — to lay siege to.
- best girl — one's sweetheart
- bettering — of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
- beveridge — William Henry, 1st Baron Beveridge. 1879–1963, British economist, whose Report on Social Insurance and Allied Services (1942) formed the basis of social-security legislation in Britain
- bickering — to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle: The two were always bickering.
- big-timer — Informal. the highest or most important level in any profession or occupation: She's a talented violinist, but she's not ready for the big time.
- bigarreau — any of several heart-shaped varieties of sweet cherry that have firm flesh
- bigeneric — (of a hybrid plant) derived from parents of two different genera
- bigorexia — muscle dysmorphia.
- bioenergy — the renewable energy derived from biological sources
- bioregion — a natural ecological community in which the biodiversity and ecosystem are distinct
- bird cage — metal enclosure for a bird
- bittering — having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.
- bjoerling — Jussi [yoo s-ee] /ˈyʊs i/ (Show IPA), 1911–60, Swedish tenor.
- bluegrass — Bluegrass is a style of fast folk music that began in the Southern United States.
- boanerges — a nickname applied by Jesus to James and John in Mark 3:17
- bodeguero — a wine-seller or grocer
- bog paper — toilet paper
- bogometer — (humour) /boh-gom'-*t-er/ A notional instrument for measuring bogosity. Compare the "wankometer" described in the wank entry.
- boogerman — South Midland and Southern U.S. bogeyman.
- boomerang — A boomerang is a curved piece of wood which comes back to you if you throw it in the correct way. Boomerangs were first used by the people who were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
- bordering — the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
- boresight — to verify the alignment of the sights and bore of (a firearm).
- borgesian — of Jorge Luis Borges or his works
- borghetto — (in Italy) a settlement outside a city's walls
- bothering — to give trouble to; annoy; pester; worry: His baby sister bothered him for candy.
- boulanger — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1837–91, French general and minister of war (1886–87). Accused of attempting a coup d'état, he fled to Belgium, where he committed suicide
- bourgeois — If you describe people, their way of life, or their attitudes as bourgeois, you disapprove of them because you consider them typical of conventional middle-class people.
- bourgogne — Burgundy2
- breaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- breakages — things broken, usually accidentally
- breasting — Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- breathing — the passage of air into and out of the lungs to supply the body with oxygen
- breeching — the strap of a harness that passes behind a horse's haunches
- bregmatic — of or relating to the bregma
- bricolage — the jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings from different periods and in different architectural styles
- bridgeman — a person who works on a bridge or on the construction of bridges.
- bridgeton — a city in SW New Jersey.
- brigadier — A brigadier is a senior officer who is in charge of a brigade in the British armed forces.
- brighouse — a town in N England, in Calderdale unitary authority, West Yorkshire: machine tools, textiles, engineering. Pop: 32 360 (2001)
- brightest — radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.