10-letter words containing t, a, g, b
- beau geste — a noble or gracious gesture or act, esp one that is meaningless
- beet sugar — the sucrose obtained from sugar beet, identical in composition to cane sugar
- bent grass — any grass of the genus Agrostis, especially the redtop.
- bestraught — distraught; distracted
- beth-phage — a place in ancient Israel, at the foot of the Mount of Olives: starting point of Jesus' ride into Jerusalem. Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29.
- big bertha — any of three large German guns of World War I used to bombard Paris
- bighearted — quick to give or forgive; generous or magnanimous
- bill gates — (person) William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. He was a computer nerd who dropped out of Harvard and one of the first programmers to oppose software piracy ("Open Letter to Hobbyists," Computer Notes, February 3, 1976).
- billy goat — A billy goat is a male goat.
- binghamton — city in SC N.Y., on the Susquehanna River: pop. 47,000
- bioreagent — a reagent of biological origin, such as an enzyme
- biratnagar — a city in SE Nepal.
- black gnat — a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
- blanketing — a large, rectangular piece of soft fabric, often with bound edges, used especially for warmth as a bed covering.
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- bloggerati — those considered to be important or influential in the world of blogging
- blogstream — the publication on the internet of content from weblogs rather than from mainstream media sources
- blue giant — any of the large, bright stars having surface temperatures of about 20,000 K and diameters that are often ten times that of the sun.
- boatwright — a craftsman who builds wooden boats.
- bootmaking — the activity of making boots and shoes
- boston bag — a two-handled bag for carrying books, papers, etc.
- bounty bag — a set of free samples, such as nappies and creams, given to mothers leaving hospital with a new baby
- bracketing — a set of brackets
- braggartly — in a braggart or boastful manner
- 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
- bridgetalk — (language) A visual language.
- bridgwater — a town in SW England, in central Somerset. Pop: 36 563 (2001)
- brigantine — a two-masted sailing ship, rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft with square topsails on the mainmast
- budget day — the day on which the Chancellor presents his budget to parliament
- burst page — banner
- bust a gut — to make an intense effort
- butane gas — a colourless flammable gaseous alkane that exists in two isomeric forms, both of which occur in natural gas. The stable isomer, n-butane, is used mainly in the manufacture of rubber and fuels (such as Calor Gas). Formula: C4H10
- carpetbags — Plural form of carpetbag.
- clutch bag — clutch1 (def 15).
- coatbridge — an industrial town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire. Pop: 41 170 (2001)
- cohabiting — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohobating — Present participle of cohobate.
- combatting — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- conglobate — to form into a globe or ball
- dagobert i — a.d. 602?–639, Merovingian king of the Franks 628–639.
- dating bar — singles bar.
- debatingly — in an argumentative manner
- digestable — (obsolete, or, nonstandard) alt form digestible.
- dog basket — a basket for a dog to sleep in
- drug habit — addiction to recreational drugs
- egg beater — a small rotary beater for beating eggs, whipping cream, etc.
- egg-beater — a small rotary beater for beating eggs, whipping cream, etc.
- eggbeaters — Plural form of eggbeater.
- eight ball — a black ball with the number eight on it