11-letter words containing t, e, g
- belligerent — A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.
- benefitting — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- benightment — the state of being in physical, moral, or intellectual darkness
- benignantly — kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
- bequeathing — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- bering time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
- besiegement — the state of being besieged
- betting man — a person who is in the habit of placing bets
- betting tax — a tax on gambling
- 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.
- big picture — a broad, overall view or perspective of an issue or problem.
- big society — the devolution of political power and social responsibility to local communities as opposed to centralized political power and state control
- big-hearted — If you describe someone as big-hearted, you think they are kind and generous, and always willing to help people.
- bilge water — Nautical. bilge (def 1d).
- binge-watch — to watch a large number of television programmes (especially all the shows from one series) in succession
- biogenetics — the branch of biology concerned with altering the genomes of living organisms
- birthweight — the weight of an infant at birth.
- blacktongue — canine pellagra.
- blanket bog — a very acid peat bog, low in nutrients, extending widely over a flat terrain, found in cold wet climates
- blind tiger — speak-easy
- blister gas — a poison gas that burns or blisters the tissues of the body; vesicant.
- bootlegging — alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
- bottled gas — butane or propane gas liquefied under pressure in portable containers and used in camping stoves, blowtorches, etc
- bottom gear — the lowest gear of a car, lorry, etc
- 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
- brent goose — a small goose, Branta bernicla, that has a dark grey plumage and short neck and occurs in most northern coastal regions
- bridgewater — a town in E Massachusetts.
- bright idea — suggestion: clever
- bright-eyed — eager; fresh and enthusiastic
- bright-line — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
- browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- bss segment — Block Started by Symbol
- budget plan — the planning of one's spending
- bull tongue — a heavy plough used in growing cotton, having an almost vertical mouldboard
- bullfighter — A bullfighter is the person who tries to injure or kill the bull in a bullfight.
- bungstarter — a mallet for loosening or removing the bung of a cask.
- burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
- cabbagetown — a former slum area of Toronto, now known for its Victorian architecture and thriving arts community
- calf-length — Calf-length skirts, dresses, and coats come to halfway between your knees and ankles.
- 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
- candlelight — Candlelight is the light that a candle produces.
- care-taking — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
- cartelizing — Present participle of cartelize.
- castiglione — Count Baldassare (baldasˈsaːre). 1478–1529, Italian diplomat and writer, noted particularly for his dialogue on ideal courtly life, Il Libro del Cortegiano (The Courtier) (1528)
- castlereagh — a district of E Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 66 076 (2003 est). Area: 85 sq km (33 sq miles)
- catagenesis — the retrogressive evolution of a species. Compare anagenesis (def 1).
- cataloguers — Plural form of cataloguer.
- cataloguize — to make a list of; catalogue
- catchweight — of or relating to a contest in which normal weight categories have been waived by agreement
- catechising — Present participle of catechise.