9-letter words containing g
- bang into — a loud, sudden, explosive noise, as the discharge of a gun.
- bang path — 1. (communications) An old-style UUCP electronic-mail address naming a sequence of hosts through which a message must pass to get from some assumed-reachable location to the addressee (a "source route"). So called because each hop is signified by a bang sign (exclamation mark). Thus, for example, the path ...!bigsite!foovax!barbox!me directs people to route their mail to computer bigsite (presumably a well-known location accessible to everybody) and from there through the computer foovax to the account of user me on barbox. Before autorouting mailers became commonplace, people often published compound bang addresses using the convention (see glob) to give paths from *several* big computers, in the hope that one's correspondent might be able to get mail to one of them reliably. e.g. ...!{seismo, ut-sally, ihnp4}!rice!beta!gamma!me Bang paths of 8 to 10 hops were not uncommon in 1981. Late-night dial-up UUCP links would cause week-long transmission times. Bang paths were often selected by both transmission time and reliability, as messages would often get lost. 2. (operating system) A shebang.
- bang tidy — of exceptionally good quality
- bang-bang — war and fighting, esp involving ammunition
- bangalore — a city in S India, capital of Karnataka state: printing, textiles, pharmaceuticals. Pop: 4 292 223 (2001)
- bangaluru — a city in and the capital of Karnataka, in SW India.
- bangarang — A commotion.
- bangweulu — shallow lake in N Zambia: including swamps, 3,800 sq mi (9,842 sq km)
- banishing — Present participle of banish.
- bank giro — a British giro system operated by clearing banks to enable customers to pay sums of money to others by credit transfer
- bantering — teasing or facetious, or characterized by facetiousness
- baptising — Present participle of baptise.
- baptizing — Present participle of baptize.
- bar gemel — a charge consisting of two barrulets separated by an area the width of a barrulet.
- bar graph — A bar graph is the same as a bar chart.
- baragouin — incomprehensible language; gibberish
- barasinga — a species of deer, Cervus duvaucelii, native to India and Nepal, known for the many-pointed nature of its antlers
- barbering — The trade of and practice of shaving and cutting hair.
- barcoding — The assignment of a barcode to a product and the printing of the barcode on the product.
- bargained — Simple past tense and past participle of bargain.
- bargainer — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- bargepole — a long pole used to propel a barge
- barograph — a self-recording aneroid barometer
- barraging — Military. a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops.
- barrelage — an amount, esp of beer, as measured in barrels
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- bartering — Present participle of barter.
- batteling — Alternative form of battling.
- battening — to thrive by feeding; grow fat.
- battering — If something takes a battering, it suffers very badly as a result of a particular event or action.
- battology — the unnecessary repetition of words
- bavardage — idle chattering
- be big on — large, as in size, height, width, or amount: a big house; a big quantity.
- beach bag — a large bag for carrying towels, swimsuits etc
- beachgoer — a person who goes to the beach, esp frequently
- beaconage — a number or system of beacons.
- beaconing — a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- beamingly — in a beaming manner
- beargrass — a North-West American plant, Xerophyllum tenax, belonging to the lily family but resembling tall grass
- beastings — beestings
- bebington — a town in NW England, in Wirral unitary authority, Merseyside: docks and chemical works. Pop: 57 066 (2001)
- bebopping — Present participle of bebop.
- becalming — Present participle of becalm.
- beckoning — a nod, gesture, etc., that signals, directs, summons, indicates agreement, or the like.
- bedaubing — Present participle of bedaub.
- bedecking — Present participle of bedeck.
- bedighted — Simple past tense and past participle of bedight.
- bedraggle — to make (hair, clothing, etc) limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud
- bedspring — a spring that supports a mattress
- bee-sting — a sting from a bee