8-letter words containing og
- badoglio — Pietro (ˈpjetro). 1871–1956, Italian marshal; premier (1943–44) following Mussolini's downfall: arranged an armistice with the Allies (1943)
- barogram — the record of atmospheric pressure traced by a barograph or similar instrument
- barology — (obsolete, physics) The science of gravity or weight.
- bastogne — a town in SE Belgium: of strategic importance to Allied defences during the Battle of the Bulge; besieged by the Germans during the winter of 1944–45. Pop: 14 070 (2004 est)
- batology — the study of members of the species Rubus
- besognio — a young soldier
- bibliog. — bibliographer
- biogenic — produced or originating from a living organism
- biograph — a biographical summary
- biologic — pertaining to biology.
- bird dog — a dog used or trained to retrieve game birds after they are shot
- bird-dog — to follow, watch carefully, or investigate.
- blogging — a website containing a writer's or group of writers' own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having images and links to other websites.
- blogpost — A blogpost is a piece of writing that forms part of a regular blog.
- blogring — a group of blogs joined in a ring
- blogroll — a list of blogs
- bog deal — pine wood found preserved in peat bogs
- bog down — If a plan or process bogs down or if something bogs it down, it is delayed and no progress is made.
- bog hole — a land-surface depression occupied by waterlogged soil and spongy vegetative material that cannot bear the weight of large animals.
- bog moss — peat moss.
- bog roll — a toilet roll; toilet paper
- bog rush — a blackish tufted cyperaceous plant, Schoenus nigricans, growing on boggy ground
- bogalusa — a city in SE Louisiana.
- bogarted — to take an unfair share of (something); keep for oneself instead of sharing: Are you gonna bogart that joint all night?
- boğazköy — a village in central Asia Minor: site of the ancient Hittite capital
- bogeyism — the recognition of or belief in the existence of ghosts or demons
- bogeyman — A bogeyman is someone whose ideas or actions are disapproved of by some people, and who is described by them as evil or unpleasant in order to make other people afraid.
- bogomips — (unit) (From "bogus", "MIPS") The timing unit of the Linux kernel. A BogoMips is an unscientific measurement of processor speed made by the Linux kernel when it boots, to calibrate an internal busy-loop.
- bogosity — /boh-go's*-tee/ The degree to which something is "bogus" in the hackish sense of "bad". At CMU, bogosity is measured with a bogometer; in a seminar, when a speaker says something bogus, a listener might raise his hand and say "My bogometer just triggered". More extremely, "You just pinned my bogometer" means you just said or did something so outrageously bogus that it is off the scale, pinning the bogometer needle at the highest possible reading (one might also say "You just redlined my bogometer"). The agreed-upon unit of bogosity is the microLenat. Also, the potential field generated by a bogon flux; see quantum bogodynamics. See also bogon flux, bogon filter.
- bogotify — (jargon) /boh-go't*-fi:/ To make or become bad. A program that has been changed so many times as to become completely disorganised has become bogotified. If you tighten a nut too hard and strip the threads on the bolt, the bolt has become bogotified. See also bogosity.
- boogaloo — a type of dance performed to rock and roll music
- boulogne — a port in N France, on the English Channel. Pop: 45 036 (2006)
- boxology — (graphics) /bok-sol'*-jee/ ASCII art. This term implies a more restricted domain, that of box-and-arrow drawings. "His report has a lot of boxology in it." Compare macrology.
- broguery — the use of a brogue or accent
- broguish — having or tending to a brogue
- bryology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of bryophytes
- bullfrog — A bullfrog is a type of large frog which makes a very loud noise.
- bush-hog — to clear (land) by using a bush hog.
- c-prolog — (language, Prolog) An implementation of Prolog in C, developed by F. Pereira <[email protected]> et al in July 1982. It had no garbage collection. It is not in the public domain.
- cacology — a bad choice of words; faulty speech
- calbayog — a city in the Philippines, on NW Samar.
- cambogia — gamboge (def 1).
- cant dog — cant hook
- catalogs — Plural form of catalog.
- cetology — the branch of zoology concerned with the study of whales (cetaceans)
- chaology — the study of chaos theory
- chilidog — A hot dog made with chili con carne.
- chioggia — a city in NE Italy, on an island at the S end of the Lagoon of Venice.
- chip log — a log for determining a vessel's speed, consisting of a wooden chip tossed overboard at the end of a line that is marked off in lengths of 47 feet 3 inches; the speed is calculated by counting the number of such intervals that pass overboard in a 28-second interval
- clogging — to hinder or obstruct with thick or sticky matter; choke up: to clog a drain.